Planina Loka - Mala Raduha
Starting point: Planina Loka (1435 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4034°N 14.7573°E
Time of walking: 1 h 40 min
Difficulty: easy pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 594 m
Altitude difference (by path): 594 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Mozirje we drive towards the valley Logarska dolina, but only to the village Struge (village between Ljubno and Luče), where signs for cave Snežna jama on Raduha point us to the right on a narrower and ascending road. The mentioned road which has few crossroad we follow in the direction of Snežna jama and mountain hut Koča na Loki (crossroads are well marked). After 16 km (from that 9 km macadam) of driving from the spot, when we left the main road we come to the starting point, where we park near the smaller crossroad (by the crossroad there are signposts for mountain hut Koča na Loki).
Path description:
By the parking lot we notice hiking signposts for mountain hut Koča na Loki and Raduha, which point us on a rough forest road which ascends through a lane of a forest. Already after few 10 strides of walking, we step out of the forest on the bottom part of the mountain pasture Loka. We continue the ascent on a relatively steep road, on which in few minutes we ascend to the hut Koča na Loki.
From the hut, we continue slightly left (direction Raduha) on the path which runs on the left side of an indistinct ditch. The path which is at first only gently ascending soon turns to the left, where for a short time it steeply ascends through a lane of a dense forest. The steepness then decreases and the forest is gradually replaced by dwarf pines and raspberry bushes. A moderately steep path, which is ascending on the southeastern slopes of Raduha, higher brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue left (right Durce).
Already after few steps of walking from the crossing, we will on the right side of a marked path notice a nice passage among dwarf pines. We go on the mentioned passage (unvegetated indistinct small valley) on which we ascend straight upwards. Higher the passage gets interrupted by dwarf pines, and we look for a partly overgrown footpath which continues right (direction east). The mentioned footpath makes the passage through a lane of dense dwarf pines easier, and it brings us below the peak of Mala Raduha. Again we look for a nice passage among dwarf pines and after few steps of additional walking, we step to the summit of Mala Raduha.
In fog the orientation in the upper part is difficult.
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