Podvelka - Sveti Ignacij (Rdeči Breg)

Access to starting point:
From the road Maribor - Dravograd, between the settlements Ožbalt and Brezno, we turn onto the road in the direction of the settlement Podvelka. After crossing the river Drava and the railway, we turn left and park on the parking lot near the post office.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a side road, by which there are signs for Sveti Ignacij and Hunting cottage Klančnik. At first, we ascend past a few houses, and when the asphalt ends we continue through the forest on a cart track which ascends diagonally towards the right. A little higher we cross a macadam road, and we ascend on the mountain path which leads us by the nearby cart track, which we cross higher, and a little further we reach another macadam road. We follow the road to the right, and we walk there a few minutes, or to the spot where the signs for Sveti Ignacij point us to the left on a cart track which starts to ascend steeper. At a smaller crossing we choose the left cart track which then leads us below a larger clearing, and a little ahead the cart track turns right and ascends through the previously mentioned clearing. From the upper part of the clearing a beautiful view opens up, which reaches all the way to Golica / Koralpe, and the path then returns into the forest. Higher, we temporarily leave the forest and reach the ridge of Grebenčev vrh, where we go past two hunting observatories, and here at a few successive crossings we follow the blazes. The path ahead again leads through the forest, and gradually from the slope it passes to an indistinct ridge, where it gradually flattens. Further on we continue for a few minutes without major changes in altitude, and then we arrive at the church of St. Ignacij.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in February 2023.