Ciganija - Uršlja gora (Plešivec)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Šoštanj (to here from Velenje or valley of Savinjska dolina), and then we continue driving towards Črna na Koroškem. Further, the road starts ascending towards the mountain pass Spodnje Sleme (1081 meters), which after few kilometers of winding road we also reach. Here the road branches off to the left towards the mountain hut Andrejev dom na Slemenu, and we continue driving towards Črna na Koroškem. From the mountain pass ahead we drive few 100 meters more, and then signs for Uršlja gora point us to the right on an ascending road which only a little higher loses an asphalt covering. We continue on a wider macadam road (road is in the winter time usually cleared of snow and gritted), and we follow it approximately 1500 meters, or to a crossroad, where a worse macadam road branches off to the right towards Križan and Uršlja gora (by the crossroad there are numerous signposts and a cross). We park on an appropriate place by the road.
B) First, we drive to Črna na Koroškem, and from there we continue driving towards Šoštanj and Velenje. Still before we get to mountain pass Spodnje Sleme, signs for Uršlja gora point us sharply left on ascending and further wider macadam road (turn-off from the main road is located few 100 meters before the mentioned mountain pass, and above the crossroad we also notice a bigger chapel). We continue on a wider macadam road (road is in the winter time usually cleared of snow and gritted), and we follow it approximately 1500 meters, or to a crossroad, where a worse macadam road branches off to the right towards Križan and Uršlja gora (by the crossroad there are numerous signposts and a cross). We park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the right road in the direction of Uršlja gora and Naravske ledine, and it starts gently ascending through the forest. Further, we for some time cross the slopes towards the right, and then we get to a small saddle (Kotnikov vrh), where the road turns to the left and starts descending steeper. Next follows a little longer descent, which ends at Križan (to here possible also with a car, this shortens the path for good 30 minutes).
From Križan, where there is a crossroad of multiple roads we continue straight on a marked footpath in the direction of Uršlja gora (left mountain hut Koča na Naravskih ledinah). The path ahead is for some time ascending through the forest, then crosses a grazing fence and is further ascending through panoramic pasture. After few minutes of additional ascent, we get to the upper edge of the pasture, where on the left we see ruins of former farm Šišernik, and on the right a built chapel. We continue on the left side of the chapel, behind which we cross a grazing fence and behind it also two successive macadam roads (upper leads from Naravske ledine towards Uršlja gora). Above the road the path starts ascending steeper through the forest, and after few minutes it splits into two parts.
We continue on the left path (slightly right on an old cart track - winter path), which starts ascending a little steeper. Next follows approximately half an hour of steep ascent, and then we get to the road which leads on Uršlja gora. The mentioned road, we follow to the left, and we walk there only few steps, because then blazes point us right on a footpath. Few 10 meters higher from the right joins also the marked path from the lake Ivarčko jezero and mountain hut Poštarski dom pod Plešivcem, and we continue straight on the path which from a thinner forest quickly brings us on the upper grassy slopes of Uršlja gora or Plešivec. Next follows a short gentle ascent and we get to the church of St. Uršula and nearby mountain hut.
On the other side of the highest church in Slovenia we continue in the direction towarsd the peak Uršlja gora, to which we have 10 more minutes of easy walking.

On the way: Križan (1040m), Šišernik (1259m), Dom na Uršlji gori (1680m)