Rogla (Hotel Planja) - Lovrenška jezera (eastern path)
Starting point: Rogla (Hotel Planja) (1474 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4526°N 15.331°E
Path name: eastern path
Time of walking: 1 h 25 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 46 m
Altitude difference (by path): 150 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 walk to mountain signposts, which are located by pizzeria Planja, and then we go on the path in the direction of lakes Lovrenška jezera, saddle Komisija and Ostruščica. At first, we slightly descend by the four-seater chairlift Planja, and when we reach a narrower asphalt path we short time follow it to the left and then signs for lakes Lovrenška jezera point us to the right on a larger pasture. Next follows an ascent on a gentle grassy slope, and higher the meadow is replaced by thin forest and we get on the upper slopes of Ostruščica.
From Ostruščica we descend on a cart track to the saddle Komisija, where the path splits.
We continue slightly right in the direction of lakes Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča (slightly left - Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča - western path) and we still continue on a wider cart track. A little further from the right joins also the marked path from Koča na Pesku or Mašin žaga, and we continue straight in the direction of lakes Lovrenška jezera. Follows some more of the crossing with shorter ascents and descents, and then we start ascending on a partly paved path, where we are ascending on a wooden pavement. Higher, the path flattens and we get to a crossing, where we go right towards the lakes Lovrenška jezera (left - Ribniška koča and Rogla on the western path).
Only few 10 strides further we get to a lookout tower, from which a nice view opens up towards the plateau, where there are located the lakes, and from the tower we continue on a wooden pavement, which among dwarf pines take us to the lakes.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in October 2022.
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