Loke - Javor (via Krvavica)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Vransko and we continue driving on the parallel old road towards Celje. Few kilometers we drive on the main road, and then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas point us to the right. Further, we drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, and from there we continue in the direction of village Loke. In Loke we come to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left - cottage Zajčeva koča) and we follow the road to the next crossroad, which is situated after the village Loke. Here we continue straight (slightly left) in the direction of "Presedle" and we follow the road to the parking lot on the right side of the road, by which we notice signposts for Krvavica.
B) From highway Maribor - Ljubljana we go to the exit Šentrupert, and then we continue driving on the parallel old road towards Trojane. Few kilometers we drive on the main road, and then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas point us to the left. Further, we drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, and from there we continue in the direction of village Loke. In Loke we come to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left - cottage Zajčeva koča) and we follow the road to the next crossroad, which is situated after the village Loke. Here we continue straight (slightly left) in the direction of "Presedle" and we follow the road to the parking lot on the right side of the road, by which we notice signposts for Krvavica.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we cross the road and go on a marked path in the direction of Krvavica. The path already at the very beginning goes into the forest and starts relatively steeply ascending. Higher, the steepness decreases a little and the path at the notification sign (walk on the path because of the nesting of rare birds species) turns sharply left. The path further again starts ascending steeply and after few minutes of additional walking brings us on an indistinct side ridge, where it turns to the right. We continue ascending through the forest on the path which higher brings us to a very steep slope. The steepness for a short time decreases, because the path leads us on an exposed and often muddy ledge. Next follows a steep ascent on a grassy slope, which is overgrown by a thin forest. On the top of this steep part, which in wet is dangerous for slipping, the path brings us to a natural window, through which runs a secured mountain path. With the help of stemples and a steel cable, we ascend on the top of the window, after which follows few 10 strides of walking on a steep grassy slope. The steepness then decreases and the path which still runs through the forest soon brings us to the summit of Krvavica.
From the top of Krvavica, we start steeply descending on a slightly exposed slope, and then the path brings us below the cliffs, from which a beautiful view opens up. After that, the path passes into the forest and descends to the nearby forest road which we only cross (left - cottage Zajčeva koča, right saddle Presedlje and village Loke). We continue the ascent on at first a wide cart track, and further on a little steeper path, we get to the road which we follow to the right. Further, we are ascending diagonally on a panoramic slope, and the road after few minutes brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we join the path from Čemšeniška planina.
Here we continue left in the direction of Sveta planina and then after few meters again left on the yard of homestead Gunet. Here we immediately after the house turn left and through a short lane of a forest we ascend to a panoramic grassy slope. From the path which ascends diagonally towards the right, a nice view opens up on Čemšeniška planina, Krvavica and valley Savinjska dolina. On the top of the ascent, the path turns right and passes into the forest, through which continues without large changes in altitude. And after few minutes we join a wider cart track, and it starts descending steeper. Even a little lower, the cart track widens into a worse road, and we continue there to the nearby mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe.
From the mountain hut, we at first walk to the nearby church of St. Lenart and a little further to the crossroad at NOB monument. Here we continue on the right road in the direction of Sveta planina / Partizanski vrh, and we walk on the road only few 10 strides, and then on the left side we notice an unmarked cart track which is at first ascending parallel with the road, and then turns to the left and after few minutes of additional walking comes out of the forest. The cart track then ascends diagonally over the former ski track, and we immediately leave it and we continue right by the edge of the forest relatively steeply upwards. Higher, we reach another cart track which we follow right into the forest. The cart track soon turns to the left and quickly returns to the area, where used to be a ski track. Through bushes we ascend to the top of the old ski lift, from where the last view opens up, and the path then passes into the forest, through which we ascend on a steep footpath to the top.

On the way: Krvavica (909m), Planinski dom Vrhe (887m)