Poljana - Volinjak (via Leše churches and Hermanko)

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Ravne na Koroškem, then continue to Mežica. After Prevalje, you will reach the small settlement of Poljana, where you will park in the parking lot opposite the Church of St. John the Baptist. Next to the parking lot there is a memorial to the National Liberation Day and a Kocka bar.
b) From Črna na Koroškem we drive towards Mežica and further towards Ravne na Koroškem. In the village of Poljana, just after the crossroads where the road to Austria turns left, turn left in front of the Church of St. John the Baptist into the parking lot next to the NOB memorial and the Kocka bar.
c) From the route of Austria, drive into Slovenia via Border crossing Holmec and after a few kilometres turn left at the crossroads towards Ravenna na Koroškem. Just after the crossroads, where you join the Mežica - Prevalje road, turn left in front of the Church of St. John the Baptist into the parking lot by the NOB memorial and the Kocka bar.

Path description:
From the starting point, carefully cross the fairly busy road Prevalje - Mežica, then at the junction of two macadam roads continue along the left-hand side, which continues behind the Church of St. John the Baptist. After the church, turn right once more and then descend gently to the bridge over the Mež River. On the other side of the bridge, go left and then you will see a signpost on a tree pointing you right into the forest. After a short climb on cart track, the path splits and we take a slight left in the route Leše churches (right Volinjak).
Continue on cart track, which ascends transversely to the left, following the yellow markers at the crossroads. Higher up, the forest ends and you can see Leše churches just a short walk away.
After the churches, turn right onto the footpath, which turns into a forest higher up and then, after a short climb, joins the macadam road. The road climbs gently and after only 10 metres you reach a marked crossroads, where you continue along a slightly left-hand road in the direction of Volinjak and the path into the mysterious world of the Sorrows of Women (Prapar and Stovčnik on the right). The way ahead continues first through the woods, then past a watering hole and alongside an expansive pasture. A little higher up, the road leads us to a small hamlet near the Hermanko farm, where we see the inscription Volinjak on one of the buildings, which directs us to the right, but we continue along the road, only to leave it at a crossroads a few minutes away, at which there is a larger brick chapel.
From the crossroads continue right, on the path in the direction of Volinjak, where the path first leads us through hay fields and then gradually passes into the woods. Through the forest, follow the yellow arrows or lines, and after a fairly steep path, within a few minutes of further walking, we reach the top of Volinjak, where there is a registration box.
Poljana - Leše churches 45 minutes, Leše churches - Volinjak 40 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (February).

On the way: Leški cerkvi (674m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Andrejev vrh

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