Leše - Volinjak (via Prapar)
Starting point: Leše (530 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5306°N 14.896°E
Path name: via Prapar
Time of walking: 1 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 356 m
Altitude difference (by path): 356 m
Map: Koroška 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Mežica, border crossing Holmec or Ravne na Koroškem we drive on Prevalje, from there we continue driving towards the settlement Leše. When we get to Leše, we drive to ŠD Leše, where we park on an appropriate place.
Path description:
From the sports field we continue on the asphalt road which is ascending through the village. At the crossings, we follow the road on a slightly left turn-offs, when the asphalt ends, we continue left on a cart track which is ascending on a panoramic grassy slope. Cart track then for some time continues below or by route of a high voltage power line, and higher turns right and past a smaller hamlet brings us to the inscription box and few steps ahead to both Leše churches.
In front of churches we continue left on a footpath which higher passes into the forest, and after a shorter ascent joins to a macadam road. On the road, we lightly ascend and already after few 10 meters we get to a marked crossroad, where we continue on the right road in the direction of Stovčnik and Prapar (on a slightly left road we get to Mežica and also on Volinjak). Only a little further, the road once again splits, this time we choose the left road which on the upper side bypasses farm Prapar (on some signs also Praper). Further, we walk on the road which leads towards the farm Stovčnik, and we walk there at first below the route of a power line, and then through the forest. When we are in the forest, we continue left on a cart track, by which we soon notice yellow arrows (by the spot where we leave the road, there are usually bales of hay). The path ahead leads us on a cart track which at the crossings we follow in the direction of yellow lines or arrows. Higher, the cart track changes into a steep footpath which soon brings us on a ridge and on the ridge in few minutes also the path past the farm Stovčnik joins.
The path ahead leads us also past the statue of Holy Mary, and then we quickly ascend on a partly panoramic peak.
Leše - Leše churches 25 minutes, Leše churches - Volinjak 40 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (February).
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