Muta (Spodnja Muta) - Sveti Jernej above Muta (via Bricnik)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Dravograd, and then we continue driving in the direction towards Maribor. After the crossing of Mučka Bistrica we turn left in the settlement Muta, where then on an appropriate place in the middle of the settlement Spodnja Muta we park. Some parking lots are intended only for residents.
B) We drive to Maribor, and then we follow the signs for Dravograd. A little after the settlement Zgornja Vižinga, we turn right in the direction of the settlement Muta, where then in the center of Spodnja Muta we park on an appropriate parking lot. Some parking lots are intended only for residents.

Path description:
We start at road Cesta na Primož, and there we are lightly ascending towards the northeast. After few minutes, we get to a crossroad, where mountain sign for Bricnik points us left, and we quickly get to the beginning of the settlement Sveti Primož nad Muto. At the next crossroad blazes point us to the left and then we diagonally ascend over panoramic grassy slope. When a little higher road turns right, loses an asphalt covering and for some time passes into the forest, where it makes a right hairpin turn. We soon return out of the forest, where the path leads past the homestead Sušek, and a little above the homestead from the crossroad we continue straight or slightly right. On the macadam road, we also bypass turn-off to the farm Breznik, at the next crossroad, at the sign for farm Janež, we leave the road and we continue on a marked path, which for some time steeply ascends through the forest, and when it flattens, it joins the macadam road. We continue on a panoramic road, from which a nice view opens up towards Pohorje, Uršlja gora, Peca, and in the distance are visible also Kamnik Savinja Alps. Buildings on farm Pentat we bypass on the left side, and then we reach an asphalt road which we only cross and we continue towards Bricnik (signpost for cottage Zavetišče Onuk - Glavar shows right, but also for this destination is better to continue towards Bricnik). Next follows an ascent through the forest, when we reach homestead Žaucer we bypass it on the right side. Next follows few minutes of a diagonal ascent towards the right and left hairpin turn, behind which we again reach an asphalt road and marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue straight towards Bricnik (left church of St. Primož, right cottage Zavetišče Glavar) and we ascend to the forest. Through the forest, we are ascending diagonally towards the right and at first, we walk on a cart track which we soon leave because blazes point us to the right from the cart track. Also on a footpath we are ascending in the same direction, and higher joins also the path which leads past the cottage Zavetišče Glavar. Next follows few minutes of ascent, where at the crossings we follow the blazes, and then the path flattens and it brings us to the top of Bricnik.
From Bricnik we continue on a marked path in the direction towards St. Jernej, where we are at first gently, and then steeply descending on a cart track. Lower, we reach the macadam road which continues without large changes in altitude, and at the crossroads, we follow it in the direction of St. Jernej. After a little bigger marked crossroad path brings us out of the forest on panoramic meadows, where the path branches off to the right towards the homestead Lanc-Onuk, and on the left a beautiful view opens up towards Uršlja gora, Raduha and Peca. We continue on the road, from which a nice view opens up also towards the church of St. Lovrenc, which is situated on the Austrian side of the national border. After few minutes of additional walking, we reach tourist farm Odernik, where the road ends.
We continue through the yard, then the path leads us on a gentle cart track, on which we get to a marked crossing, by which there is a wooden religious symbol.
From the crossing, we continue slightly left in the direction towards Sveti Jernej (slightly right - Sveti Lovrenc), on the path which is at first gently, and then steeply descending towards the stream Vud, which we lower also cross. On the other side of the stream, the path turns right and at first, it is gently ascending along the stream and when the path turns left, it starts ascending steeply. Next follows approximately 20 minutes of ascent through the forest and then we step out of the forest, where the path flattens, and we continue a little right to the hunting observatory and nearby chapel. From the chapel we continue on a gentle and panoramic meadow, at the end of which we get to homestead Primož, where at the mighty linden tree there is an inscription box.
From the inscription box, we go in the direction of Bistriški jarek and Pernice and we continue on the road, on which in approximately 5 minutes we ascend to the church of St. Jernej.
Muta - Bricnik 1:50, Bricnik - Sveti Jernej 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (October).

On the way: Bricnik (1017m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Primož above Muta , St. Lorenzen ob Eibiswald