Rogla (Hotel Planja) - Ribniška koča

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 left in the direction of lakes Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča (slightly right - Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča - eastern path) and at first, we still continue through the forest and then the forest starts to get thinner and in a gentle ascent, we get to panoramic slopes, from which a nice view opens up towards Karawanks and Kamnik Savinja Alps. Further, the path returns into the forest and continues without large changes in altitude, and eventually it brings us to a marked crossing.
From a marked crossing we continue straight in the direction of Lovrenc na Pohorju and Ribniška koča (right - Lovrenška jezera - 10 minutes and Rogla on the eastern path). Next follows traversing of slopes below the plateau of Lovrenška jezera, where the path crosses few streams, and then the slope becomes panoramic and we get to a crossing at Planinka.
Here we continue straight (right - Lovrenc na Pohorju), and the path leads us with nice views on Pohorje and Kamnik Savinja Alps and Karawanks in the distance, and on the right a nice view opens up also towards Golica / Koralpe. Next follows few minutes of descent on the ample meadow of Planinka, and then the path passes into the forest and descends a little steeper. Lower, we also go past a settled well, and behind it we reach the saddle Šiklarica, which is situated at 1300 meters of altitude.
From the saddle, we gradually start ascending, and at the crossings we follow the blazes. A little higher a short path branches off to the right (2 minutes) to a memorial plaque to the crashed pilots. Further, we are still ascending through the forest, and higher the forest starts to get thinner and we get to the next crossing, which is situated few minutes below Jezerski vrh.
Here we go straight (right - Ribniško jezero 3 minutes) and we ascend to the nearby Jezerski vrh, from which a nice view opens up.
From Jezerski vrh we continue in the direction of Ribniška koča and we start descending on a well-beaten path, from which beautiful views opening up. Lower, we step on a macadam road which we reach on the saddle between Mali Črni vrh and Jezerski vrh, and we continue on the road which continues towards the northwest and it is slowly ascending. We follow this road to few minutes distant Ribniška koča.
The starting point - Jezerski vrh 3:05, Jezerski vrh - Ribniška koča 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in October 2022.

On the way: Ostruščica (1498m), Sedlo Komisija (1446m), Preval Šiklarica (1300m), Jezerski vrh (1537m)