Rogla (Hotel Planja) - Lovrenška jezera (western path)

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 get to Rogla, we park on a large parking lot near the hotel Planja.
B) First, we drive to Lovrenc na Pohorju (to here from the road Maribor - Dravograd), and then we continue driving towards Rogla and Koča na Pesku. Further, the macadam road then first brings us to Mašinžaga and then also to the mountain hut Koča na Pesku. From Koča na Pesku we continue on the asphalt road, on which we then ascend to a large parking lot near hotel Planja.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the mountain signposts, which are located by the pizzeria Planja, and then we go on the path in the direction of Lovrenška jezera, saddle Komisija and Ostruščica. At first, we slightly descend by the four-seater chairlift Planja, and when we reach a narrower asphalt path we follow it for a short time to the left, and then signs for Lovrenška jezera point us to the right on a larger pasture. There follows an ascent on a gentle grassy slope, and higher the meadow is replaced by sparse forest and we get on the upper slopes of Ostruščica.
From Ostruščica we descend on a cart track to the saddle Komisija, where the path splits.
We continue slightly left in the direction of Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča (slightly right - Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča - eastern path) and at first we still continue through the forest and then the forest starts to get thinner and in a gentle ascent we get to panoramic slopes, from which a nice view opens up towards Karawanks and Kamnik–Savinja Alps. Further, the path returns into the forest and continues without large changes in altitude, and eventually it brings us to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue right in the direction of Lovrenška jezera (straight - Ribniška koča and Lovrenc na Pohorju) and we start ascending on wooden boardwalks. After a few minutes of the ascent, we join the eastern path, and we go left and we quickly get to a lookout tower at Lovrenška jezera.
From the tower a nice view opens up towards the plateau, where the lakes are located, and from the tower we continue on wooden boardwalks, which among dwarf pines take us to the lakes.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in October 2022.

Along the route: Ostruščica (1498m), Sedlo Komisija (1446m)

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