Loke - Koča na Čemšeniški planini (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 Vrhe.
Here we go right and we continue on the road which on the left side bypasses Gunetova glava (926 meters). On the other side of the mentioned summit we reach a panoramic saddle, and the road here turns to the left, and we walk there only 100 meters and then signs for Čemšeniška planina point us sharply right on a cart track which at first crosses a lane of a forest and then for some time brings us on a panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens up towards Krvavica. Here the cart track on which we for some time continue turns to the left and then gradually changes into a little steeper footpath. The footpath higher splits into two parts, and we can choose if we will continue on a quite steep and poorly maintained marked hiking path, or on a little less steep parallel path "Lojzova pot", which is newly made and marked with light blue dots. Higher both paths join, and the path gradually flattens and brings us by the edge of a steep ridge. We continue on the right less steep side of the ridge which then flattens and descends to a crossing at the inscription box.
Here we continue straight (right downwards - Vransko) and then at the next crossing, which is situated only few steps further again straight (right - Črni vrh 1 minute). The path ahead starts at first gently, and then moderately descending towards the mountain hut Koča na Čemšeniški planini, to which we come after 15 minutes of additional walking.

On the way: Krvavica (909m), Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina) (1204m)