Mislinjski graben (Pestotnik) - Rogla (via Ostruščica)
Starting point: Mislinjski graben (Pestotnik) (846 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4674°N 15.2694°E 
Path name: via Ostruščica
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 671 m
Altitude difference (by path): 715 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Mislinja (to here from Slovenj Gradec or Velenje), and then we continue driving in the direction of Mislinjski Jarek. When Mislinja ends, the road still leads by the river Mislinja. Higher, by the confluence of the rivers Glažuta and Mislinja, is located a crossroad, by which we park. A homestead Pestotnik is located a little above the confluence, before the crossroad is a smaller dam. In the summer time and in time, when there isn't any snow we can drive further and optionally shorten the path.
Path description:
From confluence we continue on the right road which continues to ascend by the river Mislinja. Already after few 10 meters rough road towards the homestead Pestotnik branches off to the left, and we continue straight where we are still moderately ascending. Higher, we get to the next, this time marked crossroad, from where we continue straight in the direction of Rogla and Komisije (right road leads towards Tolsti Vrh above Mislinja). Soon after the crossroad, the road turns sharply to the left and gradually goes away from the river Mislinja, and a little higher brings us out of the forest to Spodnja Komisija, where at some houses is a crossroad, from which we continue right (straight Glažuta). Spodnja Komisija soon ends, and the road further is ascending diagonally towards the right. At the left turn from the right joins the path PP7, and we walk on the road to a former shepherd village Zgornja Komisija, where we also leave a wider macadam road and we continue right, on a narrower road which leads through a village to the last house.
From the last cottage, by which there is also a trough with a water, we continue on a cart track which goes into the forest. After a short ascent, the cart track splits, and we choose the upper left cart track (straight water fall Lukov slap 5 minutes). Next follow few crossings, where we follow the signs for path PP7, and then we reach the macadam road which we left on Zgornja Komisija. We follow the road few 10 strides to the right, and then signs for path PP7 point us to the left, on a cart track which from a thin forest leads on partly grassy plateau. A gentle path, which further leads on gently sloping meadows, we then follow all the way to a marked crossing, where we reach a marked path Rogla - lakes Lovrenška jezera. At the spot, where we reach the mentioned path we also reached Ostruščica (1498 meters).
From Ostruščica we continue in the direction of Rogla, and the path further leads us on a worse road which is in the winter time converted into a cross country ski trail (in the time, when there is a cross country ski trail we walk on a parallel walking path), and a little lower the path leads us on a pleasant grassy path. After few minutes, we reach an asphalt road which we follow to the left, and when we get below 4 seater chairlift we continue right, and then we walk to the upper station of the mentioned cableway, from where in few steps we descend to a large parking lot near hotel Planja.
From the parking lot, we continue on the road towards the mountain hut Koča na Pesku. The road at first leads between football field on the left and a church on the right. Immediately, when field ends we leave the road and we continue slightly left on at first parallel mountain path. The path ahead leads us past NOB monument, after which we gradually pass into a thin spruce forest. Next follow few crossings, where we follow the signs for tower on Rogla. Considerably gently sloping path which runs on a cross country ski trail, after approximately 15 minutes of walking from hotel Planja brings us to the summit of Rogla, where there stands a 30 meters high lookout tower.
If there's no danger of storms, we can on our own responsibility ascend also on the mentioned tower, from which a nice view opens up on a larger part of Pohorje, and in good visibility also on Karawanks, Kamnik Savinja Alps and Triglav.
Pestotnik - Ostruščica 2:30, Ostruščica - hotel Planja 15 minutes, hotel Planja - Rogla 15 minutes.
On the way: Spodnja Komisija (1080m), Zgornja Komisija (1230m),
Ostruščica (1498m), Hotel Planja (1474m)
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