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

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 left (straight upwards - Bricnik, right - Zavetišče Glavar) and after few minutes of walking on the asphalt road we get to the church of St. Primož and Felicijan, from which a beautiful view opens up.
We continue towards Sveti Jernej, where the path leads us on a macadam road towards the north, and it runs on the western slopes of Bricnik. The road, from which occasionally views opening up towards the west, we leave at the left turn and we continue straight on a wide cart track. From the cart track, after few 10 strides we go left and we cross the stream Vud. On the other side of the stream, we start ascending steeper on a marked cart track, and when we step out of the forest by the edge of the pasture we get to the hunting observatory, where the cart track ends. Through the pasture, where there isn't any footpath, we continue slightly left and we diagonally ascend to the nearby road which we reach at the farm Ižek.
The road, from which at first a nice view opens up towards Uršlja gora, we follow to the right, and then it passes into the forest, through which it is ascending for some time. When we step out of the forest, follows few minutes of a moderate ascent, and then we already get to the 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 - Sveti Primož 1:20, Bricnik - Sveti Jernej 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (October).

On the way: Sveti Primož nad Muto (806m)

Trip can be extended to: St. Lorenzen ob Eibiswald , Bricnik