Bresternica (Spodnji Rušnik) - Možičev vrh (via Žavcarjev vrh)

Access to starting point:
From the road Maribor - Dravograd, in the settlement Bresternica (on some maps Brestrnica) we will notice signs for the settlement 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 follow the road which leads us through the settlement to the chapel, where we continue left. A mostly ascending road brings us higher to a crossroad by which we notice mountain signposts for Tojzlov vrh. Here, we continue left and follow the road for approximately 1 km 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 go on a macadam road in the direction of Žavcarjev vrh. The road at first leads by the stream and then turns right and it ascends steeper. This road which mainly runs through the forest we follow to a smaller hamlet, at which it changes into a wide cart track. We continue the ascent on the mentioned cart track which higher leads past the homestead and then it brings us to a forest road which we only cross.
We continue the ascent on a cart track which is diagonally ascending through the forest, and we follow it only to the spot, where blazes point us to the right on a footpath.
The path higher widens into a cart track and later into a road which we quickly leave because blazes again lead on a footpath. Higher, the path joins the road, on which we continue the ascent next few minutes.
Soon we will notice the next signs for Žavcarjev vrh, which point us on a cart track, on which in few minutes we ascend to the mountain hut.
We bypass the mountain hut on the left side, and at the chapel we go straight into the forest on the path towards Žavcarjev vrh, where we walk on a well-beaten path through the forest. After few minutes of the ascent, we go on a slightly left cart track, on which we quickly reach the 915 meters high peak.
We bypass the inscription box on the left side, and then we start descending through the forest on an unmarked footpath. Lower, we join the cart track, and we follow it straight. A little further, the path stops descending, and at the crossing of cart tracks we go on the one, which starts ascending again. During the ascent, we stick to the left direction, so that we reach an indistinct peak on also indistinct eastern ridge.
The starting point - Koča na Žavcarjevem vrhu 1:30, Koča na Žavcarjevem vrhu - Žavcarjev vrh 0:10, Žavcarjev vrh - Možičev vrh 0:15.

Along the route: Koča na Žavcarjevem vrhu (863m), Žavcarjev vrh (915m)

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