Dravograd (Meža) - Hunting lodge LD Gradišče

Access to starting point:
A) From Slovenj Gradec or Ravne na Koroškem we drive to Dravograd, and then still before we cross river Drava we continue right (we turn right at the first right turn off). Next follows crossing the railway track, and then we are already at the beginning of the described path at Agricultural forestry cooperative Koroška (Kmetijsko gozdarska zadruga Koroška). At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers.
B) From Maribor, we drive to Dravograd, where we continue left towards Slovenj Gradec and Ravne na Koroškem. After the bridge over the river Drava we continue at the second street left. Next follows crossing the railway track, and then we are already at the beginning of the described path at Agricultural forestry cooperative Koroška (Kmetijsko gozdarska zadruga Koroška). At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers.

Path description:
On the other side of the railway track we go right, and then before Agricultural forestry cooperative Koroška left on an ascending asphalt road. On the asphalt road, we continue to the near right hairpin turn, from where we continue straight in the direction of a marked path (near the crossroad there are few options for parking). Next follows an ascent on the macadam road to the near house, behind which the road changes into a cart track, on which we continue the ascent through the forest. Few minutes we are ascending on a cart track, and then we get to area, which was damaged by strong winds. Here we go from the cart track right on a nicely settled path, which is with nice views ascending on a slope, which is slowly getting overgrown. Well repaired path makes few hairpin turns, and then it ascends diagonally to the vantage point Skala, where there is an inscription box and from where a beautiful view opens up in the direction of Dravograd.
We continue on a marked path, which a little higher brings us on a cart track, where the path splits. We go left in the direction towards Šisernik (possible also right in the direction towards Vinkler), and the cart track a little ahead turns sharply to the right. Next follows a shorter diagonal ascent, and then the cart track ends. Next follows a shorter steep ascent, and then we reach another cart track which we follow to the right (on this part a beaten path leads a little away from the old marked path).
Next follows a shorter crossing towards the right, and then we join the path past Vinkler.
We continue left, where at first a nice view opens up, and then the path is ascending on a cart track, where at the crossings we continue straight. Higher, the path flattens, and the cart track with occasional views brings us to a crossroad at the farm Ošlovnik.
We continue right in the direction of the path Šisernikova pot and on the road we start descending diagonally. During the descent, the path leads also past few houses by the farm Kržečnik, and then through the forest we reach the saddle Cvitrško sedlo, where we step out of the forest and where there are some successive crossroads. We walk on the road to the religious symbol, and from the religious symbol we go on at first hard to follow path in the direction of Golarjev vrh, where we ascend by the edge of the meadow or indistinct ridge. Here when we look back a nice view opens up on Mežnarjev vrh and the church of St. Danijel, and the path a little higher passes into the forest and it brings us to a macadam road.
We follow the road to the right (straight - Golarjev vrh) and there in few minutes we get to homestead Kljuk, where a nice view opens up towards Peca, and the path after the farm turns slightly to the left into the forest, where in crossing it continues on a gentle cart track. In the forest, we follow the blazes, and when we step out of the forest we quickly descend to the road which we follow to the left. On the road which we reach at the farm Gnamuš, we quickly get to the chapel, which is situated on the saddle between Golarjev and Potoški vrh. We continue on the road which is for quite some time descending diagonally, and from there occasionally a view opens up towards the church of St. Ana on Anski vrh. A little further from the homestead Lubas signs for path Šisernikova pot point us to the left on a cart track which continues through the forest. After the crossing a well, the path ascends to a smaller saddle, where on the right we notice a religious symbol.
Here we continue straight downwards on a marked path (right - Anski vrh), on which we descend to the next macadam road, and there we continue the descent to a crossroad at the bigger chapel.
Here we cross the asphalt road (left - Trbonje and ecological farm Škorjanc, right - Mislinja valley) and we continue past NOB monument into the forest. We ascend on the road to the farm Škratek, which we bypass on the right side, where the path leads us through pastures and is harder to follow. On the other side of the pasture, the path passes into the forest and continues on a cart track. At the smaller crossing, we continue right (straight - a hunting observatory) and we ascend to the next meadow, from which again a nice view opens up on surrounding hills. The path quickly returns into the forest, and we reach the macadam road, where on the left we notice NOB monument and a religious symbol.
We continue slightly right, and the road brings us to a crossroad at the next chapel, where we go left. Few minutes we still walk on the road, and then blazes point us slightly to the left on a cart track, on which we continue to the saddle below Jesenkov vrh, where there are a cross and a chapel.
We continue straight (left - farm Osirnik) and we continue walking on the road. On the right side soon a nice view opens up towards Uršlja gora and Peca, and when the path returns into the forest, we go slightly right on a parallel marked path, which after a short ascent returns on the road (if we continue on the road, at the nearby crossroad we continue right). We follow the road to the right, and we walk there to the nearby hunting lodge LD Gradišče.
Dravograd - Skala 0:25, Skala - Cvitrško sedlo 1:00, Cvitrško sedlo - hunting lodge LD Gradišče 2:45.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (May).

On the way: Skala (nad Dravogradom) (525m), Cvitrško sedlo (677m)

Trip can be extended to: Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom ( 50 min) , Kremžarjev vrh (1 h)