Mountain ranges

The forests of Pohorje invite you to their lovely shadow in the summer heat or the embrace of a snow cover in a winter fairy-tale. Enthusiasts of non-asphalt surfaces can take their mountain bikes on diverse forest trails. The thick web of forest trails and cart tracks is not the only thing Pohorje can offer, as it also boasts numerous high marshes and plains, streams with waterfalls and other natural gems. Pohorje can be best explored on foot on longer or shorter hikes. Kope and Ribniško Pohorje are larger tourist centres on this side of Pohorje, which offer activities in all seasons. Discover Pohorje!

Ascend to the top of Kobansko – an area in the Eastern Alps connected to the north with the vast mass of Golica in Austria. It got its name from former vast grasslands on the surface called košenice. The other name for it is Kokošnjak, which reminds locals of the two rare forest birds here; the wild rooster and the grouse, which have found a home in these forests. This is where you will find a diverse geological structure, from the oldest metamorphological rocks of about 500 million years to the younger ones, the sedimentary rocks, of only about 23 million years.

In Strojna above Ravne na Koroškem, at about 1,055 metres of altitude, you will find several larger farms, which look like hamlets (celki). The Janež homestead is an important monument to the Slovenian folk architecture.