Žerjav - Koča na Naravskih ledinah

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Šoštanj (from Velenje or the Savinja Valley), then we continue driving towards Črna na Koroškem. Further on, the road starts to ascend towards the pass Spodnje Sleme (1081 m), which we reach after a few kilometers of winding road. This is followed by a descent through the valley of Javorski potok to Črna na Koroškem, where at the roundabout in the center of the settlement (roundabout in the middle of which there is a monument, near the bus station and the parish church of St. Ožbalt) we continue right in the direction of Žerjav. Further, we drive past the mining museum and then through the Mežiška Valley towards Žerjav. In Žerjav, past the TAB MPI factory and the Petrol gas station, we cross the bridge over the river Meža, but right after the bridge we continue right on a somewhat narrower asphalt road in the direction of Uršlja gora, Jazbina and Žerjav. The path further leads us past a smaller Mercator store and a branch elementary school, then it barely noticeably ascends through the valley of Jazbinski potok. When the settlement Žerjav ends, we arrive at a crossroads, where we park a few meters before the crossroads at a suitable spot. From the crossroads, to the left the road continues towards Kristavčnik and the footpath towards Naravske ledine and Uršlja gora, straight ahead a poorer cart track continues towards Jazbina, to the right the road towards the Mrdavšič homestead.
B) First, we drive to Ravne na Koroškem (from Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec), then we continue driving in the direction of Mežica and Črna na Koroškem. When we arrive at the settlement Žerjav (Žerjav is a settlement between Mežica and Črna na Koroškem), just before the main road crosses the river Meža we continue left in the direction of Uršlja gora, Jazbina and Žerjav. The path further leads us past a smaller Mercator store and a branch elementary school, then it barely noticeably ascends through the valley of Jazbinski potok. When the settlement Žerjav ends, we arrive at a crossroads, where we park a few meters before the crossroads at a suitable spot. From the crossroads, to the left the road continues towards Kristavčnik and the footpath towards Naravske ledine and Uršlja gora, straight ahead a poorer cart track continues towards Jazbina, to the right the road towards the Mrdavšič homestead.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the left road, which continues through the valley of Jazbinski potok. After the small bridge, the road loses its asphalt surface (May 2014), then we walk for about 15 minutes along the mentioned stream, where we arrive at a smaller crossroads. The signs for Naravske ledine and Uršlja gora direct us left onto a narrower macadam road, which starts to ascend somewhat more noticeably. Further on, the road leads us past the Krstavčnik homestead and also past a few smaller huts, then it crosses the stream and behind it starts to ascend more steeply. In two hairpin turns, the road climbs quite high above the stream, then past the hunting observatory it brings us to a marked junction, next to which there is also a table and two benches.
From the junction, we continue on the right marked path, which a few tens of meters further splits again into two parts. Again, we continue slightly right (the branch is marked with an arrow on a tree), then we ascend somewhat more steeply through the forest. A few minutes higher, we reach an interesting little ridge that leads us above two streams. The little ridge, which to the right is overgrown with forest and to the left crumbly descends towards the nearby stream, we soon leave, as the path turns slightly right, where it ascends transversely through the forest. After a short traverse, we reach a small valley, then we ascend along it to the edge of the forest, where there is a marked junction.
From the junction, we continue right (left Prežihova bajta, Ravne na Koroškem and Prevalje), then along the path that runs along the edge of a larger meadow we arrive at the Koča na Naravskih ledinah in 5 minutes.

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Uršlji gori (1 h 50 min) , Uršlja gora (Plešivec) (1 h 45 min)