Pohorje cable car - Mariborska koča (via Mariborski razglednik)

Access to the starting point:
a) Leave the Styrian motorway at the exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, then follow the signs for Pohorje and Areh. The road continues through Spodnje and Zgornje Hoče, Slivnica Pohorje, and after the settlements follow the signs for Areh, and higher up follow the signs for Mariborska koča and the Bellevue Hotel. Park in the parking lot between the top funicular station and the Bellevue Hotel.
b) Leave the Styrian motorway at the exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, then follow the signs for the ski resort Maribor Pohorje. Park on the outskirts of Zgornje Radvanje, in the large parking lot at the foot of the ski slope, then walk to the bottom station of the funicular (return price for an adult is EUR 6 - November 2022), which takes you to the Bellevue Hotel, where the route described above begins.

Path description:
At the upper funicular station we see the mountain direction signs, and we turn right in the direction of Mariborska koča and Ruška koča na Arehu. A little further on, a short path branches off to the right to the nearby church of St. Bolfenka, and we continue along the marked path which runs parallel to the asphalt road. The path ascends gently to moderately, and after a small statue of the Virgin Mary, the path splits.
Slightly to the left, the first trail branches off towards Mariborska koča, and we continue straight on in the direction of the trail towards the lookout tower. The path, which runs along a dirt road, then leads us out of the forest to a ski slope, which forks a little further on. Continue along the steeper right-hand ski slope, along which there are few signs, and we continue along the ski slope to the lookout tower at the Maribor lookout.
We go around the tower on the left and continue along the cart track, which turns into a forest. In the forest the path splits and we continue slightly left in the direction of Mariborska koča and Ruška koča na Arehu (slightly right Pečke) and continue on a mostly easy climb. Just a little further on, the path splits again, and this time we continue slightly left in the direction of the Maribor hut (straight ahead Ruška koča na Arehu). There follows a moderate descent along cart track, and at several crossroads the train follows the markings. A few minutes lower, by a settlement of holiday cottages, you reach an asphalt road and continue downhill to a slightly wider road, where you go right towards the Maribor cottage. A short walk and you reach Mariborska koča, which offers a beautiful view over part of Styria.
Starting point - Maribor lookout 0:25, Maribor lookout - Mariborska koča 0:25.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in November 2022.

On the way: Mariborski razglednik (Cigelnica) (1147m)

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