Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - St. Lorenzen ob Eibiswald

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, then continue driving towards Maribor. After the road sign 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 crossroad 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 drive right in the direction of the settlement Muta 1. The road ahead brings us to Muta, where at crossroads we follow the priority road, from a somewhat larger crossroad we go left, so that further on we drive towards Gortina. Somewhat after the settlement Muta ends, from the marked crossroad we drive 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 right towards Sedelnik waterfall (left Pernice), where the path first brings us to the chapel, then behind it over a small bridge we cross the Mučka Bistrica. On the other side of the river, the path goes into the forest and ascends along the stream. After a few minutes, the path splits, and we continue right towards Sveti Jernej (straight Sedelnik waterfall 2 minutes).
The path ahead steeply ascends and some fixed safety gear assists us. When the fixed safety gear ends, we arrive above the waterfall, and the blazes temporarily end. From the junction above the waterfall, we go right, then still before the end of the older cart track left onto a steep footpath, along which we quickly ascend to the cart track where the blazes reappear. Further on, the cart track has some junctions where we carefully follow the blazes; when we step out of the forest, we continue straight and above the nearby homestead reach the macadam road, where we continue left towards Sveti Jernej. The macadam road then also leads past the Vitdoner homestead, where they sell homemade honey; above the mentioned homestead we reach a wider road, which we follow sharply to the left. The path ahead first leads with nice views, then passes into the forest, where the blazes direct us sharply right onto a side road, along which we arrive at the Ladinek homestead. At the homestead, the signs direct us left onto a short overgrown section, then we return to the cart track, which brings us back to the wider macadam road in a moderate ascent. The road leads past the turn-off to the hunting cottage and past the chapel; after the chapel, we go slightly left onto the cart track. A short ascent through the forest follows, then we arrive at the edge of a spacious fenced pasture where small livestock grazes. For a few minutes with increasingly beautiful views, we continue along the fence, then approach the nearby houses. We continue in the same direction, crossing some side pasture fences in between, then arrive at the marked crossroad.
We continue right (left church of St. Jernej 5 minutes) and in a few steps arrive at the Primož homestead, where by the mighty linden tree there is the logbook box and stamp.
At the linden tree there is also a marked junction, and we continue slightly left towards Bricnik and Sveti Lovrenc (slightly right sv. Primož). Behind the Primož homestead, we continue briefly on the macadam road, then go slightly left onto the footpath, which continues across a spacious panoramic meadow. The path ahead also leads past the chapel and hunting observation post, then turns left and enters the forest. Through the forest we first descend moderately; when the signs direct us right onto the worse cart track, we descend a bit more. Lower down, we reach the Vud stream, along which we continue for a while, then cross it and ascend to the nearby junction, by which there is a wooden religious symbol.
From the junction, we continue sharply left towards Sveti Lovrenc (slightly right Bricnik). Just a little further from the junction we cross the state border, another ten or so steps ahead we reach the road, which we follow uphill. From the road, the Austrian path to the church of St. Jernej soon branches sharply left; we continue past houses and chapel to the next marked junction. We continue slightly right and walk along the asphalt road to the settlement Sveti Lovrenc / St. Lorenzen, where there is the church of St. Lovrenc and somewhat below it the church of St. Lenart.
Bistriški jarek - Sveti Jernej 1:40, Sveti Jernej - Sveti Lovrenc 1:05.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (October).

On the way: Sedelnikov slap (500m), Sveti Jernej nad Muto (1038m), Bricnik (1017m)