Bistra - Mala Raduha

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Črna na Koroškem (we can get here from Mežica or from Šoštanj and Velenje through the pass Spodnje Sleme), then we continue driving towards Logarska dolina, Solčava, Pristava and Podpeca. In Pristava we turn left and continue driving towards the dispersed settlement Bistra. After a good 3 km of driving from Pristava, we will notice a chapel by the road, past which we come to a smaller crossroad, by which we notice mountain signposts for Raduha. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto an ascending and initially still asphalted road in the direction of Koča na Loki and Raduha. The asphalt ends soon, and we continue the path on the macadam road, which we follow to a smaller crossroad, where slightly to the right, across the pasture fence, a narrower road branches off. We continue on the mentioned right road, which immediately after a smaller wooden hut changes into a cart track, along which we walk to the edge of the forest.
Here the markings direct us into the forest onto a footpath, which further moderately ascends along the cart track. Higher the path brings us out of the forest onto a larger clearing, where on the left side we bypass another hut. The path ahead returns to the forest, crosses a forest road and then ascends beside the stream. After a few minutes of walking beside the stream, the path turns right and gradually distances itself from the stream bed. The path higher turns even more to the right, crosses a few short viewpoints, then turns left, where after a few minutes of further walking it brings us to a forest road.
We continue in the direction of Raduha and continue the path along a level and increasingly worse forest road. We continue along the road for quite some time, then it brings us to Knezova planina (also planina Bela peč), at the edge of which we come to a marked junction.
From the junction we continue right (left Koča na Travniku, Travnik, Komen and Smrekovec) in the direction of Koča na Loki and continue past a smaller sign into the forest. The path ahead moderately ascends through a belt of dense forest and quickly brings us to the pass Bela peč, where across the pasture fence we step onto the Styrian side. We continue on the marked path, which gradually begins to descend and after a short descent brings us to planina Vodol, where we step onto a macadam road. We follow the road to the right, but we walk on it only a few meters, as the signs for Koča na Loki direct us left onto a footpath, which ascends laterally along the upper edge of the planina. The path ahead enters the forest, where it ascends laterally for quite some time. Higher we step out of the forest, and the path quickly brings us to the shepherds' huts on planina Javorje.
On the other side of the planina we step onto a worse forest road, along which we begin to descend more noticeably. After a short descent we notice markings that direct us right into the forest, through which in a few minutes of further descent we descend to Koča na Loki pod Raduho.
From the hut we continue slightly left (direction Raduha) on the path that runs along the left side of an indistinct gully. The path, which initially only gently ascends, soon turns left, where it steeply ascends for a short time through a belt of dense forest. The steepness then eases, and the forest is gradually replaced by dwarf pines and raspberry bushes. The moderately steep path, which ascends the southeastern slopes of Raduha, brings us higher to a marked junction, where we continue left (right Durce).
Already after a few steps of walking from the junction, we will notice on the right side of the marked path a nice passage between the dwarf pines. We head to the mentioned passage (unvegetated indistinct valley) along which we ascend straight upwards. Higher the dwarf pines block the passage for us, but we find a partly overgrown trail that continues right (east direction). The mentioned trail eases the passage through the belt of dense dwarf pines, and it brings us below the very summit of Mala Raduha. Again we find a nice passage between the dwarf pines and after a few steps of further walking we step onto the summit of Mala Raduha.
In fog the orientation in the upper part is difficult.
Bistra - Knezova planina, Knezova planina - Planina Vodol 0:15, Planina Vodol - Planina Javorje 0:45, Planina Javorje - Koča na Loki 0:15, Koča na Loki - Mala Raduha 1:25.

On the way: Knezova planina (Planina Bela peč) (1350m), Prelaz Bela peč (1353m), Planina Vodol (1324m), Planina Javorje (1594m), Koča na Loki pod Raduho (1534m)