Mežica - Bivak Suška bajta

Access to starting point:
A) From Ravne na Koroškem or through the border crossing Holmec we drive to Mežica, where at the beginning of the settlement we turn left towards the Tuš store, sports park and music house. After the Tuš store and before the retirement home we turn left in the direction of the settlement Leše. After the intersection we cross the river Meža; after the bridge we already notice the first red mountain trail marks, which direct us to the right. A little further we arrive at the next intersection, where the signs for Uršlja gora point to the left, but we turn right, where we park by the sports field and music house.
B) From Črna na Koroškem we drive to Mežica, where in the center of the settlement we turn right towards the sports park; at the next intersection we go left. We drive through the settlement for some time, then behind the retirement home we turn right in the direction of Leše. After the intersection we cross the river Meža; after the bridge we already notice the first red mountain trail marks, which direct us to the right. A little further we arrive at the next intersection, where the signs for Uršlja gora point to the left, but we turn right, where we park by the sports field and music house.

Path description:
From the starting point we return to the marked intersection, then we continue on the ascending road in the direction of Naravske ledine, Uršlja gora and KPP (Koroška planinska pot). At the joinery Peršak we continue straight onto the macadam road, which takes us into the forest and turns into a mountain trail that continues along the torrent. A little further on the right we notice a wooden footbridge, but we continue straight and remain on the right bank of the torrent for some time. A few minutes further we cross the torrent, then at several successive junctions we carefully follow the blazes. Higher at the intersection we reach an asphalt road, but we continue on the left road, along which the KPP blazes continue. We walk along the road for a few minutes, from which a nice view towards Peca opens up temporarily, then we continue right into the forest, where we walk on a cart track. The cart track higher brings us out of the forest, then through the yard of the nearby homestead we reach the next asphalt road, which we only cross. This is followed by an ascent across a scenic hayfield, then the trail turns slightly left into the forest. We walk through the forest only briefly, as we soon reach the macadam road, which we follow to the right (left: Volinjak, Leški cerkvi, Leše...). The trail ahead leads past the homestead Andrej, then continues first along the western, then along the southern side of Andrejev vrh. Before the homestead Najevnik we reach a smaller saddle, by which there is a chapel (at the chapel a trail to Andrejev vrh branches off to the left), but we continue further on the macadam road.
Further on the road leads us past the homesteads Najevnik, Danev, Predovnik, to the homestead Kajžar (at the homestead Kajžar a trail branches off to the nearby church of St. Lenart), which we bypass along the lower right side. The trail ahead leads along the forest road, which soon splits, and we choose the upper road (the lower one leads towards the homestead Krajnc). For a few more minutes we ascend diagonally across the slopes of the peak Jankovec (1200 m), then we reach a small valley between the aforementioned peak on the left and Kranjčev vrh (1227 m) on the right.
At the beginning of the mentioned valley a trail to Šahmanova koča branches off to the right, but we continue on the left road, which brings us out of the forest onto a kind of pasture. When the trail a little further returns to the forest, at the saddle between the previously mentioned peaks we notice one of the rare mountain signposts (along the trail there are mostly rare, old and partly faded blazes).
We continue in the direction of Uršlja gora along the road, which begins to descend. After crossing a more pronounced torrent we arrive at the slopes of the peak Stribovc (1151 m), where the road splits. We continue on the right road (left: "homestead" Macigoj and Barbarski graben), which continues to descend, but we follow it to "gladovna voda". After the smaller permanent spring we leave the road and continue the ascent to the right on the cart track in the direction of the homestead Obretan, Uršlja gora and Naravske ledine. The cart track soon splits again, and from the junction we continue along the slightly left trail (slightly right: Uršlja gora), along which we notice the inscription "REST-PLAC". After a minute of further walking along the gentle cart track we arrive at the bivouac Suška bajta.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (March).

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Naravskih ledinah