Mislinjski graben (Pestotnik) - Ostruščica
Starting point: Mislinjski graben (Pestotnik) (846 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4674°N 15.2694°E
Time of walking: 2 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 652 m
Altitude difference (by path): 652 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Mislinja (to here from Slovenj Gradec or Velenje), and then we continue driving in the direction of Mislinjski Jarek. When Mislinja ends, the road still leads by the river Mislinja. Higher, by the confluence of the rivers Glažuta and Mislinja, is located a crossroad, by which we park. A homestead Pestotnik is located a little above the confluence, before the crossroad is a smaller dam. In the summer time and in time, when there isn't any snow we can drive further and optionally shorten the path.
Path description:
From confluence we continue on the right road which continues to ascend by the river Mislinja. Already after few 10 meters rough road towards the homestead Pestotnik branches off to the left, and we continue straight where we are still moderately ascending. Higher, we get to the next, this time marked crossroad, from where we continue straight in the direction of Rogla and Komisije (right road leads towards Tolsti Vrh above Mislinja). Soon after the crossroad, the road turns sharply to the left and gradually goes away from the river Mislinja, and a little higher brings us out of the forest to Spodnja Komisija, where at some houses is a crossroad, from which we continue right (straight Glažuta). Spodnja Komisija soon ends, and the road further is ascending diagonally towards the right. At the left turn from the right joins the path PP7, and we walk on the road to a former shepherd village Zgornja Komisija, where we also leave a wider macadam road and we continue right, on a narrower road which leads through a village to the last house.
From the last cottage, by which there is also a trough with a water, we continue on a cart track which goes into the forest. After a short ascent, the cart track splits, and we choose the upper left cart track (straight water fall Lukov slap 5 minutes). Next follow few crossings, where we follow the signs for path PP7, and then we reach the macadam road which we left on Zgornja Komisija. We follow the road few 10 strides to the right, and then signs for path PP7 point us to the left, on a cart track which from a thin forest leads on partly grassy plateau. A gentle path, which further leads on gently sloping meadows, we then follow all the way to a marked crossing, where we reach a marked path Rogla - lakes Lovrenška jezera. At the spot, where we reach the mentioned path we also reached Ostruščica (1498 meters).
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (November).
On the way: Spodnja Komisija (1080m), Zgornja Komisija (1230m)
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