Planina Kosmačeve Rastke - Lanež (via Durce)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Šentrupert, and then we continue driving towards Mozirje, Ljubno ob Savinji and valley Logarska dolina. From Ljubno we drive on the main road for approximately 6 km, and then in the settlement Struge, signs for Raduha and cave Snežna jama point us to the right on narrower and at first still asphalt road. At the crossroads, we follow the signs for cave Snežna jama, and the road which higher loses an asphalt covering we follow to the mountain pasture Kosmačeve Rastke (mountain pasture isn't visible from the road), where we notice signs for mountain hut Koča na Loki (from the main road to the starting point, there is approximately 13 km). We park on an appropriate place by the road.
B) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Vodice, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. In Kamnik we follow the signs for Gornji Grad and mountain pass Črnivec, and only 1 km before the mentioned mountain pass we turn left in the direction of Kranjski Rak and Podvolovljek. From Kranjski Rak (mountain pass Volovljek) we start descending towards Luče, where we turn right towards Mozirje. From Luče we drive towards Mozirje approximately 3 km, and then in the settlement Struge, signs for Raduha and cave Snežna jama point us to the left on narrower and at first still asphalt road. At the crossroads, we follow the signs for cave Snežna jama, and the road which higher loses an asphalt covering we follow to the mountain pasture Kosmačeve Rastke (mountain pasture isn't visible from the road), where we notice signs for mountain hut Koča na Loki (from the main road to the starting point, there is approximately 13 km). We park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a footpath following the signs Koča na Loki. After that, the path runs through the forest and most of the time in a gentle ascent crosses slopes towards the southwest. Later, the path becomes a little wider and passes into a cart track on which we get to the hunting cottage.
From the hunting cottage where a view opens up towards the south, we continue slightly right on the forest road. The road quickly brings us to a crossing where we go right on a cart track following the signs Koča na Loki. Here from the left joins also the path from the farm Radušnik.
Cart track further is all the time ascending through the forest and it brings us to the road which leads towards the cave Snežna jama, and we reach it right on the spot, where right upwards for public traffic closed forest road branches off, on which in 15 minutes of additional walking, we get to the mountain hut Koča na Loki pod Raduho.
From the mountain hut, we continue slightly right on a marked path in the direction of saddle Durce (slightly left Raduha, right Smrekovec and Travnik). Further, at first we are gently ascending on the right side of the ditch (on the left side of the ditch runs the path on Raduha) on the path, that gradually starts to ascend steeper. After approximately 10 minutes of walking from the mountain hut, the path brings us on a less noticeable crossing, where eastern path on Lanež branches off to the right, and we continue straight in the direction of Durce, on at first a little poorly visible footpath. A little further, the path turns slightly to the left, crosses a grazing fence and then passes into a lane of dwarf pines, through which we are ascending through a small valley. The path ahead bypasses a small well (in dry days dries up) and a little above it steeply ascends on a short unvegetated slope. In the middle of the mentioned slope, the path turns to the left, and after few minutes of a diagonal ascent through dwarf pines, brings us to a marked crossing on the saddle Durce.
On Durce we continue right in the direction of Lanež (left Raduha, straight downwards mountain hut Koča na Grohatu) on a gently sloping path which continues towards the northeast. After a shorter gentle ascent the path descends a little and then it starts ascending towards the summit of Lanež, and we reach it after few minutes of additional walking.
Planina Kosmačeve Rastke - Koča na Loki 1:15, Koča na Loki - Lanež 1:10.

On the way: Koča na Loki pod Raduho mountain hut (1534m)