Puščava - Sveti Ignacij (Rdeči Breg)

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Maribor - Dravograd, between HE Fala and HE Ožbalt we turn left towards Lovrenc na Pohorju (from the direction of Dravograd we turn right). On the other side of the Drava we start ascending along Radoljna, and at the marked crossroad we go left towards Ruše and Činžat. Further, we go past the bus stop Puščava, and a little ahead on the right there is appropriate space for parking.
B) We drive into Ruše, and then we follow the road towards Lovrenc na Pohorju. In the settlement Činžat we get to a saddle, where the road starts descending, and lower the road continues along Lamprehtov potok, where on the left we notice a space where we can park.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue along the asphalt road downwards, and when we get to the bus stop Puščava we go left on a marked path which continues on a wider cart track. We soon get to a small saddle, where on the left side we notice the church of Mary Help of Christians. Only a little further, we get to a smaller crossing, where we go left over a bridge (right - chapel of St. Anne 3 minutes), and after the bridge by the church we reach a wider asphalt road, on which we carefully continue for a few minutes.
We leave the road towards Lovrenc na Pohorju at the crossroad, by which there is a chapel and we continue right in the direction of Lehna, Kohovega and Podvelka. The path ahead leads us on a somewhat narrower asphalt road which first slightly descends, and then without major changes in altitude continues past a few more houses. After crossing Slepnica we go slightly right, on the road in the direction of the hunting cottage. Further, we ascend diagonally, and at the crossroads we continue straight or in the direction of the blazes and hunting cottage. Higher, after crossing the stream, the road turns sharply left, and still continues through the forest. Before the homestead Permavsl for a few minutes we leave the forest and a nice view opens up on Pohorje. When we return into the forest we get to another crossroad, where a road branches off to the right towards a few more homesteads, and we continue straight, where we again leave the forest. Next follows a few minutes of panoramic crossing, and at homestead Kapus from the left joins the path from Lovrenc na Pohorju.
We continue between the business building and a house, and after the farm the road passes into the forest, through which it continues all the way to Cigelnica, where there is a marked crossing.
We continue left on a footpath in the direction of Klančnik and sv. Ignacij (straight HE Ožbalt), where we ascend on a cart track. Higher, we cross a poor macadam road, and behind it we ascend on a cart track for some time. Higher the cart track narrows and blazes point us to the left, where we step out of the forest and then at the edge of the forest in a few minutes we reach the peak Klančnik.
From the top, we continue slightly left and on a panoramic grassy slope in a few minutes we descend to the nearby Hunting cottage Klančnik.
From the hunting cottage, we continue in the direction towards sv. Ignacij (left downwards one of the paths towards Lovrenc na Pohorju) and after a minute of additional walking we get to the road, on which we continue a light to moderate descent. After approximately 15 minutes of descent we get to a small saddle at homestead Hudej, where the road becomes asphalted. We continue straight and at the cross from the left joins the path past the homestead Brabar (starting point Lovrenc na Pohorju or Janževski Vrh).
The path ahead leads us also past the homestead Žumar, and behind it from the crossroad we continue slightly right towards sv. Ignacij. We continue on a macadam road which crosses a belt of forest, and then with nice views on the right side we bypass also the homestead Hleb, and behind it we quickly get to the church of sv. Ignacij.
Starting point - Puščava 0:05, Puščava - Klančnik 2:10, Klančnik - Hunting cottage Klančnik 0:05, Hunting cottage Klančnik - sv. Ignacij 0:30.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2021 and February 2022.

Along the route: Puščava (330m), Cigelnica (628m), Klančnik (Glančnik) (877m), Hunting cottage Klančnik (865m), Hudej (844m)

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