Pernica - Rebra Spring

Access to starting point:
Leave the Pomurska motorway at the Pernica exit and then follow the signs to the mentioned place. From the roundabout, take the exit towards the health home, post office, kindergarten, cemetery, cultural home and Strojegradnja Koletnik. Park immediately behind the roundabout on the parking lot at the roundabout, or on the other side of the road on the parking lot by the cemetery.

Path description:
Already at the parking lot, we notice the first Knafelc markers, which we follow southwards, starting to ascend along the sidewalk where houses are still quite frequent along the path. The path soon turns west, and higher up at the intersection where the sidewalk ends, we continue straight ahead and continue following the Knafelc markers. Higher up, we enter a strip of forest, where we bypass the highest point of Gradišče (351 m) on the right side. A few shorter ascents and descents follow, passing individual houses, until we reach a marked intersection, where we leave the Knafelc markers and continue following the yellow-white markers, keeping the direction towards Ruperče and Zavrh.
A scenic traverse follows, from where we get a nice view of Pohorje and Dravsko polje, and the path continues for a while along the same route as the Slovenian touring bicycle trail. When the road turns right downhill, we continue straight onto a side road, along which there are signs for Zimico and Zavrh. An ascent follows between forest on the left and vineyards on the right to two houses where the road ends. We bypass the houses on the right side, then continue along the ridge where the power line is also routed.
When the somewhat wider path from the ridge turns right towards the nearby houses, we continue straight and keep to the ridge, following such a path to the summit a few minutes away, which we recognize by the transmitters.
We bypass the transmitters on the right side, the nearby house on the left, and begin descending along the cart track, where after a few dozen steps we go sharply left.
The path ahead leads along the vineyard, lower down past a house we reach a narrower asphalt road and follow it right downhill. The narrow road quickly brings us to a wider road leading from Ložan towards Malečnik, which we follow to the right, but walk along it only to the next marked intersection, where we turn left onto a side road with signs for Jablance and Voličino. The path ahead leads along the road that continues without major changes in elevation, at numerous intersections following the signs for Voličino or the yellow-white markers. Occasionally quite scenic road later brings us to the slopes of Homa, where on the western side of the summit we arrive at the arranged Izvir Rebra spring.
Starting point - Vavtošek 1:05, Vavtošek - Izvir Rebra 1:10.
Description and photos refer to the state in November 2025.

On the way: Gradišče (351m), Vavtošek (418m)