Leše - Volinjak (via Prapar)
Starting point: Leše (530 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,5306°N 14,896°E |
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Name of path: via Prapar
Time of walking: 1 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 356 m
Altitude difference po putu: 356 m
Map: Koroška 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
From Mežica, Border crossing Holmec or Ravenna na Koroškem, drive to Prevalje, from where you continue to the village of Leše. When you arrive in Leše, drive to ŠD Leše, where you can park in a suitable place.
Path description:
From the sports ground, follow the asphalted road as it climbs through the village. At the crossroads follow the road slightly to the left, and when the asphalt ends, turn left onto cart track, which climbs up a grassy slope with a view. Cart track then continues for some time below the village. It then turns right at a higher altitude and leads past a small hamlet to a registration box and a few steps further on to the two churches of Lesko.
Before the churches, turn left onto a footpath which turns into a forest higher up and then, after a short climb, joins a macadam road. The road ascends gently and after only 10 metres you reach a marked crossroads, where you continue along the right-hand road in the direction of Stovčnik and Prapar (take the road slightly to the left to reach Mežica and also Volinjak). Just a little further on, the road forks again, and this time we take the left-hand road, which bypasses the Prapar farm (also Praper on some signs) on the upper side. Continue along the road leading to the Stovčnik farm, and we follow it first under the route of the power line, and then through the forest. Once in the forest, turn left onto cart track, along which you will soon see yellow arrows (there are usually hay bales at the point where you leave the road). The way ahead is cart track, which you follow at crossroads in the direction of the yellow lines or arrows. Higher up, cart track turns into a steep footpath which soon leads to a ridge, and on the ridge we are joined in a few minutes by the path past the Stovčnik farm.
The way forward takes us past the statue of St Mary, and then quickly up to a partially viewable peak.
Leše - Leše churches 25 minutes, Leše churches - Volinjak 40 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (February).
We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Andrejev vrh
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