Vinišnik - Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom (below the peak)

Access to starting point:
A) From Velenje or Dravograd we drive to Slovenj Gradec, and here in the roundabout, which is situated on the main road Dravograd - Velenje, we take the exit for Kope and Legen. The road then soon brings us to the next crossroad, where we turn right (in the direction of the ski center Kope). In this direction we drive approximately 2.2 km to the next crossroad, where we turn left (in this direction there are signposts for a few paths and a marked path to Kremžarica). At the next crossroad after 500 meters we again turn left (in the direction of the picnic area Vinišnik). We continue with a short drive uphill, we meet a macadam road and on the left side we notice a parking lot.
B) From the regional road Mislinja - Slovenj Gradec we drive to the settlement Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu and later Legen, we also drive past the church of St. Jurij and then we turn right in the direction of the ski center Kope. In this direction we continue approximately 300 meters to the next crossroad, where we turn left (in this direction there are signposts for a few farms and a marked path to Kremžarca). At the next crossroad after 500 meters we again turn left in the direction of the picnic area Vinišnik. We continue with a short drive uphill, we meet a macadam road and on the left side we notice a parking lot, which is intended for hikers to Kremžarjev vrh.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which leads to the picnic area Vinišnik. After a few minutes of walking the marking directs us to the right on a worse steeper road, past smaller farms. The road slowly changes into a forest cart track or cart track. In front of us is 40 minutes of walking uphill on a marked path, which runs along a cart track and forest paths. After the end of the cart track, we cross a crossroad of macadam roads where the "main road" leads to St. Barbara, and in the other direction to the valley or our destination. Our marked path continues on the other side of the road and from there we can in this part observe Slovenj Gradec and peaks of the nearby mountains (Uršlja gora, Peca). After 15 minutes of walking on a cart track and by pastures and past the farm Lampret we cross the road and come to a junction. We have the option to choose a shorter path under the summit or the path over the summit.
The shorter path takes 30 minutes of walking and leads us on a fairly flat beaten path past the water catchment. Towards the end it turns into a slight incline. The incline quickly eases and the path brings us to an indistinct ridge on which we meet paths from Vuzenica, Grmovškov dom, Vinišnik - Kremžarjev vrh (over the summit). On the ridge there is an interesting half-open glass chapel with a wish bell and a junction where we ascend sharply to the right uphill to Kremžarjev vrh or to the Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom. We have another 5 minutes of walking. First we walk on a cart track, then the cart track turns onto a macadam road from the valley.

On the way: Vinišnik (550m), Lampret (950m), Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom mountain hut (1102m), Kremžarjev vrh (1164m)