Zadnji travnik - Govca (Olševa)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Črna na Koroškem (to here from Ravne na Koroškem or from Šoštanj through mountain pass Spodnje Sleme), and then we continue driving towards Koprivna. Further, we are ascending by the river Meža, and to the sharp left turn we "ignore" all left and right turn-offs. At the mentioned turn we turn right in the direction of Olševa (still on an asphalt road Sveti Jakob) on a macadam road which gradually starts ascending steeply. Further, we are for some time ascending by the river Meža, after that a little worse macadam road turns sharply left. A little higher follows a sharp right turn, after that the road is ascending diagonally towards the right. When we are already quite high a little narrower road branches off to the right towards the nearby Govševa planina, and we continue straight and we follow the macadam road to a clearing, where we see mountain signposts for Olševa and mountain hut Planinski dom Kumer. We park on an appropriate place by the hiking signposts.
B) We drive to Luče (to here from Mozirje or from Kamnik over mountain pass Volovljek (Kranjski Rak)), and then we continue driving towards Logarska dolina. In the village Solčava we leave the main road towards Logarska dolina and we continue driving right in the direction of Podolševa, mountain pass Spodnje Sleme and Črna na Koroškem. Further road loses an asphalt covering, and after few kilometers at the crossroad in Podolševa we turn right towards Črna na Koroškem. The road which is further mostly ascending diagonally, eventually brings us to mountain pass Spodnje Sleme. From the mountain pass the road starts descending, and we follow it in the direction of Črna na Koroškem. When after few kilometers we descend to the valley, at the crossroad we turn left and we are then ascending by the river Meža. A little higher road branches off to the right towards Kumer, and we drive on the main road for approximately 1 km, or to a sharp the left turn. At the beginning of the turn, we notice signs for Olševa, which point us to the right on a macadam road. Further, we are for some time ascending by the river Meža, after that a little worse macadam road turns sharply left. A little higher follows a sharp right turn, after that the road is ascending diagonally towards the right. When we are already quite high a little narrower road branches off to the right towards the nearby Govševa planina, and we continue straight and we follow the macadam road to a clearing, where we see mountain signposts for Olševa and mountain hut Planinski dom Kumer. We park on an appropriate place by the hiking signposts.

Path description:
From an unregulated parking lot we continue left in the direction of Olševa on the path which continues on a cart track and which after few meters goes into the forest. About 3 minutes we walk on a cart track, and then blazes point us slightly to the left on a beaten and with arrows marked footpath. A little higher again blazes show up, and the path returns on a cart track. We continue the ascent on a gradually steeper cart track which higher flattens a little and turns to the right. From the spot, when the cart track turns to the right, we walk there only few 10 meters and then blazes point us to the left on again steeper footpath, and it quickly brings us to the hunting bivouac Foršnerca.
From the hunting bivouac we continue straight and then after few meters left uphill. Further, the path starts ascending steeper through partly larch forest, which higher gets thinner. After few minutes of the ascent, the path flattens and brings us into a smaller cirque. Next follows few minutes of a moderate ascent, and then the path again becomes a little steeper, and it leads over more panoramic shady slopes of Olševa. Higher, the path turns left and it ascends diagonally to a smaller gully, through which on a gravel we ascend on the ridge of Olševa.
We reach the ridge at the marked crossing, where we continue right in the direction of Govca, highest peak of the before mentioned ridge (left saddle Spodnje Sleme and Raduha). The path ahead continues on the left, mostly south side of the ridge, where it crosses some even steeper and on two spots also exposed slopes (mainly in wet and snow dangerous for slipping). Further slope flattens a little, and the path a little steeper ascends. With nice views towards the mountains above the valley Logarska dolina we quickly reach some kind of side ridge, on which we ascend in few minutes to the main ridge of Olševa. Here the path turns to the left and after few 10 strides of additional walking brings us on Govca.

On the way: Lovski bivak Foršnerca (1550m)

Trip can be extended to: Obel kamen (Olševa)