Hunting lodge LD Libeliče - Šteharski vrh (Šteharnikov vrh)

Access to starting point:
A) From Slovenj Gradec or valley Mežiška dolina we drive to Dravograd, and then still before the bridge over the river Drava we turn left in the direction of settlements Črneče and Libeliče. Further, we at first cross river Meža, and then we drive through Črneče and later also through Gorče. After Gorče we get to Libeliče, where at the chapel we continue left. Asphalt road then gradually brings us in Ridlov jarek, where it starts ascending, and at the crossroads, we follow the signs for hunting cottage (lovska koča) or hunting lodge (lovski dom) Libeliče. We park on a marked parking lot about 100 meters before the hunting lodge.
B) We drive to Dravograd, and then we continue driving towards Slovenj Gradec. Soon after the bridge over the river Drava, we turn right in the direction of settlements Črneče and Libeliče. Further, we at first cross river Meža, and then we drive through Črneče and later also through Gorče. After Gorče we get to Libeliče, where at the chapel we continue left. Asphalt road then gradually brings us in Ridlov jarek, where it starts ascending, and at the crossroads, we follow the signs for hunting cottage (lovska koča) or hunting lodge (lovski dom) Libeliče. We park on a marked parking lot about 100 meters before the hunting lodge.
C) Over the border crossing Ljubelj or Jezerski vrh we drive to Austria, and then we follow the signs for Pliberk / Bleiburg and forward settlement Labot / Lavamünd. Before the settlement Labot, still before we cross river Drava, signs for Potoče / Bach and Libeliče / Leifling point us to the right on a little narrower road. Further, we drive through the settlement Potoče, and behind it soon over the border crossing Libeliče we get to Slovenia, where we drive below the parish church in Libeliče, past the fire station, and after the fire station at the chapel road towards Dravograd turns left, and we continue straight, so that we gradually get to Ridlov graben, where the road starts ascending, and at the crossroads, we follow the signs for hunting cottage or hunting lodge Libeliče. We park on a marked parking lot about 100 meters before the hunting lodge.

Path description:
From the starting point, we walk to the nearby hunting lodge LD Libeliče, which we bypass on the right side and on a little worse road we ascends to the near farm, where the road changes into a cart track. After the farm cart track turns right, and on panoramic meadows it turns back towards the left. We short time still continue with nice views, which reach from Košenjak over Dravograd to Pohorje, after that cart track passes into the forest, where at the smaller crossroad widens into a forest road.
We continue straight, and at the next crossroad slightly left. When we again leave the forest, we quickly get to homestead Gampret, from where already a nice view opens up on a forested Šteharski vrh. Behind the homestead the road returns into the forest and gradually starts descending. Next follows few minutes of light to moderate descent, and then the road from which occasionally also view opens up a little, starts ascending to a crossroad of multiple roads.
From the crossroad, we continue straight on a cart track (left road leads towards the church of the Holy Cross, right road leads towards Ravne na Koroškem, and sharp right leads the road on which we can get to Strojna or in Libeliče), on which we start ascending steeper, and there we continue the ascent all the way to the spot, where we join the marked path which starts in Ravne na Koroškem.
We continue straight and in few 10 strides of a light ascent, we reach Šteharski vrh.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (February).

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Urh (Strojna) , Pokeržnikov vrh