Sveta Katarina (Zgornja Kapla) - Sveti Jurij (Remšnik)

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Maribor - Dravograd we drive almost to the settlement Ožbalt (from the direction Dravograd a little after the settlement). Few 100 meters before (from the direction Dravograd after the settlement) the mentioned settlement to the right (from the direction Dravograd left) a road branches off towards Gradišče and Kapla, and then at the crossroads we go towards Kapla. On the road, we drive to the settlement Zgornja Kapla, where in the center of the settlement, below the church of St. Katarina Aleksandrijska we park on a parking lot at the cemetery. From the main road to the starting point, there is a little less than 15 km.
B) From the road Dravograd - Maribor we drive to the settlement Ožbalt, where at the parish church we turn left (from the direction Maribor right) on a side road which continues by the succursal primary school and then it is ascending by the stream Ožbaltski potok. Higher at the crossroads we go in the direction of Kapla, and we drive to the center of the settlement Zgornja Kapla, where below the church of St. Katarina Aleksandrijska we park on a parking lot at the cemetery. From the main road to the starting point, there is a little less than 8 km.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the red mountain signposts, from which we proceed on the road towards Remšnik and Sršenov vrh. After a minute of walking, we reach a crossroad where a road branches sharply left towards a nearby house, an asphalt road continues slightly to the right, and we go slightly left on an ascending macadam road, alongside which the blazes continue. From the road, a marked footpath soon branches off to the left towards Sršenov vrh, but we continue on the macadam road, which becomes asphalt at a small saddle.
Here, a road branches off to the left, which higher up joins the previously mentioned footpath leading to Sršenov vrh, but we continue on the asphalt road, which begins to descend diagonally. A few minutes lower, we join another road, which we follow straight ahead. A little further, we leave the forest and bypass the Kašman-Kogal farm on the right, continuing with beautiful views of the surrounding hills, and in good visibility, the view extends all the way to the Kamnik Savinja Alps. The path ahead mostly descends moderately, occasionally passing individual farms, and at crossroads, we follow the signs for Remšnik. Lower down, the road enters a dense forest, and signs direct us sharply left onto a cart track that descends diagonally to a nearby stream, where it turns right and continues slightly above the stream. Lower, past a house, we reach an asphalt road, which we follow to the left, descending past a few houses to a spot where signs for Remšnik direct us right onto a path that first crosses stream Potočnikov potok, then passes two houses and enters the forest. Through the forest, we first ascend in two hairpin turns, continue ascending along the cart track for a few minutes, and then reach a macadam road, on which we proceed. The road quickly leads us out of the forest, and after a short crossing, it joins a wider road, which we follow to the left (to the right is Sveti Pankracij). For a few minutes, we continue with beautiful views of Remšnik and the surrounding hills, then briefly return to the forest. Lower down, we pass a few more houses and smaller crossroads, and the path temporarily leaves the road, going right into the forest, where a cart track cuts a longer road bend. Lower, we return to the road and descend into the valley of stream Brezniški potok, continuing to a nearby marked crossroad, from which we go right towards Remšnik (straight down leads to Brezno).
We continue on the road, which leads us through ditch Kelnerjev graben, and higher up, the road moves from the ditch onto the slopes, along which we ascend diagonally. Higher blazes from the road point us to the left into the forest, through which we ascend steeper, and a badly beaten path we follow in the direction of the blazes. Higher, we leave the forest and through a meadow we ascend to the cart track, on which we continue to the nearby church of St. Jurij on Remšnik.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in April 2022 and March 2023.

On the way: Brezni Vrh (518m)