Koča na Šumiku - Klopni vrh (northern path)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Slovenske Konjice, and then we follow the road to the mentioned settlement. In Slovenske Konjice we turn right towards Oplotnica, to which we have few kilometers winding road. In Oplotnica, where we join the road from Slovenska Bistrica we continue left in the direction of Osankarica. Further, for some time we are ascending by the stream Oplotnica, and then we get to a crossroad, where the road splits into two parts. Here we can continue left in the direction of Osankarica, or right in the direction of village Kebelj. If we continue on the left road which soon changes into macadam, and higher brings us on a little bigger crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroad follow few hairpin turns and a macadam road brings us to the parking lot below the mountain hut Dom na Osankarici, where there is a crossroad. We continue slightly left on the road which at first continues towards the north. Further, the road gradually starts descending, and at the crossroad after few kilometers we continue left. Further, we drive past the starting point of the path towards the waterfall Šumik, where the road turns quite to the right. At the crossroad after the mentioned turn we continue left and then only a little further we park on an appropriate place near the mountain hut Koča na Šumiku.
B) From highway Maribor - Ljubljana we go to the exit Slovenska Bistrica - Jug, and then we continue driving towards Oplotnica. In Oplotnica, where we notice signs for Osankarica we continue straight, after that for some time we are ascending by the stream Oplotnica, where after a shorter ascent, we get to the spot, where the road splits into two parts. Here we can continue left in the direction of Osankarica, or right in the direction of village Kebelj. If we continue on the left road which soon changes into macadam, and higher brings us on a little bigger crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroad follow few hairpin turns and a macadam road brings us to the parking lot below the mountain hut Dom na Osankarici, where there is a crossroad. We continue slightly left on the road which at first continues towards the north. Further, the road gradually starts descending, and at the crossroad after few kilometers we continue left. Further, we drive past the starting point of the path towards the waterfall Šumik, where the road turns quite to the right. At the crossroad after the mentioned turn we continue left and then only a little further we park on an appropriate place near the mountain hut Koča na Šumiku.
C) We drive into Ruše (to here from Maribor or Selnica ob Dravi) and then we continue driving towards Smolnik and higher Šumik. At the crossroad, where a road towards Koča na Šumiku branches off to the right, we continue right and then after few 10 meters of additional driving, we park on an appropriate place near the mountain hut Koča na Šumiku.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a footpath in the direction of Osankarica and Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Already after few steps of an ascent we reach the macadam road which we follow to the left, and we walk there only to the nearby crossroad, where we go on the upper right road (straight on the bottom road - Osankarica). For a short time, we walk on the mentioned road, and then signposts point us to the left on a marked footpath which continues a little to the left from the road. Higher, we for some time return on the road, and then for a short time, we again leave it. And when we the next time return on the road, we walk there to its end.
From the end of the road, we go right following the signs Klopni vrh and we continue on a cart track which gradually starts moderately descending. When the path flattens from the left joins also a marked path from the mountain hut Dom na Osankarici.
We continue for some time on and by the cart track, and then we get to NOB monument, after which we soon step on a wider macadam road.
When we step on the road, we continue straight, and then at the nearby crossroad, we go on the bottom right road. From the crossroad follows only few minutes of easy walking and the path brings us to the mountain hut Koča na Klopnem vrhu.
Before the mountain hut an eastern path on Klopni vrh and the path towards Koča na Pesku branches off to the left, and we on the road bypass the mountain hut on the right side and we continue few more 10 meters to the edge of the forest, where signs for Klopni vrh point us to the left 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.
Koča na Šumiku - Koča na Klopnem vrhu 1:45, Koča na Klopnem vrhu - Klopni vrh 0:15.

On the way: Koča na Klopnem vrhu (1260m)