Vinišnik - Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom (below the peak)

Access to starting point:
A) From Velenje or Dravograd we drive to Slovenj Gradec, and here in the roundabout, which is situated on the main road Dravograd - Velenje we go to the exit Kope and Legen. The road then soon brings us to the next crossroad, where we turn right (in the direction of ski center Kope). In this direction we drive approximately 2.2 km to the next crossroad, where we turn left (in this direction there are signposts for few paths and a marked path for Kremžarica). At the next crossroad after 500 meters we again turn left (in the direction of picnic area Vinišnik). We continue driving uphill, we get to a macadam road and on the left side we notice a parking lot.
B) From regional road Mislinja - Slovenj Gradec we drive to the settlement Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu and later Legen, we drive also past the church of St. Jurij and then we turn right in the direction of ski center Kope. In this direction we continue approximately 300 meters to the next crossroad, where we turn left (in this direction there are signposts for few farms and marked path towards Kremžarca). At the next crossroad after 500 meters we again turn left in the direction of picnic area Vinišnik. We continue driving uphill, we get to a macadam road and on the left side we notice a parking lot, which is intended for hikers on Kremžarjev Vrh.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which leads to picnic area Vinišnik. After few minutes of walking a trail blaze shows the way to the right on a worse steeper road, past smaller farms. The road is slowly changing into forest cart track. In front of us is 40 minutes of walking uphill on a marked path which runs on a cart track and the forest paths. After the end of the cart track, we cross a crossroad of the macadam roads in which the "main road" leads to Sveta Barbara, and in the other direction to the valley or our destination. Our marked path continues on the other side of the road and from there we can in this part observe Slovenj Gradec and peaks of the nearby mountains (Uršlja gora, Peca). After 15 minutes of walking on a cart track and by pastures and past the farm Lampret we cross the road and we come to a crossing. We have an option to decide for a shorter path below the summit or the path over the peak.
The shorter path takes 30 min of walking and leads us on a quite flat beaten path past the water catchment. And towards the end it passes into a light steepness. The steepness quickly decreases and the path brings us on an indistinct ridge on which we join the paths from Vuzenica, Grmovškov dom, Vinišnik - Kremžarjev vrh (over the peak). On the ridge there is an interesting half open glass chapel with a wish bell and a crossing where we ascend sharply to the right uphill to Kremžarjev vrh or to the mountain hut Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom. We have 5 more minutes of walking. First, we walk on a cart track, then the cart track turns on a macadam road from the valley.

On the way: Vinišnik (550m), Lampret (950m), Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom mountain hut (1102m), Kremžarjev vrh (1164m)