Kramarica - Smrekovec (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we go to the exit Šentrupert, and then we continue driving in the direction Mozirje and valley Logarska dolina. Immediately after settlements Ljubija and just before the beginning of Mozirje, at the roundabout, we turn right in the direction of Bele Vode. Further, we again drive through Ljubija, and at first still asphalt road we follow through the valley of river Ljubija and higher stream Štajerska Kramarica. At the homestead Rebršak from the right joins asphalt road from Bele Vode, and we still continue straight. Further, we again follow the macadam steeply upwards and then at the first crossroad, we continue left (right a homestead Prevnik), in second right (left homestead Zgornji Brložnik) and in third left (right road towards Andrejev dom na Slemenu). When the road brings us to a crossroad of three roads and mountain signposts, we are on the mountain pass Kramarica, where we park.
B) From Koroška we at first drive in Črna na Koroškem, and from there we continue driving towards Topla and Koprivna. In the settlement Pristava we turn left and further we drive through the valley of river Bistra. At the next crossroad at an altitude 731 meters, we turn left towards homesteads Vrtačnik and Pudgarsko. At the homestead Pudgarsko we continue straight and on a macadam road we drive to mountain pass Kramarica, where we park.

Path description:
From the saddle Kramarica we continue on a macadam road in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Smrekovcu. Already after few 10 meters of walking, we will get to a marked crossing, where we have two options to continue.
We continue straight and we continue in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Smrekovcu - on the road (right Dom na Smrekovcu over Bukov stan). Ahead we are for quite some time gently ascending on a macadam road which mostly runs through the forest and then it brings us to the smaller crossroad, where we continue on the upper wider road.
From the crossroad, we follow the road only for few minutes, and then signs for mountain hut Dom na Smrekovcu point us to the right on an ascending cart track, on which through the forest we ascend to the nearby larger meadow. When we step on a meadow, we continue right and there we ascend to the mountain hut Dom na Smrekovcu.
From Dom na Smrekovcu, we continue slightly right in the direction of Komen and Smrekovec. The path ahead at first moderately ascends on a panoramic grassy slope, and then turns slightly to the left, where it brings us into a lane of a forest. When the forest gets thinner, we turn slightly right and the path brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue right in the direction of Smrekovec (left Komen and Raduha). Ahead we are short time ascending through a thinner forest and then we get to ample grassy slopes, through which with increasingly beautiful views we ascend on the nearby Smrekovec, which we reach after approximately 10 to 15 minutes of additional walking.

On the way: Dom na Smrekovcu mountain hut (1375m)

Trip can be extended to: Krnes , Komen