Koča na Klopnem vrhu - Klopni vrh (northern path)
Starting point: Koča na Klopnem vrhu (1260 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5018°N 15.3991°E
Path name: northern path
Time of walking: 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 80 m
Altitude difference (by path): 80 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Dravograd, and then we continue driving towards Maribor. Soon after settlements Ožbalt we leave the main road and we continue driving right through a bridge over the river Drava in the direction of the settlement Lovrenc na Pohorju. On the other side of the river the road starts ascending a little and soon brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of village Činžat (right Lovrenc na Pohorju). In Činžat, where joins also the road from Ruše we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Above the village, the road becomes a macadam, and it is at first ascending by the stream Lamprehtov potok. Higher, the road leads past the farm Lampreht, and at the crossroads, we follow the road in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Klopnem vrhu. When we get to the mentioned mountain hut, we park on an appropriate place nearby.
B) We drive into Ruše (to here from Maribor or Selnica ob Dravi) and then we continue driving towards Lovrenc na Pohorju. When we get to the village Činžat, we leave the road which leads towards Lovrenc na Pohorju and we continue driving left on at first still asphalt road in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Above the village, the road becomes a macadam, and it is at first ascending by the stream Lamprehtov potok. Higher, the road leads past the farm Lampreht, and at the crossroads, we follow the road in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Klopnem vrhu. When we get to the mentioned mountain hut, we park on an appropriate place nearby.
C) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Slovenske Konjice and we continue driving towards the mentioned settlement. From Slovenske Konjice we continue towards Zreče, and further we follow the road in the direction of Rogla. When we get to Rogla we continue driving on the main road, and there we descend to the mountain hut Koča na Pesku. At the mentioned mountain hut we continue right in the direction of Osankarica and mountain hut Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Further on all next crossroads we follow the macadam road in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Klopnem vrhu. We park on an appropriate place near the mentioned mountain hut.
Path description:
Few 10 meters north from the mountain hut, we notice signs for Klopni vrh, which point us on a cart track which starts 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 of walking.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in September 2021.
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