Zgornja postaja vzpenjače - Mariborski razglednik (Cigelnica)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Štajerska highway at the exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, and then we follow the signs for Pohorje and Areh. The path ahead leads us through Spodnje and Zgornje Hoče, Slivniško Pohorje, and after the settlements we follow the signs for Areh, higher up the signs for Mariborska koča and hotel Bellevue. We park on the parking lot between the upper station of the funicular and hotel Bellevue.
B) We leave the Štajerska highway at the exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, and then we follow the signs for the ski resort Mariborsko Pohorje. We park on the periphery of the settlement Zgornje Radvanje, on a large parking lot at the foot of the ski resort, and then we walk to the bottom station of the funicular (the price of a return trip for an adult is 6 eur - November 2022), with which we go to hotel Bellevue, where the described path begins.

Route description:
At the upper station of the funicular we notice hiking signposts, and we go right in the direction of Mariborska koča and Ruška koča na Arehu. A little further a short path branches off to the right towards the nearby church of St. Bolfenka, and we continue on a marked path which continues parallel with an asphalt road. On the mentioned path we ascend gently to moderately, and after a smaller statue of Mary the path splits.
Slightly to the left the first path towards Mariborska koča branches off, and we continue straight in the direction of the lookout tower. The path which runs on the macadam road then brings us out of the forest to a ski track, which a little ahead splits. We continue on the steeper right ski track, along which rare blazes continue, and on the ski slope we continue to the lookout tower on Mariborski razglednik.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2022.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Mariborska koča, Ruška koča na Arehu (1 h 20 min)

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