Koča na Naravskih ledinah - Dom na Uršlji gori

Access to starting point:
A) From Slovenj Gradec or Ravne na Koroškem we drive to Kotlje, and from there we continue driving on a local road which leads past the parish church (if we come from the direction of Slovenj Gradec in the main crossroad in Kotlje we continue straight, and if we come from the direction of Ravne na Koroškem we continue right). After the church, the road slowly starts ascending, and after approximately kilometer of driving brings us to a crossroad at the church of St. Mohor and Fortunat, where we continue left. When a little ahead road brings us to the edge of the forest, where we continue right (straight Ivarčko lake). Further, the ascending road leads past some more crossroads, where we continue in the direction of Naravske Ledine. When we get to Naravske Ledine we park on one of the many parking lots near the mountain hut.
B) From Črna na Koroškem or Mežica we drive to Žerjav, and from there we continue driving through the valley of the stream Jazbinski potok. Higher, we gradually leave the valley and we are ascending between individual homesteads of dispersed settlement Uršlja Gora. Still before we get to homestead Križan we continue left in the direction of Naravske Ledine. Further during the light diagonal ascent, the road branches off to the right, which leads towards the summit Uršlja gora, and here we continue straight and we follow the road to the mountain hut Koča na Naravskih Ledinah, where on an appropriate place near the mountain hut we also park.
C) First, we drive to Šoštanj (to here from Velenje or valley 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. We continue in the mentioned direction, on the road which after a small saddle starts descending steeply towards the homestead Križan. At the homestead, we continue left and then in the next crossroads, we follow the signs for Naravske Ledine. When we get to Naravske Ledine we park on one of the many parking lots near the mountain hut.

Path description:
From the parking lot near the mountain hut we continue few more 10 meters on the road, then signpost for Uršlja gora points us left on a footpath. After 10 minutes of ascent, the path brings us to the next parking lot (option of starting point) where it turns slightly to the left and through a short lane of a forest brings us to a larger grassy slope over which in a gentle ascent runs a pleasant footpath. On the other side of the meadow a wide path goes into the forest, where it continues in a diagonal ascent. Higher, the path brings us on a panoramic clearing, by which we notice a pleasant well. Ahead, the path goes into a dense forest and it starts ascending steeper and steeper.
Higher from the left joins the path over Kozji hrbet, and we continue straight, on even a little steeper path. A little higher, the steepness decreases and the path from a dense forest brings us on the more and more panoramic slopes. A little below the summit of Uršlja gora the path splits into two parts (summer and winter path). Summer path leads directly to the summit, which we reach in few minutes, and winter (right path) at first avoids the summit a little to the right, and then it once again splits. The crossing is located near the religious symbol, from which a nice view opens up, and we continue on the left path (straight mountain hut Dom na Uršlji gori and church of St. Uršula 5 minutes) and in a minute or two, we ascend to the summit of Uršlja gora.
No matter, on which path we ascended to the summit, from the peak we continue in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Uršlji gori, namely on the path that runs on a quite gentle upper slope of the mountain. We bypass the near transmitters on the right side, after that when we are already just before the church we notice also the mountain hut, to which we only have a short descent.

On the way: Uršlja gora (Plešivec) (1699m)