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

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Dravograd, then continue driving towards Maribor. After crossing Mučka Bistrica, we turn left into the settlement Muta, where we then park at an appropriate spot in the center of the settlement Spodnja Muta. Some parking spaces are intended only for residents.
B) We drive to Maribor, then follow the signs for Dravograd. Somewhat beyond the settlement Zgornja Vižinga, we turn right towards the settlement Muta, where we then park at an appropriate parking spot in the center of Spodnja Muta. Some parking spaces are intended only for residents.

Path description:
We start the path along Cesta na Primož, along which we easily ascend towards the northeast. After a few minutes we arrive at a crossroads, where the mountain sign for Bricnik directs us left, but we quickly reach the start of the settlement Sv. Primož nad Muto. At the next crossroads the blazes direct us left, then we ascend diagonally across the panoramic grassy slope. When a little higher the road turns right, it loses its asphalt surface and transitionally enters the forest, where it makes a right serpentine. Soon we return from the forest, where the path leads past the homestead Sušek; somewhat above the homestead, from the crossroads we continue straight ahead or slightly right. Along the macadam road we also bypass the turn-off to the excursion farm Breznik; at the next crossroads, at the sign for the farm Janež, we leave the road and continue along the marked path, which steeply ascends through the forest for a while, but when it levels out, it joins the macadam road. We continue along the panoramic road, from which a nice view opens towards Pohorje, Uršlja gora, Peca; in the distance the Kamnik-Savinja Alps are also visible. We bypass the buildings at the Pentat farm on the left side, then we reach an asphalt road, which we merely cross and continue towards Bricnik (the signpost for Zavetišče Onuk - Glavar points right, but it is also better to continue towards Bricnik for that destination). An ascent through the forest follows; when we reach the homestead Žaucer, we bypass it on the right side. A few minutes of diagonal ascent to the right and a left serpentine follow, after which we again reach the asphalt road and a marked junction.
From the junction we continue left (straight up Bricnik, right Zavetišče Glavar) and after a few minutes of walking along the asphalt road we arrive at the church of St. Primož and Felicijan, from which a beautiful view opens up.
We continue towards sv. Jernej, where the path leads along a macadam road heading north along the western slopes of Bricnik. We leave the road, from which occasional views to the west open up, at the left bend and continue straight onto a wide cart track. From the cart track, after some 10 steps we go left and cross the stream Vud. On the other side of the stream we begin to ascend more steeply along the marked cart track; when we emerge from the forest at the edge of the pasture we reach the hunting observatory, where the cart track ends. Across the pasture, where there is no path, we continue slightly left and ascend diagonally to the nearby road, which we reach at the farm Ižek.
We follow the road to the right, from which a nice view towards Uršlja gora initially opens up; then it enters the forest, through which it ascends for a while. When we emerge from the forest, a few minutes of moderate ascent follow, after which we soon arrive at the homestead Primož, where there is a stamping box by the mighty linden tree.
From the stamping box we continue in the direction of Bistriški jarek and Pernic and proceed along the road, ascending to the church of sv. Jernej in about 5 minutes.
Muta - sv. Primož 1:20, Bricnik - sv. Jernej 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (October).

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

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