Činžat - Klopni vrh (eastern path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Maribor - Dravograd, between HE Fala and HE Ožbalt we turn left towards Lovrenc na Pohorju (from the direction Dravograd we turn right). On the other side of Drava we start ascending along Radoljna, and at the marked crossroad, we go left towards Činžat and Ruše. Next follows some ascent, and on the saddle where we notice red hiking signposts there is the beginning of the described path. At the crossroad, there aren't any parking spots, so we park a little away on an appropriate place.
B) We drive into Ruše, and then we follow the road towards Lovrenc na Pohorju. In the settlement Činžat we get to the saddle where we notice red hiking signposts, where the described path begins. At the crossroad, there aren't any parking spots, so we park a little away on an appropriate place.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on the road following the signs Činžat and Koča na Klopnem vrhu. At first, we walk on an asphalt road which leads us past few houses, and at the crossroads, we follow the blazes and signs for Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Above the settlement, the asphalt ends, and the road passes into the valley of the stream Lamprehtov potok, along which we continue the ascent. Further, the road for some time becomes asphalted and at 728 meters above the sea level turns sharply to the right. Next follows a diagonal ascent, so that we gradually go away from the stream. Higher follows few crossroads, and at all of them we continue left. Next follows some more of a moderate ascent towards the left and we get to the chapel of the Holy Cross, from which a view opens up a little on surroundings.
After the chapel, we on the upper side bypass homestead Lampreht, and then follows an easy ascent, which we overcome in a longer crossing of slopes of Lamprehtov vrh. When the crossing ends, we return to the stream Lamprehtov potok, which we cross over the bridge, and immediately after the bridge from the left joins the path from Ruše via Zgornji Smolnik.
We continue straight on a wider road towards Koča na Klopnem vrhu, and also at the next crossroad we go straight in the same direction (left - Areh and Šumik). Next follows some ascent by the stream and the path brings us to sawmill Fišerjeva žaga, where we go again on the other side of the stream.
Few 10 meters ahead from the stream we leave the road and we continue left following the signs for Koča na Klopnem vrhu, where we go at first over the fence, and then past a private cottage into the forest, where we continue the ascent on a cart track. Cart track has higher few crossings, where we follow the blazes, and we are mainly ascending through the forest. When we higher reach a grazing fence, the marked footpath leads right from the fence. We few minutes continue by the fence, and then we return on the macadam road, where we join the path from Lovrenc na Pohorju.
We continue left (straight across the road - northern path on Klopni vrh) and after few 10 meters we get to Koča na Klopnem vrhu, which we have noticed already on the part where we were walking along the grazing fence.
Behind the mountain hut, we continue right towards Koča na Pesku and Klopni vrh, where we moderately ascend through the forest, after few minutes we reach a macadam road, on which we continue the ascent. At the nearby unmarked crossing we go right on a marked cart track (straight on the road - Koča na Pesku), on which on a little overgrown path we in few minutes get to Klopni vrh.
Činžat - Sveti Križ 1:25, Sveti Križ - Koča na Klopnem vrhu 1:05, Koča na Klopnem vrhu - Klopni vrh 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in September 2021.

On the way: Sveti Križ (Kumen) (928m), Stara Glažuta (Fišerjeva žaga) (1089m), Koča na Klopnem vrhu (1260m)