Bistriški jarek (Glasbeni dom) - Sveti Primož above Muta

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, then continue driving towards Maribor. At the 8.0 km road sign we pay attention, because a little behind the bus stop and 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 intersection, 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, that 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 already cross Mučko Bistrico, a little after the Tuš store we turn right in the direction of the settlement Muta 1. The road brings us to Muta, where at intersections we follow the priority road, from a somewhat larger intersection we go left, so that further we drive towards Gortina. A little after the settlement Muta ends, from the marked intersection 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, that 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 Sedelnikov slap (left Pernice), where the path first brings us to the chapel, then behind it over a small bridge we cross Mučko Bistrico. 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 in the direction towards sv. Jernej (straight Sedelnikov slap 2 minutes).
The path ahead steeply ascends and some safety aids assist us. When the safety aids end, 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 path, along which we quickly ascend to the cart track where 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 we reach the macadam road, where we continue left towards sv. Jernej. The macadam road then leads us also past homestead Vitdoner, where they sell homemade honey; above the mentioned homestead we reach a wider road which we follow sharply left. The path ahead first leads with nice views, then transitions into the forest, where the blazes direct us sharply right onto a side road, along which we arrive at homestead Ladinek. At the homestead the signs direct us left onto a short overgrown section, then we return to the cart track, which in a moderate ascent brings us back to the wider macadam road. The road leads past the turn-off to the hunting cabin 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 vast 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 a marked intersection.
We continue right (left church sv. Jerneja 5 minutes) and in a few steps arrive at homestead Primož, where by the mighty linden there are the logbook box and stamp.
At the linden there is also a marked junction, we continue slightly right in the direction towards sv. Primož (slightly left sv. Lovrenc and Bricnik) and continue along the road which first gently, then moderately descends. Lower we cross a strip of forest, then before homestead Ižek we step out of the forest onto panoramic slopes from which a beautiful view opens up reaching to Uršlja gora. When we arrive at homestead Ižek, we leave the road and continue left, first along the cart track, then descend across the pasture to the hunting observatory (across the pasture the path is not visible). At the hunting observatory the cart track appears, along which we descend easily. A little further we cross a pasture fence, the cart track enters the forest and begins to descend more steeply. The descent ends at the crossing of stream Vud, where we go right; when some 10 steps further we reach a wider road, we continue uphill. Further we ascend along the occasionally panoramic road which we follow all the way to the church sv. Primoža, from which a beautiful view opens onto Dravska dolina and Pohorje.
Bistriški jarek - Sv. Jernej 1:40, Sv. Jernej - sv. Primož 1:20.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (October).

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