Dovže - Črni vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we take the exit Žalec, and then we continue driving in the direction of Velenje. In the main roundabout in Velenje we continue right (direction Dravograd and Slovenj Gradec), and then we follow the main road to Mislinja and a little further to the spot where a road towards the village Dovže branches off to the right. We park at a suitable place by the crossroads.
B) From Koroška we first drive to Slovenj Gradec, and then we continue driving towards Velenje. A little after Turiška vas, we come to a crossroads where the road to the village Dovže branches off to the left. Here we continue left and then after a few meters we park at a suitable place by the crossroads.

Path description:
At the starting point, we notice signs for Grmovškov dom, which direct us onto an asphalt road, along which we walk in a few minutes to Spodnje and then also to Zgornje Dovže. From the church of St. Ulrich in Dovže we continue for approximately 100 m on the main road, and then the blazes direct us left onto a side road along which we continue almost to the fire station. Before the fire station we continue right and then immediately after the small bridge left onto a cart track (direction Pungart), which gently ascends along the stream. After a few meters we leave the cart track, as the signs for Grmovškov dom direct us right into the forest, through which we steeply ascend to the nearby macadam road, which we then follow to the right. We walk along the road only for a short time, as soon after the left bend the blazes lead us back into the forest, through which we then moderately ascend. The path ahead passes from the forest to the slopes of a panoramic grassy hillside, along which we quickly ascend to the nearby farm.
Above the farm, or behind the neatly arranged chapel, we step onto the road, which we follow to the right in a gentle ascent. Further ahead we continue along the road for quite some time, which then brings us higher to the next farm (Pušel farm).
From the farm we continue along the road to the first left bend, where the blazes lead us left into the forest, through which we moderately ascend along an old tractor track. Soon we step back onto the road, reaching it right at a smaller crossroads. We continue along the ascending road, which bypasses the local landmark (cross) on the left side, but we quickly leave it as the blazes direct us slightly right onto an old cart track. The path quickly returns to the road, but we soon leave it too. Further we follow the blazes, which lead us along an old cart track that moderately ascends along the forest-covered ridge of Razborce. Higher the path brings us from the forest to a panoramic grassy ridge, along which we quickly walk to the nearby NOB monument.
Behind the monument the path gently descends and brings us to the nearby forest road, along which we walk only a short time, as the blazes then direct us slightly right onto an ascending cart track, which further moderately ascends along the forest-covered ridge. The path ahead leads us for quite some time along and beside the ridge, and at the junctions we carefully follow the blazes so as not to stray from the right path. A little higher we step onto the asphalt road that leads from Slovenj Gradec towards the ski area Kope. We follow the road to the right, which quickly brings us past Lukov dom to a large parking lot and above it to Grmovškov dom na Kopah.
From Grmovškov dom we walk to the nearby saddle, from there we head right onto the path that gently ascends along the children's ski slope (during ski area operation we must ascend along the edge of the ski slope). Above the ski area the path turns onto a cart track, which further ascends partly through the forest, partly across expansive meadows. The path ahead leaves the forest for some time and gently ascends across the extensive and fairly panoramic grassy slope to the Zajec snack bar.
Above the snack bar we cross a short stretch of forest, and the path then brings us to the summit grassy slope, along which we walk in a few minutes to the highest peak of Pohorje.

On the way: Zgornje Dovže (576m), Grmovškov dom mountain hut (1371m)

Trip can be extended to: Ribniška koča