Pernica - Zavrh v Slovenskih goricah

Access to starting point:
Leave the Pomurska motorway at the Pernica exit and then follow the signs to the aforementioned 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 next to the cemetery.

Path description:
Already at the parking lot, we notice the first Knafelc markings, 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 markings. Higher up, we enter a strip of forest, where we bypass the highest point of Gradišče (351 m) on the right side. This is followed by some short ascents and descents, and passing individual houses, we reach a marked intersection where we leave the Knafelc markings and continue following the yellow-white markings, keeping the direction towards Ruperče and Zavrh.
This is followed by some scenic traversing, 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 mountain bike trail. When the road turns right downhill, we continue straight onto a side road, along which there are signs for Zimico and Zavrh. This is followed by an ascent 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 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 Ložane to Malečnik, which we follow to the right, but walk along it only to the next marked intersection, where we go left onto the side road with signs for Jablance and Voličina. The path ahead leads along the road which continues without major changes in elevation, at numerous intersections we follow the signs for Voličina, or the yellow-white markings. Occasionally quite scenic road later brings us to the slopes of Homa, where on the western side of the peak we arrive at the arranged Rebra spring.
A little further from the spring, we go left onto the footpath, continuing to follow the signs for Voličina. This is followed by some ascent to the southern forested ridge of Homa, then we gradually begin to descend, following the markings at a few forks. When lower down we reach a poorer road, we go left, and when about a minute further we reach the asphalt road, we go right, still towards Voličina. Even further on, we first descend, later, where at intersections we follow the direction to Voličina, the path continues with some shorter ascents and descents.
The path ahead leads through the settlement of Jablance, behind the last house in one of the hamlets the asphalt ends and we descend somewhat steeply along the gravel road, which levels out lower down. When at the chapel we reach the asphalt road, we go left and continue following the signs for Voličina, this time the sign next to it also has Zavrh.
Further on, we descend easily for quite some time along the valley of the Jablanški stream, the settlement of Jablance soon ends.
Lower down, we pass a small pond, when we arrive at the road sign indicating the start of the municipality of Lenart, we go right onto the side road, along which the yellow-white markings continue.
This is followed by some ascent through the forest, when the forest ends we bypass the farm on the right side, behind it we gradually descend a little. Further on, there are a few intersections where we follow the main road, and we follow the main road all the way to the settlement of Spodnja Voličina, where a few dozen steps before the church we go right.
This is followed by a very short easy descent, then we begin to ascend. At the end of the settlement, we go left onto an almost unnoticeable path, directed by the markings. This is followed by a traversing ascent somewhat below the road, the path leading along the grassy slope higher up crosses the asphalt road. The path ahead leads along the track which turns into forest, at a few forks we follow the markings. Further on, we ascend transversely to the left for a short time, when we reach the fence the path turns right and steeply ascends along the fence. When the ascent ends, we reach the road, and we go left to walk to the nearby viewpoint tower on Zavrh.
Starting point - Vavtošek 1:05, Vavtošek - Rebra spring 1:10, Rebra spring - Spodnja Voličina 1:45, Spodnja Voličina - Zavrh 0:35.
Description and photos refer to the condition in February 2023 and November 2025.

On the way: Gradišče (351m), Vavtošek (418m), Rebra Spring (390m), Jablance (260m), Sveti Rupert (Spodnja Voličina) (286m)