Dravograd (Meža) - Golarjev vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From Slovenj Gradec or Ravne na Koroškem we drive to Dravograd, and then just before crossing the Drava River we continue right (we turn right at the first right junction). Next comes crossing the railway track, and then we are already at the beginning of the described path at the Agricultural and Forestry Cooperative Koroška (Kmetijsko gozdarska zadruga Koroška). At the starting point there are no designated parking spaces for hikers.
B) From Maribor we drive to Dravograd, where we continue left towards Slovenj Gradec and Ravne na Koroškem. After the bridge over the Drava River we take the second street left. Next comes crossing the railway track, and then we are already at the beginning of the described path at the Agricultural and Forestry Cooperative Koroška (Kmetijsko gozdarska zadruga Koroška). At the starting point there are no designated parking spaces for hikers.

Path description:
On the other side of the railway track we go right, and then in front of the Agricultural and Forestry Cooperative Koroška left onto an ascending asphalt road. We continue along the asphalt road to the nearby right hairpin turn, from where we continue straight in the direction of the marked path (near the junction there are a few parking options). Next follows an ascent along the macadam road to the nearby house, behind which the road turns into a cart track along which we continue ascending through the forest. We ascend along the cart track for a few minutes, then we arrive at the area affected by the windstorm. Here we leave the cart track to the right onto a well-maintained path, which ascends across the slope with fine views, the slope slowly becoming overgrown. The exemplarily repaired path makes a few hairpin turns, then ascends across to the viewpoint Skala, where there is a logbook box and from which a fine view opens towards Dravograd.
We continue along the marked path, which a bit higher leads us to a cart track where the path forks. We head left towards Šisernik (also possible right towards Vinkler), while the cart track shortly ahead turns sharply right. Next follows a short traverse ascent, then the cart track ends. Next follows a short steep ascent, then we reach another cart track, which we follow right (on this section a trodden path leads somewhat aside from the old marked path).
Next follows a shorter traverse to the right, then we join the path past Vinkler.
We continue left, where first a nice view opens up, then the path ascends along the cart track, continuing straight at junctions. Higher up the path levels out, and the cart track with occasional views brings us to the junction at the Ošlovnik farm.
We continue right towards Šisernikova pot and begin to descend across along the road. During the descent the path leads past a few more houses at the Kržečnik farm, then through the forest we reach Cvitrško sedlo, where we emerge from the forest and where there are several successive junctions. We follow the road to the shrine, from the shrine we head onto an initially poorly visible path towards Golarjev vrh, ascending along the edge of the hay meadow or indistinct ridge. Here, looking back, a nice view opens onto Mežnarjev vrh and the church of St. Daniel, and the path shortly higher enters the forest and leads us to the macadam road.
When we reach the road the marked path follows it right, but we just cross it and continue along the unmarked cart track ascending along and beside the indistinct northern ridge of Golarjev vrh. At junctions we choose slightly right directions, when the cart track turns into a trail and when this completely levels out we leave it and continue slightly left onto pathless terrain, along which we ascend to Golarjev vrh in a few dozen steps.
Dravograd - Skala 0:25, Skala - Cvitrško sedlo 1:00, Cvitrško sedlo - Golarjev vrh 0:25.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (May).

On the way: Skala (nad Dravogradom) (525m), Cvitrško sedlo (677m)