Rimske Toplice - Koča na Kopitniku (via Ogeški potok)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Maribor motorway take the Celje–center exit, then continue driving towards Laško and later Rimske Toplice. At the end of the settlement Rimske Toplice (immediately after the intersection where to the left over the bridge the road branches off towards the village Globoko and railway station Rimske Toplice) turn sharply right towards Rimske terme. Drive further another 10 m or so, then arrive at the next intersection by which park (near the starting point there is a Tuš store).
B) From Zasavje first drive to Hrastnik, then continue driving towards Celje. When arriving in Rimske Toplice at the main intersection turn right towards Zidani Most. At the end of the settlement Rimske Toplice (immediately after the intersection where to the left over the bridge the road branches off towards the village Globoko and railway station Rimske Toplice) turn sharply right towards Rimske terme. Drive further another 10 m or so, then arrive at the next intersection by which park (near the starting point there is a Tuš store).
C) From Posavje first drive to Zidani Most, then continue driving towards Celje. When arriving in Rimske Toplice pay attention as at the beginning of the settlement turn left towards Rimske terme (leave the main road only a few meters before the spot where to the right over the bridge the road branches off towards the village Globoko). Drive further another 10 m or so, then arrive at the next intersection by which park (near the starting point there is a Tuš store).

Route description:
From the starting point, we go on the road which continues along a smaller stream (direction Kopitnik). The road quickly brings us to the nearby residential house, behind which it changes into a moderately steep mountain path. We continue for a short time still along the stream, then the blazes direct us right onto the slope over which we start ascending more steeply. A little higher the path brings us out of the forest, then past a cross and the next residential house brings us to an asphalt road. We follow the road uphill, then at the next intersection right in the direction of Kopitnik. A few minutes we still continue on the road, then we arrive at a marked junction.
At the junction leave the asphalt road and continue right on a footpath in the direction "Kopitnik - koča" (straight Kopitnik and Stražnik). The path ahead ascends transversely towards the right, soon flattens and joins the worse forest road which we follow to its end.
From the end of the road continue on a well-beaten path which begins moderately to occasionally steeply ascending through the forest. Higher the path leads us by the "fields" of wild garlic, then joins the cart track which we follow to the right. The cart track soon turns quite to the right and ascends transversely onto a less steep slope, where we reach the edge of the forest. Here the path turns to the left and gradually widens into a macadam road. A little further from the right the path from Šmarjeta joins, we continue straight to the nearby homestead on Izeri.
At the homestead the road becomes asphalt, we walk on it only a few meters, then the inscription on the tree "koča" directs us left into the forest. Further we ascend for a short time through the forest, then join the path from the villages Marno and Turje. From the junction ahead we step out of the forest, and the gentle path which continues across a larger meadow brings us in a few minutes to Koča na Kopitniku.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kopitnik ( 20 min)

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