Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - Huhnerkogel/Košenjak (via Sveti Urban)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, then continue driving towards Maribor. After the road sign for 8.0 km, we pay attention, because somewhat behind the bus stop and the pedestrian crossing, we turn left into the settlement Gortina (the turn-off from the main road is not marked). Immediately when we leave the main road, we arrive in the settlement Gortina, and then we drive in the direction of Muta, turning left at the marked crossroads, where we notice signs for Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us to Bistriški jarek, through which we gently ascend. We park by the former POŠ Branik, today Glasbeni dom, such is the inscription on the building, otherwise the building is used for various activities.
B) First, we drive to Maribor, then follow the signs for Dravograd. When we are already crossing Mučko Bistrico, somewhat after the Tuš store we turn right in the direction of the settlement Muta 1. The path ahead brings us to Muta, where at crossroads we follow the priority road, from a somewhat larger crossroads we go left, so that further on we drive towards Gortina. Somewhat after the settlement Muta ends, from the marked crossroads we turn right in the direction of Bistriški jarek. The road then quickly brings us to Bistriški jarek, through which we gently ascend. We park by the former POŠ Branik, today Glasbeni dom, such is the inscription on the building, otherwise the building is used for various activities.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which behind the sports field quickly brings us to a marked junction by the ecological chapel.
We continue left towards Pernice (right Sedelnik waterfall and sv. Jernej), from the road we go immediately somewhat more left onto a cart track. On the cart track we ascend to the nearby farm, where behind the house we go left onto the marked cart track. The cart track first ascends transversely towards the left, then turns right, after the bend we leave it and continue slightly right on the marked footpath, which starts to ascend steeply through the forest. Higher we cross an even older cart track, after a further short ascent we join a somewhat wider cart track, on which we also arrive out of the forest. The path ahead leads us past the hunting observatory, then we cross a wider macadam road and continue on the road leading to the nearby homestead Abram. Above the homestead we again continue on the cart track, the path brings us to a nicely arranged chapel, above which the path temporarily becomes somewhat steeper. The path ahead leads us along the power line route, higher we cross a wider road once more. Further on, the path leads us past the homestead Hribernik, above which the path gradually enters the forest. A few minutes of ascent through the forest follow, then we arrive at the pastures below the church of sv. Simon and Jude Tadej, where the trail temporarily disappears. We continue with ever better views to the church, where we go left and past the NOB monument walk to the former Planinsko zavetišče pri Knezu, where the stamping box is located.
From the junction by the former mountain hut we continue right in the direction of Košenjak and sv. Urban, first ascending through the forest, then the path flattens, the forest temporarily replaced partly by grassy terrain. A little further we reach the macadam road, which we follow right towards Košenjak, at the nearby junction we continue on the slightly left, upper road (slightly right farm Zgornji Čiček). We continue on the road for a short time, then the signs for Košenjak direct us slightly left onto a grassy cart track, on which we continue the ascent. Higher we go left from the mentioned cart track, a few minutes further we cross a poorer road. A few minutes of transverse ascent follow, then we reach the ridge of Kozji vrh, where there is a marked junction.
From the junction we go right (left Kozji vrh less than 1 minute) and continue the path along the border ridge, on which we descend easily. After about 10 minutes we step out of the forest, where ahead of us we already see the church of sv. Urban, to which only a short walk remains.
We continue to the wooden signpost, where the signs for Košenjak direct us slightly right onto the path that enters the forest. We continue along the border ridge, initially without major elevation changes, behind the weather station located on the Slovenian side a short descent follows. After the descent we continue again for some time without major elevation changes, then the path leads us past the decaying bivouac located on the Austrian side of the state border. Further on we ascend gently to occasionally moderately for quite some time, then we arrive at a marked junction, where from the left the path from farm Lonhtar joins.
We continue straight towards Košenjak, further ascending along and on the state border, when the forest thins even more, from the left another path joins, leading past Dom na Košenjaku.
We continue straight and after one minute of further walking we arrive at the summit of Košenjak.
Bistriški jarek - Pernice 1:45, Pernice - Kozji vrh 1:00, Kozji vrh - sv. Urban 0:15, sv. Urban - Košenjak 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (November).

On the way: Sv. Simon in Juda Tadej (Pernice) (1059m), Kozji vrh (pri Košenjaku) (1383m), Sveti Urban (nad Kozjim Vrhom) (1329m)