Dravograd (Meža) - Sveti Danijel (above Trbonje)

Access to the starting point:
a) From Slovenj Gradec or Raven na Koroškem, take the Dravograd, then before crossing the Drava River, continue to the right (take the first right turn). Cross the railway line, and then you will be at the beginning of the described route at the Agricultural and Forestry Cooperative Society of Koroška (Kmetijsko gozdarski zadruga Koroška). There are no parking places for hikers at the starting point.

b) From Maribor, take the Dravograd, where you turn left towards Slovenj Gradec and Ravenna na Koroškem. After the bridge over the river Drava, take the second street on the left. Cross the railway line, and then you will be at the beginning of the described route at the Agricultural and Forestry Cooperative Society of Koroška. There are no parking places for hikers at the starting point.

Path description:
On the other side of the railway line, turn right, then left before the Agricultural Forestry Cooperative Koroška onto the ascending asphalt road. Continue on the asphalt road to a serpentine on the near right, from where you continue straight ahead in the direction of the marked trail (there are some parking possibilities near the crossroads). Follow the dirt road uphill to a nearby house, after which the road turns into a cart track, after which you continue climbing through the woods. Climb cart track for a few minutes and then reach the area affected by the windstorm. Here, take the cart track to the right onto a well-maintained path which, with fine views, climbs over a slope that is slowly becoming overgrown. The well-maintained path makes a few serpentines, then climbs crosswise to the Skala lookout point, where there is a registration box and from where a fine view opens up in the direction of Dravograd.
Continue on the marked path, which leads us slightly higher to cart track, where the path splits. Bear left towards Šisernik (possibly also right towards Vinkler) and cart track turns sharply to the right a little further on. There is a short cross-climb and then cart track ends. There is a short steep climb and then another cart track is reached, which is followed to the right (here the beaten track leads slightly away from the old waymarked path).
There is a short crossing to the right, then merge with the path past Vinkler.
Continue left, where you first get a nice view, and then the path climbs cart track, where you continue straight on at the crossroads. Higher up, the path is laid, and cart track, with occasional views, leads us to a crossroads at the Ošlovnik farm.
Here, the marked Šisernik trail, which leads on to Kremžarjev vrh, turns right, and we continue straight on to the nearby house, which we pass on the left. At and above the farm we cross a large number of grazing fences, and after the neighbouring Mul farm the path passes into the woods, where it begins to climb steeply again. Initially, the ascent is along a forest track, but higher up you reach a wide cart track, which you follow in the same direction, i. e. roughly eastwards. At Mežnar's peak, where you reach a settlement of cottages, the cart track widens into a road, and at Mežnar Farm you leave the road and walk along the grassy cart track to St Daniel's Church, which offers a fine view. Dravograd - Skala 0:25, Skala - St. Danijel 1:05.
Description and images refer to the situation in 2019 (May).

On the way: Skala (nad Dravogradom) (525m), Mežnarjev vrh (866m)

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