Rogla (Hotel Planja) - Koča na Pesku (via Rogla)
Starting point: Rogla (Hotel Planja) (1474 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4531°N 15.3325°E
Path name: via Rogla
Time of walking: 35 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: -88 m
Altitude difference (by path): 45 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Slovenske Konjice and we continue driving towards the mentioned settlement. From Slovenske Konjice we continue towards Zreče, and further we follow the road in the direction of Rogla. When we get to Rogla we park on a large parking lot near the hotel Planja.
B) First, we drive to Lovrenc na Pohorju (to here from the road Maribor - Dravograd), and then we continue driving towards Rogla and Koča na Pesku. Further macadam road then at first brings us to Mašinžaga and then also to the mountain hut Koča na Pesku. From Koča na Pesku we continue on the asphalt road, on which we then ascend to a large parking lot near hotel Planja.
Path description:
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 the starting point 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.
From the tower on Rogla we continue left in the forest on a footpath with signs Pesek. The further path is at first gently, and then moderately descending through the forest. Lower it joins a wider cart track, and it in a gentle descent brings us to a larger grassy clearing, where we join the asphalt road from Rogla. Here we continue straight and after few steps of additional walking, we get to the mountain hut Koča na Pesku.
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