Ribniška koča - Ostruščica

Access to the starting point:
a) From the road Maribor - Dravograd, before the village of Brezno, turn left in the direction of Podvelka, Ribnica na Pohorju and Ribniška koča. After the bridge over the Drava River, we arrive at Podvelka, and we follow the road in the direction of Ribnica na Pohorju. After about 10 km from the bridge over the Drava, we reach the centre of Ribnica na Pohorju, where we turn left. There is a further climb of about 8 km, mostly on a dirt road, to Ribniška koča, where we park.
b) From Dravograd, drive towards Maribor, and after Radlje ob Dravi at the roundabout, leave the main road towards Maribor and continue driving towards Vuhred, Ribnica na Pohorje and Ribniška koča. After the bridge over the Drava River, we arrive at Vuhred, and we continue along the road in the direction of Ribnica na Pohorje. After about 10 km from the bridge over the Drava, we reach the centre of Ribnica na Pohorju, where we turn right. There is a further climb of about 8 km, mostly on a dirt road, to Ribniška koča, where we park.

Path description:
From Ribniška koča, take the path in the direction of Jezerski vrh and Ribniško jezero and initially walk along the road that led to the starting point and in a gentle downhill to the saddle between Mali Črni vrh and Jezerc peak. At the saddle, where it is also possible to park, we leave the road and take the marked footpath, which ascends first gently and then steeply to the monument at Jezerski vrh, which we reach in about 10 minutes of an increasingly scenic ascent.
From Jezerski vrh continue slightly left towards Lovrenška jezera and Roga (left Ribniško jezero for 5 minutes) and start descending through sparse forest. Soon we join a path leading past Ribniško jezero on our left, and we continue our initially moderate descent through sparse woodland, then into dense woodland, and the path descends a little more steeply. During the descent, a short path branches off to the left to the sign of the two downed airmen, and we continue our descent to the Šiklarica Pass. After the preval, we start climbing again, and at a few small crossroads we follow the markings. A little further on, we pass a spring, and after it we climb quite steeply for a few minutes. Higher up, the path is laid and leads us out of the forest to the meadow of Planinka, over which we climb, mostly gently to moderately, with increasingly beautiful views. Higher up, the path turns right and just a little further on we are joined on the left by the path from Lovrenec na Pohorju. There are some more crossings with fine views, and then the path passes into a rare forest, where it passes under the Lovrenška jezera plateau, and as a result we cross a large number of small streams. After a few minutes of crossing, you reach a marked crossroads where you continue slightly right in the direction of Roga (left Lovrenška jezera, Koča na Pesku and Rogla past Lovrenška jezera).
Continue for some time without any major changes in altitude through the forest, then the forest thins out and a beautiful view opens up, reaching all the way to Karawanks and the Kamniško Savinjske Alps. A little further on, the trail returns to the forest and merges with the trail leading past the Lovren Lakes at the Komisija saddle.
Continue straight on towards Rogla and climb in a moderate ascent to the undistinguished summit of Ostruščice.
Ribniška koča - Jezerski vrh 0:15, Jezerski vrh - Ostruščica 2:50.
The description refers to the situation in October 2022, and the images are from different periods.

On the way: Jezerski vrh (1537m), Preval Šiklarica (1300m), Sedlo Komisija (1446m)

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips, Inscription book