Zreče (cerkev sv. Egidija) - Rogla (via Gorenje)

Access to starting point:
Zreče is a small town with approximately 3000 inhabitants in northeastern Slovenia, at the foothills of Pohorje in the upper part of the Dravinjska dolina valley, at the place where the Dravinje gorge widens. Zreče is also the seat of the eponymous municipality. It is accessible by road from the motorway Celje - Maribor, exit Slovenske Konjice. The starting point of our path is located on a large parking lot between the building of the mountaineering association Planinsko društvo Zreče, Šolska cesta 4, Zreče, and the parish church of St. Egidius, Šolska cesta 1, Zreče.

Route description:
A larger part of our path will run along the marked hiking path maintained by PD Zreče, and the last part of the path on the marked hiking path maintained by PD Oplotnica. From the parking lot between the building of the mountaineering association Planinsko društvo Zreče and the parish church of St. Egidius we start on the road towards the north past PGD Zreče to a crossroad in front of Unior. We continue right over the bridge across Dravinja, where the first signposts direct us. For quite some time the path runs past larger companies along a wide gentle asphalt (Tovarniška) road, where we follow the blazes on the traffic signs. When the asphalt road narrows at the last houses, the ascent begins and the first turns appear. Higher, before the yellow house we leave the road and step onto a forest path, where we follow the blazes and signs. The first views open up towards Konjiška gora. Higher, we continue along a cart track along the edge of the clearing, then again into the forest, where we cross the road once. Higher the forest path brings us to a gentle asphalt road, which leads us through the village Črešnova. At the end of the village the signs direct us onto a cart track, along which on the meadow section we bypass the village Gorenje pri Zrečah with its church visible from afar. Again nice views towards the south. In the upper part of the village we walk along a narrower asphalt road, and at the inn Smogavc at the crossroad we join to the left onto a wider asphalt road. Before Koroška vas na Pohorju we leave the main asphalt road and head gently to the left according to the signs towards the green house. We bypass the house, after a short section through the forest we walk across the meadow below the farm Kropej and continue again into the forest past pastures. A little higher we first join to the left onto the forest road, then in the village Planina na Pohorju once again to the left onto the asphalt road. We follow the blazes and signs. After about a kilometer, when along the road we bypass the settlement of houses, a hiking path branches off sharply to the left, which in sharp short hairpins past houses brings us into the forest, where in its embrace we continue with a gentle incline. At the homestead Pušnik we turn right first into a steep slope, but soon we join the road again. At the cross a little higher we leave the road and continue through the forest past a nice green log cabin on the edge of a panoramic clearing all the way to the chapel by the asphalt road. We join to the left onto the asphalt road, but only about 30 meters, then we leave the road, where we continue slightly to the right into the dense forest along some sort of gully with a moderate ascent. Soon we join the forest road, which a little higher brings us past isolated houses. Gradually the forest road turns into a cart track, which again into a forest gully with a gentle ascent. After about a kilometer and a half, when the path levels out, the hiking path from Oplotnica joins us from the right. We continue in the direction of Rogla - Pesek. Another kilometer ahead we arrive at a junction, where we continue in the direction of Koča na Jurgovem - Stolp. Higher we step out of the forest onto a clearing and continue past Koča na Jurgovem in the direction of Rogla - Pesek along the asphalt road. At the crossroad we cross the main asphalt road Rogla - Koča na Pesku and continue up the ski slope. At the control cabin for ski slope safety we cross the ski lift and after a few meters continue right into the forest, where soon the lookout tower on Rogla awaits us.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Koča na Pesku

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