Orešnik - Sveta Barbara above Slovenj Gradec

Access to the starting point:
From Velenje or Dravograd, drive to Slovenj Gradec and take the Kope and Legan exit at the roundabout on the main road Dravograd - Velenje. The road then soon leads to the next junction, where you continue straight on towards Gradišče. The road then leads to a crossroads marked "farms". Here, turn right and follow the road to the next crossroads, where you turn right again and go uphill. Continue for a short distance to the next crossroads, where you turn sharp right uphill. After a few tens of metres the road comes to the "farm" Hriberšek, after which the road turns sharp left. Continue for a short distance and then the route described above begins behind the torrent we have just crossed. There are no parking places at the starting point, but a parking place has been arranged a little further away at the Vinišnik picnic area.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the road, and after a few minutes' walk, the road crosses a marked path. Leave the road here and turn left up the cart track, which climbs steeply at first and then moderately through the forest. Follow this path for a good half an hour to where it leads to the road. Here is the junction of four roads and our footpath, which we leave here. Continue along the road towards St Barbara (the turn-off is marked). Continue along the road, which is not marked but, as the road to the church has no crossroads, orientation is not difficult. Walk along the road, which gently descends from time to time and then ascends, for about 40 minutes until you see the church on the right side of the road, just a few metres away.

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