Zadnji travnik - Govca (Olševa)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem (to here from Ravne na Koroškem or from Šoštanj through the mountain pass Spodnje Sleme), and then we continue driving towards Koprivna. Further on, we ascend along the river Meža, ignoring all left and right turn-offs up to the sharp left turn. At the mentioned turn, we turn right in the direction of Olševa (still on the asphalt road Sveti Jakob) onto a macadam road, which gradually starts to ascend steeply. Further on, we ascend along the river Meža for some time, then a somewhat worse macadam road turns sharply left. A little higher follows a sharp right turn, after which the road ascends transversely to the right. When we are already quite high, a somewhat narrower road branches off to the right towards the nearby Govševa planina, but we continue straight ahead and follow the macadam road to a clearing, where we see the mountain signposts for Olševa and Planinski dom Kumer. We park in a suitable spot by the mountain signposts.
B) We drive to Luče (to here from Mozirje or from Kamnik over the mountain pass Volovljek (Kranjski Rak)), and then we continue driving towards Logarska dolina. In the village Solčava, we leave the main road towards Logarska dolina and continue driving to the right in the direction of Podolševa, the mountain pass Spodnje Sleme, and Črna na Koroškem. Further on, the road loses its asphalt surface, and after a few kilometres at the junction in Podolševa, we turn right towards Črna na Koroškem. The road, which further on mainly ascends transversely, brings us after some time to the mountain pass Spodnje Sleme. From the pass, the road starts descending, and we follow it in the direction of Črna na Koroškem. When, after a few kilometres, we descend into the valley, at the junction we turn left and then ascend along the river Meža. A little higher, a road branches off to the right towards Kumer, but we drive along the main road for approximately another 1 km, or to the sharp left turn. At the beginning of the turn, we notice signs for Olševa, which direct us to the right onto a macadam road. Further on, we ascend along the river Meža for some time, then a somewhat worse macadam road turns sharply left. A little higher follows a sharp right turn, after which the road ascends transversely to the right. When we are already quite high, a somewhat narrower road branches off to the right towards the nearby Govševa planina, but we continue straight ahead and follow the macadam road to a clearing, where we see the mountain signposts for Olševa and Planinski dom Kumer. We park in a suitable spot by the mountain signposts.

Path description:
From the unregulated parking lot we continue left in the direction of Olševa on the path, which continues on a cart track and which goes into the forest after just a few metres. We walk on the cart track for about 3 minutes, then the blazes direct us slightly left onto a beaten footpath marked with arrows. A little higher, blazes reappear, and the path returns to the cart track. We continue the ascent on a gradually steeper cart track, which higher flattens somewhat and turns right. From the point where the cart track turns right, we follow it for only another 10 or so metres, then the blazes direct us left onto a steeper footpath again, which quickly brings us to the hunting bivouac Foršnerca.
From the hunting bivouac we continue straight ahead and then, after a few metres, left uphill. Further on, the path starts to ascend more steeply through a partly larch forest, which thins out higher up. After a few minutes' ascent, the path flattens and brings us to a small cirque. There follows a few minutes of moderate ascent, then the path becomes somewhat steeper again, leading us over increasingly panoramic shady slopes of Olševa. Higher up, the path turns left and ascends diagonally to a small gully, up which we climb over scree onto the ridge of Olševa.
We reach the ridge at a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Govca, the highest peak of the aforementioned ridge (left: the saddle Spodnje Sleme and Raduha). The path ahead continues along the left, mostly southern side of the ridge, crossing some steeper slopes and, at two points, exposed ones too (especially in wet conditions and snow, risk of slipping). Further on, the slope flattens somewhat, and the path ascends a little more steeply. With fine views towards the mountains above Logarska dolina, we soon reach a sort of side ridge, up which we climb in a few minutes to the main ridge of Olševa. Here the path turns left and, after another 10 or so steps, brings us to Govca.

On the way: Lovski bivak Foršnerca (1550m)

Trip can be extended to: Obel kamen (Olševa)