Kokarje (ŠRC Laze) - Dom na Čreti (via Tajna)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Mozirje (to here from Šoštanj or highway Ljubljana - Maribor (exit Šentrupert)), from where from the main roundabout we continue driving towards Gornji Grad and Logarska dolina. A few kilometers ahead, behind the Petrol gas station we turn left in the direction of Nazarje. Further, we drive through Nazarje, where we follow the signs for settlements Dobletina and Šmartno ob Dreti. Soon after Dobletina and still before Lačja vas, we turn left in the direction of Kokarje. Further, we cross the bridge over the river Dreta, and then we quickly arrive in Kokarje, where at the marked crossroad we continue slightly right in the direction of sports field Laze, to which we arrive after a few 100 meters of additional driving. We park on the parking lot by ŠRC Laze.
B) We drive to the settlement Šmartno ob Dreti (to here from Gornji Grad, Ljubno ob Savinji or Vransko over the mountain pass Lipa), and then we continue driving towards Nazarje. After Lačja vas we turn right in the direction of Kokarje. Further, we cross the bridge over the river Dreta, and then we quickly arrive in Kokarje, where at the marked crossroad we continue slightly right in the direction of sports field Laze, to which we arrive after a few 100 meters of additional driving. We park on the parking lot by ŠRC Laze.

Path description:
Near the starting point a marked junction is situated, from where we head onto the upper road in the direction of Čreta over Tajna (slightly right Čreta past Dom na Farbanci). The road soon changes into a cart track which then moderately ascends through the forest, and after a few minutes brings us to the spot where from the left a marked path also joins, which leads from the center of the village Kokarje.
From the mentioned junction we continue right and continue the path further on the cart track. A little further there are some junctions where we follow the blazes, then we gradually transition to a footpath which higher up crosses one of the cart tracks, and higher up again temporarily joins another. Higher we ascend on a wider track which crosses slopes towards the right, thereby leading us over or under several fallen trees. A short somewhat steeper ascent follows and we reach the macadam road which we follow to the right. We walk along the road for a short time, then at the smaller crossroad we continue onto the path which ascends between the wider cart track on the left and the road on the right. Further we ascend on or slightly below the forested ridge, then the forest ends and a well-marked path ascends transversely across the grassy slope. During the transverse ascent the path leads us over several cart tracks, then the path turns even somewhat more to the right and near the homestead Kraple reaches the macadam road.
We reach the road behind the homestead, and follow it to the right. A somewhat steeper ascent follows along the road which ascends the fairly steep slopes of Krapletov vrh (905 m). Behind the sign (cross) we soon leave the road and continue right into the forest, where we first cross a spring, then continue on the left upper cart track which quickly brings us back to the road. This time too we follow the road right in the direction of Čreta, quickly leave the forest and with nice views arrive at the marked junction which is located between the church of Holy Mother of God and the church of St. Katarina.
From the mentioned junction we continue straight in the direction of Dom na Čreti (left church of Holy Mother of God, right St. Katarina, St. Jošt, Farbanca, Tolsti vrh...) and continue the path on the cart track which descends transversely through the forest. When the forest ends, we continue right and past the chapel descend to the mountain hut.
The description and pictures refer to the situation in 2016 (January).