Bresternica (spodnji Rušnik) - Koča na Žavcarjevem vrhu

Access to starting point:
From the road Maribor - Dravograd, we will, in the settlement Bresternica (on maps Brestrnica), notice signs for the village Gaj, which point us to the right (from the direction Dravograd left). After a few meters, at a poorly marked crossroad, we continue left and we follow the road which leads us through the village to the chapel, where we continue left. The mostly ascending road brings us higher to a crossroad by which we notice mountain signposts for Tojzlov vrh. Here, we continue left and we follow the road for approximately 1km to the next mountain signposts (this time for Žavcarjev vrh) by which we park on one of the smaller parking lots by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we head onto a macadam road in the direction of Žavcarjev vrh. The road first leads along the stream, then turns right and ascends more steeply. We follow this road, which mainly runs through the forest, to a smaller hamlet, where it changes into a wide cart track. We continue the ascent on the mentioned cart track, which higher leads past a lonely homestead and then brings us to a forest road, which we only cross.
We continue the ascent on the cart track, which ascends diagonally through the forest, and follow it only to the spot where the blazes direct us right onto a footpath.
Higher the path widens into a cart track and later into a road, which we quickly leave as the blazes lead us back onto a footpath. Higher the path joins a road, on which we continue the ascent for the next few minutes.
Soon we will notice the next signs for Žavcarjev vrh, which direct us onto a cart track, on which we ascend to the mountain hut in a few minutes.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Žavcarjev vrh ( 10 min)

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