Jelovec - Koča na Žavcarjevem vrhu

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving towards Dravograd. When we get to the settlement Jelovec, at the crossroad where the road branches off to the right towards the settlement Srednje, the described path begins. We can park at the crossroad where the road branches off to the right towards the settlement Srednje, or on the opposite side of the road on the asphalt parking lot by the bus stop.
B) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor; when we get to the settlement Jelovec, we turn right and park on the parking lot by the bus stop.

Route description:
If we've parked on the southern side of the road, we first carefully cross the main road, then head onto the main road towards the settlement Srednje and the mountain path to Žavcarjev vrh. The path ahead first leads along an asphalt road that ascends through the settlement Jelovec, where we follow the blazes and signs for the settlement Srednje. A few hairpin turns follow, then a nice view opens up in the direction of Maribor. We still walk on the asphalt road and at crossroads follow the blazes. Higher up, we transition to a macadam road along which we arrive at a pasture, which we bypass along the lower side. Behind the pasture follows a shorter descent; past a few houses we arrive at a crossroad from which we continue straight (left downhill along the Habidov potok we arrive in the valley or to the main road). Some walking through the forest follows, then we ascend across a hay meadow past the Rušnik homestead.
Above the homestead, we arrive at the edge of the forest, from the road we go onto a cart track along which the marked path continues. A diagonal ascent follows, and in a few minutes we arrive at a pasture from which a nice view opens up again.
On this section the path from Spodnje Sleme joins from the left, and we continue along the pasture to a smaller hamlet where we reach the macadam road. We continue right uphill and continue ascending diagonally to the right. Higher, we leave the forest; the path, from which a nice view of Pohorje opens up, turns sharply to the left and after some ten steps of further walking brings us to the Koča na Žavcarjevem vrhu.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in September 2021.

Along the route: Srednje (469m), Spodnji Slemen (651m)

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