Koča na Pesku - Klopni vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Slovenske Konjice and continue driving towards the mentioned settlement. From Slovenske Konjice, we continue towards Zreče, and further we follow the road in the direction of Rogla. When we arrive at Rogla, we continue on the main road, which for some time continues without major changes in altitude, then turns left and gradually starts to descend. We follow the mentioned road to the mountain hut Koča na Pesku, where we park on the parking lot near the hut.
B) First, we drive to Lovrenc na Pohorju (to here from the road Maribor - Dravograd), then we continue driving towards Rogla and Koča na Pesku. Further, the macadam road first brings us to Mašinžaga and then to the mountain hut Koča na Pesku. We park on the parking lot at the mountain hut Koča na Pesku.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the northwestern side of the hut, from where we head onto the marked path towards Klopni vrh and Zgornja brv. Near the NOB monument, the path enters the forest, through which it ascends along a cart track. The path soon flattens, then for a few minutes continues without major changes in altitude. A little further, the marked path turns right and gradually starts descending along the cart track. Lower down, we reach a wider macadam road, along which we continue to the junction and marked crossroads at Zgornja brv.
From the junction, we head onto the cart track in the direction of Osankarica and Koča na Klopnem vrhu and begin to ascend. Higher up, from the cart track we temporarily switch to a footpath, then return to the cart track, along and beside which we continue for some time with a few descents and ascents. After a moderate descent, we reach a macadam road, from which we go a few 10 m further slightly left onto the marked path, which after a minute of further walking splits.
We continue slightly left in the direction of Klopni vrh (slightly right Šumik and Osankarica) and continue walking through the forest. A little further, we arrive in swampy terrain, where we carefully follow the blazes and take care not to sink too deep into the mud. Further on, we partly walk along the cart track, on the wetter sections along a parallel footpath. When we reach the macadam road, we go right, along which in a few minutes we arrive at the marked crossroads, where the path to Klopni vrh branches left from the road.
Here we leave the path leading towards Koča na Klopnem vrhu and continue left in the mentioned direction. There follows another good 5 minutes of gentle ascent, and on partly poorly marked sections of the path we follow to Klopni vrh.
Koča na Pesku - Zgornja brv 0:55, Zgornja brv - Klopni vrh 1:10.
Description and pictures refer to the conditions in autumn 2021.

Along the route: Zgornja brv (1270m)

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