Ivarčko jezero - Uršlja gora (Plešivec) (Grofovska pot)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Žalec, and then we continue driving in the direction of Velenje, Mislinja and Slovenj Gradec. In Slovenj Gradec at the traffic light (at store Lidl) we turn left and then at the crossroads we follow the road in the direction of Ravne na Koroškem and Kotlje. From Slovenj Gradec the road is few kilometers ascending, and then descends in Kotlje, where at the crossroad we continue left towards the lake Ivarčko jezero (right Ravne na Koroškem). Further, we follow a little narrower road in the direction of the lake Ivarčko jezero (also ski slope Ivarčko-Ošven), near of which we also park on one of the many settled parking spots.
B) From Koroška we at first drive to Ravne na Koroškem, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Kotlje. From Kotlje ahead we follow the signs for lake Ivarčko jezero and ski slope Ivarčko-Ošven. We park on a parking lot by the lake, or on a parking lot by the ski slope.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we at first walk to the nearby roundabout, and from there we continue on the forest road, by which we notice signs for Uršlja gora - Železarska pot. For a short time, we walk on the road, and after a small bridge we turn right on a marked footpath which is ascending by the stream Uršeljca. Higher, the path for a short time steeply ascends, and then it flattens and it brings us to a nearby road which we follow to the left. The road then below the farm Jurček brings us to a crossroad by NOB monument.
At the monument, we leave the marked path and we continue on the left road which we follow approximately 500 meters. After approximately 500 meters we get to a smaller crossing, where we step on a path Grofovska pot, and from the road it continues sharply to the right.
We continue the ascent on the so-called path Grofovska pot, which is further ascending in zig-zags on a relatively steep slope. Higher, we cross a smaller cart track, and we follow the forest path to the spot, where we step on a wider cart track and we follow it to the right. Cart track then quickly brings us to "bife pod jelko" (bar under the fir tree) and we follow the cart track in a moderate ascent mostly towards the right. Higher, the cart track ends, and we continue on for a short time steeper path, which quickly flattens and a little after that joins the path Železarska pot.
We continue past a well and ahead relatively gently sloping path quickly brings us to the spot, where from the left joins the path from the mountain hut Poštarski dom. We continue right and a little higher we step on a macadam road which we follow to the right. We walk on the road to the first left turn, and there we will by the bench notice a continuation of the mountain path. The path ahead at first steeply ascends, and then in a moderate ascent crosses more and more panoramic slopes. Higher, the path turns a little more to the right and flattens even more. Few 10 meters higher we step out of the forest, and an increasingly panoramic path we follow to the mountain hut Dom na Uršlji gori.
From the hut, we continue on the wide path, on which in approximately 5 minutes of additional walking, we step on the summit, from which a nice view opens up on all sides.

On the way: Dom na Uršlji gori (1680m)