Vuhred - Koča Planinc

Access to starting point:
From Dravograd, drive towards Maribor or vice versa; after Radlje ob Dravi (from the Maribor direction before Radlje), at the roundabout leave the main road towards Maribor or Dravograd and continue driving towards Vuhred, Ribnica na Pohorju and Ribniška koča. After the bridge over the Drava River, we arrive in Vuhred, but we continue right towards Vuzenica and then just before the end of Vuhred park on a larger asphalted parking lot near the sports ground and the parish church of St. Lawrence.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return slightly back to the road leading towards Ribnica na Pohorju, along which we walk only briefly as the signs for the hiking trail to St. Anthony direct us right onto the path, which first leads across a courtyard and then onto a pasture across which we ascend transversely with nice views. On the other side of the pasture, the path turns left and continues briefly along the pasture before entering dense forest through which we begin to ascend more steeply. Higher up, the trackway brings us to a road that leads to the nearby farm; slightly behind the farm, we leave the road and continue slightly left on the marked path, which brings us to another farm. We bypass the farm on the right side, then cross the road again, which we walked on a few minutes ago.
Next follows another ascent through the forest; higher up, we reach an indistinct forested ridge where we cross a wider gravel road twice in succession. At the second crossing, we turn onto the access road to the Betrih farm, where the path leads through the courtyard. Here the path levels out, then shortly afterwards we return to the wider road, which we follow to the right and continue on for quite some time. Further on, we pass individual farms, and occasionally nice views open up from the path.
Behind the Malej farm, we return to the forest, where the road forks at a chapel.
We continue straight on the marked road (the right road leads to the church of St. Anthony of Padua, 10 minutes), which begins to descend. Lower down, we bypass the nearby homestead on the right side; a bit further on, from the junction we continue sharply left, and we descend for a while longer. When the road levels out, we go right twice and continue following the markers. After the second junction, we gradually begin to ascend, and the path leads past a few more farms. Even higher up, there are a few more junctions where we follow the markers or signs for Kope.
When at an elevation of about 930 m we reach the junction by the Kopnik homestead, we leave the marked path to Kope, which continues straight, and instead continue right on the path towards Kaštivnik and Progata.
Further on, we cross the slopes to the right, but the path leads along a road, which is later accompanied by signs for the Slovenian Mountain Bike Trail. At the foot of the Kope ski area or the Kaštivnik ski slope, the road turns right and takes us past a larger parking lot to a marked junction from which we turn onto the road towards Koča Planinc.
This is followed by about 10 minutes of moderate ascent, and we arrive at Koča Planinc, from which some views open up.
The description and photos refer to the condition in July 2025.

On the way: Sveti Anton na Pohorju (646m)