Poštarski dom pod Plešivcem - Plešivška kopa (Kozarnica)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Maribor motorway, take the Žalec exit, then follow the road towards Velenje, where at the larger crossroads in the middle of the town continue right towards Slovenj Gradec. In Slovenj Gradec, near the gas station, continue left towards the villages Podgorje, Sele and Ravne na Koroškem. Further on, drive along the regional road towards Ravne na Koroškem, then at the settlement Vrhe continue left towards the village Sele and the church of St. Roch. From the church, continue on the asphalt road, which a little higher brings us to a crossroads, where to the left branches off the road leading to Poštarski dom hut. Then on the local road, at the first crossroads follow right, at the second left (both times direction Poštarski dom hut). Follow the mentioned road all the way to Poštarski dom hut, where we park on the parking lot nearby.
Access is also possible from Ravne na Koroškem.

Path description:
From Poštarski dom hut we head onto the macadam road along which the marked path to Uršlja Gora also runs. Already after a few metres, the path via Kozarnica branches off to the right, but we follow the marked path that leads to Uršlja Gora via Kal. The road ascends steeply but soon we reach the meadows, and at the highest point, where a wide view opens up on Slovenj Gradec and Mislinja valley, we notice a built chapel. Here the marked path goes straight towards the farm, but we turn right onto a forest cart track that gently ascends across the meadow. The forest road initially goes through the forest, and when we reach the clearing, the paths split. We head right ahead along the road, which is usually more worn than the left one that dead-ends in the forest. We steeply circle the mentioned clearing, and after a gentle ascent through the forest we arrive at the flat area behind Ravnjakov vrh. Here the cart track dips slightly, but before that we turn right into the forest and head straight towards the ridge that we spot ahead. The ridge gradually rises towards the northern edge of Plešivška kopa. We follow it all the way, and unlike the previous dark mostly spruce forest, here there are mainly deciduous trees, so between slender beech trunks the view to the left reaches the entire upper Mislinja valley. Then we cross a forest road, and immediately above it the ridge widens and steepens somewhat as it merges with the northern slope of the mountain, which suddenly rises straight ahead. To the left, steep limestone rock layers rise among spruce trunks, and we look for the path leading right. After initial uncertainty about whether we went correctly, the path hidden under fallen leaves soon becomes more distinct and obvious. Here we cannot go wrong; only in the lower part does the path split and we choose the right one that continues rising. We ascend in hairpins past numerous uprooted spruce stumps and trunks, so due to the dense forest and shady slope it is quite dark and cold here. At the top of the slope, when we already sense it is about to end, the path leaves the gully, crosses some forest grass and among young dense spruces dead-ends on gentler terrain. We continue straight through the forest, again somewhat steeply among rocks entirely covered in green moss. Suddenly we find ourselves on a flat forest road. We turn right onto it and after a few metres reach a crossroads beside which stands a plastic container belonging to the Slovenj Gradec hunting society. One path turns sharply left, but we go straight ahead and soon the previously wide road begins to fade and almost disappears entirely. When we can barely sense the former cart track, we ascend slightly again, and when through the trees on the right northern slope we glimpse an expansive view towards Mežiška dolina, we turn left. We quickly step onto the summit plateau of Plešivška kopa and again spot a path through the dense undergrowth. If we go left, after a few metres we reach the eastern summit; we turn right and likewise after a few metres step onto the western summit rising about a metre above the plateau, or pile of limestone rocks that look as if someone stacked them there. The summit area is entirely overgrown, so there is no view southwards and only through the trees westwards do we glimpse the tower and church on Uršlja Gora. Completely different is the view northwards. A few metres from the summit, above the steep slope and rocks, the forest is so thinned that we can enjoy the view over lower Mežiška dolina with Ravne and Kotlje and all the way to Labotska dolina over which Golica reigns.
We can descend the same path, or go on to the eastern summit, descend slightly from it and reach patches of thinned forest above the eastern slope to also enjoy the view towards Pohorje, Paški Kozjak and Šaleška dolina in the midst of which the chimneys of TE Šoštanj reign. Here we find the forest path, follow it left and reach the aforementioned crossroads with the plastic container. On descent, take care to find the ascent path, as descending laterally across the rocky steep slope could be dangerous.