Vuhred - Mala Kopa

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, arrive in Vuhred, but continue right towards Vuzenica and then just before the end of Vuhred park on a larger asphalt parking lot near the sports field and the parish church of St. Lawrence.

Path description:
From the parking lot, return a short way back to the road leading towards Ribnica na Pohorju, walk along it only briefly as the signs for the hiking trail to St. Anton direct us right onto the path, which first leads across a courtyard, then transitions to a pasture over which we ascend transversely with nice views. On the other side of the pasture, the path turns left and continues briefly along the pasture, then enters dense forest through which we begin to ascend more steeply. Higher up, the track leads to a road that takes us to the nearby farm; shortly after the farm, we leave the road and continue slightly left on the marked path, arriving at another farm. We bypass the farm on the right side, then cross the road again, which we walked on a few minutes ago.
Continuing, another ascent through the forest follows; higher up, we reach an indistinct forested ridge where we cross a wider gravel road twice in succession. At the second crossing, we head onto the access road to the Betrih farm, where the path leads through the courtyard. Here the path levels out, then shortly after we return to the wider road, follow it right, and continue along it for some time. Further on, we pass individual farms, and from the path we occasionally get nice views.
After the Malej farm, we return to the forest; at the chapel, the road forks.
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, bypass the nearby homestead on the right side, a bit further at the junction continue sharply left, and we descend for a while longer. When the road levels out, go right twice and continue following the markers. After the second junction, we gradually begin to ascend; the path leads past a few more farms. Even higher, there are a few more junctions where we follow the markers or signs for Kope.
At the Kopnik homestead, continue straight onto the road, which turns into a track behind the house and then enters the forest.
Initially, we ascend a bit more steeply; after crossing to the other side of the forested ridge, the track levels out in places and becomes quite overgrown. Higher up, there are a few forks where we follow the markers; when we reach the saddle south of Kopnikov vrh, we cross a gravel road. Above the road, we ascend briefly along the ski slope, then transversely ascend over it to the right. Further on, more transverse ascent to the right follows, partly through forest, partly on scenic sections under the quad chairlift or across a clearing. When we reach the northwestern ridge of Mala Kopa, we cross another ski slope, but only cross it on a less visible trail, and upon leaving the ski area, we join the path leading over Kaštivsko sedlo, or past Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom or Koča Planinc.
Continue left, ascending on the track that rises along raspberry bushes and higher through a band of forest, where the path from Partizanska bolnica Trška gora joins from the right.
Continue straight and quickly arrive at Partizanski dom Kope.
Bypass Partizanski dom on the left side and continue on the makadam road. Just a few dozen steps further, the road forks; continue straight on the unmarked road (right to Grmovškov dom and Velika Kopa and the settlement of holiday homes), which shortly after, where we return to the ski slope, ends or turns into a track. A steeper ascent follows along the ski slope route, but we follow the increasingly scenic path to the indistinct summit of Mala Kopa.
Starting point - Partizanski dom Kope 4:35, Partizanski dom Kope - Mala Kopa 0:15.
Description and photos refer to the condition in July 2025.

On the way: Sveti Anton na Pohorju (646m), Partizanski dom Kope (1445m)