Pohorje cable car - Mariborski razglednik (Cigelnica)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave Štajerska highway at exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, and then we follow the signs for Pohorje and Areh. The path ahead leads us through Spodnje and Zgornje Hoče, Slivniško Pohorje, and after the settlements we follow the signs for Areh, and higher signs for Mariborska koča and hotel Bellevue. We park on a parking lot between the upper station of funicular and hotel Bellevue.
B) We leave Štajerska highway at exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, and then we follow the signs for ski slope Mariborsko Pohorje. We park on the periphery of the settlement Zgornje Radvanje, on a large parking lot by the foot of the ski slope, and then we walk to the bottom station of the funicular (the price of a return trip for an adult is 6 eur - November 2022), with which we go to hotel Bellevue, where the described path begins.

Path description:
At the upper station of the funicular we notice hiking signposts, and we go right in the direction of Mariborska koča and Ruška koča na Arehu. A little further a short path branches off to the right towards the nearby church of St. Bolfenk, and we continue on a marked path which continues parallel with an asphalt road. On the mentioned path we are gently to moderately ascending, and after a smaller statue of Mary the path splits.
Slightly to the left the first path towards Mariborska koča branches off, and we continue straight in the direction of the path towards a lookout tower. The path which runs on the macadam road then out of the forest brings us to a ski track, and a little ahead it splits. We continue on the steeper right ski track, by which continue rare blazes, and on a ski slope we continue to a lookout tower on Mariborski razglednik.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in November 2022.

Trip can be extended to: Mariborska koča , Ruška koča na Arehu (1 h 20 min)