Andrejev dom na Slemenu - Dom na Uršlji gori

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Šoštanj (to here from Velenje or the Savinja Valley), then we continue driving towards Črna na Koroškem. Further on, the road starts ascending towards the Spodnje Sleme pass (1081 m), which we reach after a few kilometers of winding road. We can park already at a suitable spot by the pass, otherwise at the pass we turn left and drive a few hundred meters more to the parking lot at Andrejev dom na Slemenu.
B) First, we drive to Črna na Koroškem, from there we continue driving towards Šoštanj and Velenje. Further on, the road starts ascending towards the Spodnje Sleme pass (1081 m), which we reach after a few kilometers of winding road. We can park already at a suitable spot by the pass, otherwise at the pass we turn right and drive a few hundred meters more to the parking lot at Andrejev dom na Slemenu.

Path description:
From Andrejev dom na Slemenu we return to the Spodnje Sleme pass, from there we continue in the direction of Naravske ledine, Uršlja gora and the church of St. Vid. For a short time we continue on the main road towards Črna na Koroškem, then a marked cart track branches off slightly to the right (the turn-off is not specifically marked), which continues parallel to the main road. Through the forest we walk another minute or two, then we step onto a larger clearing, where on the right side we notice the church of St. Vid, to which only a few steps of ascent separate us.
From the church we walk to the nearby macadam road and continue along it past a smaller cottage, which we bypass on the right side. Just a few steps further the road enters the forest, through which it continues without major changes in elevation. A little further from the memorial plaque, which we notice on the right side on a nearby tree, we arrive at a smaller intersection, where the road to the Robnik homestead branches off to the left, to the right the road leads towards Zgornji Razbori and Slovenj Gradec, while we continue straight in the direction of Javorje. The wider macadam road shortly afterwards brings us out of the forest, where we arrive at a marked intersection at the information boards and symbol (starting point Ciganija).
Before the cross we turn right onto a somewhat worse macadam road (slightly left Javorje and Črna na Koroškem), which returns to the forest. The path towards Uršlja gora continues to lead along the macadam road, which in a traverse brings us to a smaller saddle west of Kotnikov vrh (1220 m). After the saddle, where we temporarily step out of the forest and by which there is a smaller weekend house, the road starts to descend more noticeably, leading us past two smaller intersections. At the first intersection we can notice a memorial plaque somewhat off the path, at the second there is a symbol. Both times we continue on the marked road, from which a nice view temporarily opens towards the queen of Koroška - Peca, which a little further brings us to the junction at Križan (to here it is also possible by car, namely from the direction of Sleme, Črna na Koroškem or Podgorje).
From Križan, which is at 1040 m elevation, we continue on the marked path in the direction of Uršlja gora (left Koča na Naravskih ledinah 1:15 and Koča Krivec 300 m). The path ahead goes straight into the forest and starts to ascend more steeply. Higher up the trail levels out somewhat and brings us over a pasture fence to a larger meadow or pasture, through which we continue straight uphill. With nice views of the Smrekovško pogorje, Raduha, Olševa and if we look back at the Šaleška dolina and surrounding hills, we quickly arrive at the upper part of the pasture, where there is a water trough, chapel and the decaying Šišernik homestead.
Above the homestead we cross the road twice in succession (the first leads towards the Vernšek homestead, the second towards the summit of Uršlja gora, in the other direction both towards Naravske ledine), then at the bench we continue through the forest on a relatively steep, partly cart track path. After a short steep ascent the cart track, along which the winter path continues, turns right, while we continue slightly left on the marked and well-trodden mountain path. Further on we steeply ascend the southern slopes of Uršlja gora for quite some time, then the path gradually turns somewhat to the right, where it continues mostly traversing uphill to the right for a while. Higher up for a few steps we step onto the mountain road leading to the summit, but soon leave it as the markers lead us right onto a moderately steep footpath, to which a few minutes higher the path from Poštarski dom na Plešivcu and the path from Ivarčko jezero join.
We continue on the still well-trodden and relatively wide path, which gradually brings us out of the forest, where along the path we spot yet another of the numerous chapels on our path. A gentle ascent follows on the grassy slope to the edge of the partly exposed ridge (only the ridge is exposed, not the marked path), from where a nice view opens towards the north. From here we walk another minute or two and we are already at the church of St. Uršula and at Dom na Uršlji gori.

On the way: Sveti Vid pod Jernejevim vrhom (1075m), Križan (1040m), Šišernik (1259m)

Trip can be extended to: Uršlja gora (Plešivec) ( 10 min)