Mislinja - Ostruščica (via Tolsti Vrh)

Access to starting point:
From Slovenj Gradec or Velenje we drive to Mislinja, where we park on a parking lot by the crossroad for Mislinjski Jarek.

Path description:
From the starting point at first we carefully cross side road, and then we short time walk on a sidewalk in the direction towards Velenje. We quickly get to a crossroad, where signs for Rogla and Tolsti vrh point us to the left on a side road which gradually starts ascending. Soon after that, when Mislinja ends, the road leads below ski jumping hills, and a little further a wonderful view opens up on Mislinja, Uršlja gora and part of Peca. A little further, we get to a smaller crossroad, from which we continue straight in the direction of a marked path on Rogla (right a homestead Turjak, we can also get to Dolič). Soon after the mentioned crossroad blazes point us to the right on a footpath which starts ascending through the forest. After a short ascent, we reach an old cart track, we follow it to the left, after that on an indistinct forested broad ridge we continue right on for some time steeper path. When we reach the next cart track, the path flattens, and we follow also this cart track to the left. The path ahead leads us past a well, after that at some crossings we follow the blazes. After few minutes, we return on an asphalt road, and there past the homestead Vivod (homestead is situated a little right from the main road) we get to panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens up towards the surrounding hills. A short time we walk with nice views, and then signs for Rogla point us to the left in the forest. Through the forest, we again follow the blazes, and then we return on an asphalt road which we reach right by protective fence, which we have to cross. On the road, we don't walk long, because blazes again lead left on a footpath. When we return on the road, we walk there to the first crossroad, from which we continue on a cart track which continues between the both roads (if we continue straight we get to the homestead Vovk, and right leads the road to homesteads Lemeš, Gros, Pačnik...). Next follows an ascent through the forest, and the path quickly brings us on an indistinct ridge, where on the right side forest ends. We continue walking above the homestead Gros and we short time continue on a wider cart track, but blazes quickly point us slightly to the left on an older cart track. Next follows crossing of a stream and after shorter further crossing we come out of the forest.
We continue left upwards by the grazing fence, and when we reach the macadam road we continue right to the near homestead Vetrih, where we continue left upwards. Higher, we reach the other macadam road which we follow to the right, and then before the homestead Francuh, we continue on the upper road. Few minutes we still walk on the road, and then we go slightly left on a marked footpath which gradually goes away from the road. Nearby pasture of homestead Matic we bypass on the left side, and then we once again cross a macadam road.
Further a walk on roads for some time ends, and the path leads on a cart track which is ascending through the forest. When the forest ends, we get below the peak Volovica (1455 meters), where on meadows path for some time vanishes. Through meadows we continue towards the east, maybe slightly northern, after that on an indistinct summit of Volovica path again becomes more distinct.
The path ahead leads us on a plateau terrain of Pohorje and continues with some shorter ascents and descents. Occasionally also quite swampy path then leads us south from indistinct peak Turn (1463 meters), and behind the mentioned peak we soon reach the path PP7, where the path towards the waterfall Lukov slap branches off to the left.
We continue straight, still on occasionally swampy path, after that follows some of easy ascent to indistinct peak Kraguljišče (1454 meters).
Next follows a light descent, after that from the right joins also the marked path from Vitanje. Some 10 meters further we also reach an asphalt road which leads from Zreče towards Rogla, and by its edge we ascend all the way to a large parking lot by the ski slope Rogla, or hotel Planja.
From the parking lot, we continue in the direction of Ostruščica and lake Lovrenška jezera, on the path which in few steps it brings us to the upper station of 4 seater chairlift. By the chairlift we descend to the nearby asphalt road which we follow few steps to the left and then we continue right in the direction of lakes Lovrenška jezera. Next follows a walk on a gently sloping meadow, and then we join the cart track, on which we walk to indistinct peak Ostruščica.
Mislinja - hotel Planja 4:00, hotel Planja - Ostruščica 15 minutes.

On the way: Tolsti Vrh pri Mislinji (841m), Volovica (1455m), Kraguljišče (1454m), Hotel Planja (1474m)

Trip can be extended to: The lake Ribniško jezero , Ribniška koča , Rogla , Lovrenška jezera , Jezerski vrh