Loke - Koča na Čemšeniški planini (via Krvavica)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Maribor highway, take the Vransko exit and continue driving on the parallel old road towards Celje. We drive a few kilometers on the main road, then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas direct us to the right. Further, we drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, and from there we continue in the direction of the village Loke. In Loke we come to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Zajčeva koča) and 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 follow the road to the parking lot on the right side of the road, by which we notice signposts for Krvavica.
B) From the Maribor–Ljubljana highway, take the Šentrupert exit, then continue driving on the parallel old road towards Trojane. We drive a few kilometers on the main road, then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas direct us to the left. Further, we drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, and from there we continue in the direction of the village Loke. In Loke we come to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Zajčeva koča) and 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 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 head onto the marked path in the direction of Krvavica. The path already at the very beginning goes into the forest and starts relatively steeply ascending. Higher up, the steepness eases a little and the path at the notification sign (walk on the path because of the nesting of rare bird species) turns sharply left. The path further again starts steeply ascending and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to an indistinct side ridge, where it turns right. We continue ascending through the forest on the path, which higher brings us to a very steep slope. The steepness eases for a short time, as the path leads us along an exposed and often muddy ledge. Next follows a steep ascent on a grassy slope overgrown by sparse forest. At the top of this steep section, which is dangerous for slipping when wet, the path brings us to a natural window through which a secured mountain path runs. With the help of pegs and a steel cable, we ascend to the top of the window, after which follows some 10 steps of walking on a steep grassy slope. The steepness then eases and the path, which continues through the forest, soon brings us to the summit of Krvavica.
From the summit of Krvavica, we begin steeply descending a slightly exposed slope, then the path brings us below cliffs from which a beautiful view opens up. The path then enters the forest and descends to the nearby forest road, which we only cross (left Zajčeva koča, right saddle Presedlje and village Loke). We continue the ascent on an initially wide cart track, but further on a somewhat steeper path we arrive at a road, which we follow to the right. Further, we ascend diagonally across a panoramic slope, and the road after a few minutes brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we join the path from Vrh.
Here we continue right and follow the road, which bypasses Gunetova glava (926 m) on the left side. On the other side of the mentioned summit we reach a panoramic saddle; the road here turns left, but we follow it only 100 m, then signs for Čemšeniška planina direct us sharply right onto a cart track, which first crosses a strip of forest, then brings us diagonally to a panoramic slope from which a nice view towards Krvavica opens up. Here the cart track, along which we continue the ascent for some time, turns left and then gradually turns into a somewhat steeper footpath. Higher up, the footpath splits into two parts; we can choose whether to continue on the quite steep and poorly maintained marked mountain path, or on the somewhat less steep parallel "Lojzova pot", which is newly built and marked with light blue dots. Higher up, both paths join, the path gradually levels out and brings us to the edge of a steep ridge. We continue the path along the right, gentler side of the ridge, which then levels out and descends to the junction at the stamping box.
Here we continue straight (right downhill Vransko) and then at the next junction, which is located just a few steps ahead, straight again (right Črni vrh 1 minute). The path ahead first proceeds gently, then moderately descends towards the Koča na Čemšeniški planini, which we reach after 15 minutes of further walking.

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