Ribnica na Pohorju - Koča na Pesniku (by road)
Starting point: Ribnica na Pohorju (714 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5332°N 15.2669°E 
Path name: by road
Time of walking: 1 h 25 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 387 m
Altitude difference (by path): 387 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From the road Maribor - Dravograd, before the settlement Brezno we turn left in the direction of Podvelka, Ribnica na Pohorju and Ribniška koča. After the bridge over the river Drava we get to Podvelka, and the road further we follow in the direction of Ribnica na Pohorju. After approximately 10 km from the bridge over the river Drava we get to the center of Ribnica na Pohorju, where we go left and then a little ahead we park on a parking lot in the center of the settlement. The parking lot is located a little ahead from the parish church of St. Jernej.
B) From Dravograd we drive towards Maribor, after Radlje ob Dravi at the roundabout we leave the main road towards Maribor and we continue driving in the direction towards Vuhred, Ribnica na Pohorju and Ribniška koča. After the bridge over the river Drava we get to Vuhred, and the road further we follow in the direction of Ribnica na Pohorju. After approximately 10 km from the bridge over the river Drava we get to the center of Ribnica na Pohorju, where we go right and then a little ahead we park on a parking lot in the center of the settlement. The parking lot is located a little ahead from the parish church of St. Jernej.
Path description:
From the center Ribnica na Pohorju we continue on an ascending asphalt road, from which soon to the right, a marked path branches off, and we continue on the road which above the settlement passes into the forest. Next follows an ascent through the forest, where we cross the stream Ribniški potok, and the road which turns left a little further brings us to a crossroad from which we continue on the right road in the direction of the mountain hut Ribniška koča (left - homestead Jakob, Kop and Gosak). Next follows a diagonal ascent towards the right, where the road crosses some streams, and then it slowly start turning more and more to the left, where we also cross a marked path.
We continue straight through a large clearing, and then also through a lane of a forest. When we again step out of the forest, we from the crossroad continue left in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Pesniku, to which we have only a short walk.
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