Činžat - Klopni vrh (northern 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.
When we reach the road, if we continue left, we in few 10 strides get to Koča na Klopnem vrhu, but we continue straight across the road on the path in the direction of Klopni vrh (right - Lovrenc na Pohorju). The path ahead leads us on a cart track which is mostly moderately ascending through the forest. The path which at few smaller crossings we follow in the direction of the blazes, we follow all the way to the nearby peak, which we reach after approximately 15 minutes from the spot, when we left the road.
Činžat - Sveti Križ 1:25, Sveti Križ - Koča na Klopnem vrhu 1:05, Koča na Klopnem vrhu 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)