Ribniška koča - Koča na Pesku (via Lovrenška jezera)

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Maribor - Dravograd, before the settlement Brezno we turn left in the direction of Podvelka, Ribnica na Pohorju and Ribniška koča. After the bridge over the river Drava we arrive in Podvelka, and we follow the road further in the direction of Ribnica na Pohorju. After approximately 10 km from the bridge over Drava we arrive at the center of Ribnica na Pohorju, where we go left. There follows approximately 8 km of ascent, mostly on the macadam road, to the mountain hut Ribniška koča, where we park.
B) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor, after Radlje ob Dravi at the roundabout we leave the main road towards Maribor and continue driving in the direction towards Vuhred, Ribnica na Pohorju and Ribniška koča. After the bridge over the river Drava we arrive in Vuhred, and we follow the road further in the direction of Ribnica na Pohorju. After approximately 10 km from the bridge over Drava we arrive at the center of Ribnica na Pohorju, where we go right. There follows approximately 8 km of ascent, mostly on the macadam road, to the mountain hut Ribniška koča, where we park.

Path description:
From Ribniška koča we head onto the path in the direction of Jezerski vrh and Ribniško jezero and initially walk along the road by which we arrived at the starting point, which leads us in a gentle descent to the saddle between Mali Črni vrh and Jezerski vrh. At the saddle, where parking is also possible, we leave the road and head onto the marked footpath, which first ascends gently, then more steeply to the monument on Jezerski vrh, which we reach in approximately 10 minutes of increasingly panoramic ascent.
From Jezerski vrh we continue slightly left in the direction of Lovrenška jezera and Rogla (left Ribniško jezero 5 minutes) and begin descending through thin forest. Soon a path joins us from the left that leads past Ribniško jezero, but we continue first with a still moderate descent through thin forest, then pass into dense forest, where the path descends a bit more steeply. During the descent a short path branches off to the left to the memorial for the deceased aviators, but we continue the descent to the pass Šiklarica. After the pass we begin ascending again, following the markers at a few smaller junctions. A bit further we pass a spring, after it we ascend quite steeply for a few minutes. Higher the path levels out and takes us from the forest onto the meadow Planinka, across which we ascend mostly gently to moderately amid ever finer views. Higher the path turns right and shortly after a path from Lovrenc na Pohorju joins us from the left. There follows some more traversing with fine views, then the path enters thin forest, running below the plateau of Lovrenška jezera, consequently crossing a greater number of small streams. After a few minutes of traversing we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left in the direction of Lovrenška jezera and Rogla (slightly right Rogla - path that bypasses Lovrenška jezera) and begin ascending on wooden duckboards. After a few minutes of ascent we merge with the eastern path from Rogla, but we go left and soon arrive at the lookout tower at Lovrenška jezera.
From the tower a fine view opens onto the plateau where the small lakes are located, and from the tower we continue on wooden duckboards that take us through the scrub to the lakes.
From the lakes we return to the last junction and continue in the direction of Rogla and Koča na Pesku.
Follows a descent through partly thin forest, where at first we mostly walk on wooden duckboards, lower on a cart track that with a few shorter ascents and descents traverses the slopes to the left. During the traverse the path also takes us over a few streams, and on the level section we arrive at a marked junction, from which we continue left downhill in the direction of Koča na Pesku (straight Rogla).
Follows a descent on the cart track through again thinner forest, and when the path levels out we cross the nearby stream over a small bridge. The path further leads us along the reservoir intended for snowmaking at the Rogla ski area, and a bit further we reach a wider macadam road, which we follow with moderate ascent all the way to the Koča na Pesku a few minutes away.
Ribniška koča - Jezerski vrh 0:15, Jezerski vrh - Lovrenška jezera 1:50, Lovrenška jezera - Koča na Pesku 1:20.

On the way: Jezerski vrh (1537m), Lovrenška jezera (1520m)