Ruše - Žigartov vrh

Access to starting point:
From Maribor, we drive towards Dravograd or vice versa, but only to the settlement Selnica ob Dravi, where we turn left (from the direction Dravograd right) in the direction of the settlement Ruše. In the center of Ruše we will notice NOB monument, and we park at the appropriate place somewhere in the settlement.

Path description:
From the monument in the center of Ruše we go upwards on the road Areška cesta. At the last houses in the settlement signs point us to the left on stairs, which continue among some houses. We quickly step into the forest, where we on a steep path in few minutes get to three crosses, from where a nice view opens up on Ruše.
We continue through mixed forest, and the path quickly brings us to an asphalt road which we follow to the left. On the asphalt we walk for quite some time, and the path leads us partly through the forest, and partly past some farms. When higher we get to a saddle we leave the asphalt road and we continue right into the forest. Through the forest, we walk on a worse macadam road which we leave after few minutes and we continue left on a steep path, on which we will get to the farm Izlaker. We bypass the farm on the left side, where the path leads us on shorter stairs. Above the farm, we continue on the path which leads between the meadow and the forest, and it brings us to the next road, where at the chapel a nice view opens up on Maribor and even further. A little further, we join an asphalt road which we follow slightly to the left. We continue past snack bar Martinca, and behind it also a nice view opens up towards the north on Kozjak. When the asphalt road comes to the forest, we leave it and we continue right on some sort of grassy path. A little further, the marked path crosses the asphalt road, and we continue on the macadam road which then leads us past some farms, company Ciproš and hunting cottage. At the farm Hleb we will notice a caption 800 meters, and there we are also approximately at the halfway of the path to Žigartov vrh.
After the farm, the path passes into the forest through which it is ascending on a cart track which then several times splits, and we all the time follow the marked cart track. After few minutes of additional walking, we get to NOB monument and a smaller cottage, where we can shelter in case of a bad weather. At the monument, we again cross the road, and we also get help from signposts. Next follows crossing of another road, and then our path starts ascending steeper, only here and there it occasionally flattens. Further, the footpath on which we walk becomes a little more rocky and after about half an hour of additional walking, we will cross also a ski track. Next follows a shorter ascent through the forest, where the path is well-settled with logs, which is preventing an erosion. A little further, we step out of the forest and we get to hotel on Areh, and we continue to the road (nearby there is Ruška koča na Arehu).
When we step on the road, we follow it to the right, at the next crossing we leave SPP, on which we were for a short time walking. The path ahead brings us to a ski track, and we stick to the edge of the forest, and higher we leave the ski slope and we pass into the forest. Next follows few more well-marked crossings and the path brings us on a forested Žigartov vrh.