Poljana - Andrejev vrh (via Volinjak and past the chapel)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving towards Mežica. After Prevalje we will get to the smaller settlement Poljana, where we park on the parking lot opposite the church of St. John the Baptist. Near the parking lot there is a NOB monument and Kocka bar.
B) From Črna na Koroškem we drive towards Mežica and further towards Ravne na Koroškem. In the settlement Poljana, just a little after the intersection where the road towards Austria branches off to the left, before the church of St. John the Baptist we turn left onto the parking lot next to the NOB monument and Kocka bar.
C) From the direction of Austria through the border crossing Holmec we drive into Slovenia, after a few kilometers at the intersection we turn left towards Ravne na Koroškem. Just a little after the intersection where we join the road Mežica - Prevalje, before the church of St. John the Baptist we turn left onto the parking lot next to the NOB monument and Kocka bar.

Route description:
From the starting point, we carefully cross the quite busy road Prevalje - Mežica, then at the intersection of two macadam roads we continue on the left one, which continues behind the church of St. John the Baptist. Behind the church we continue right again, then we gently descend to the bridge over the river Meža. On the other side of the bridge we go left, then on a tree we notice a signpost which directs us right into the forest. After a short ascent on the cart track the path splits, and we choose the right path in the direction of Volinjak (slightly left Leše churches and Volinjak past the mentioned churches).
From the junction onwards we ascend transversely towards the right, the cart track on which we walk is marked at the junctions with yellow arrows. Higher up the cart track makes some longer serpentines, then it brings us to panoramic meadows below the farm Stovčnik. We continue to the farm, then above it, at the sign we cross the macadam road and continue into the forest, where yellow arrows on the trees also direct us. An ascent through the forest follows, and we continue to follow the yellow arrows, with the help of which higher up we reach the indistinct ridge, where the path past the Leše churches joins us from the left.
We continue right past the statue of St. Mary, and in a few minutes we arrive at the summit of Volinjak, from which some views open up.
From Volinjak we continue towards the southwest and begin to descend relatively steeply through the forest. After a few minutes the path levels out and brings us from the forest to a panoramic meadow, which we cross in a gentle descent. A little further we reach the macadam road, which we cross, then we continue on the slightly ascending road, which leads us past a larger chapel. After some 10 steps a marked path to Mežica branches off to the right downwards, but we continue on the macadam road towards the homestead Andrej. The path ahead leads us past the homestead Andrej, then continues first along the western, then also along the southern side of Andrejev vrh. Before the homestead Najevnik we reach a smaller saddle, next to which there is a chapel, and beside it we leave the macadam road and continue sharply left onto the path, which begins to ascend along the ridge. We follow this path all the way to the Andrejev vrh, which is a few minutes away.
Poljana - Volinjak 1:35, Volinjak - Andrejev vrh 40 minutes.

Along the route: Volinjak (886m)

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