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Dom na Smrekovcu - Krnes (direct way)

Starting point: Dom na Smrekovcu (1375 m)

Lat/Lon:

46,4131°N 14,8997°E

Destination: Krnes (1613 m)

Name of path: direct way

Time of walking: 1 h 15 min

Difficulty: easy marked way

Altitude difference: 238 m

Altitude difference po putu: 330 m

Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000

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Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway, take the Mozirje exit and follow the road towards Logarska dolina. In the village Ljubno ob Savinji, the sign for Smrekovec points to the right. The road then takes you through the centre of the village, where you turn left again after the Smrekovec sign. The road then leads to Ljubenske Rastke, where you continue to the right. Follow the road, which is still asphalted at first, towards Smrekovec (the lodge at Smrekovec) and follow it to the parking lot near the mountain lodge.

Path description:
From the house, continue left along the path towards Smrekovec. The path climbs moderately at first over a grassy slope, then goes into the forest, where it climbs steeply for a short time. The steepness quickly subsides and the path leads to a crossroads where you continue along the lower path in the direction of Komno (Smrekovec on the right). The path then soon leads us to Krumpaško mountain pasture, which is located to the west of Smrekovec. Follow the almost horizontal path and it will soon lead you to the other side of the old fence. On the other side of the fence, an unmarked path from the top of Smrekovec joins us from the right. Continue straight on the path, which passes to cart track which leads us to a slightly steeper path. The path climbs for a while through the forest and leads us again to wide meadows. Cart track ends and the path leads us back to the crossroads. Here a signpost points slightly right in the direction of the Krnes summit (straight Komen direct route).

The trailhead is a bit harder to find but, once you get to the edge of the forest, you find it quickly. The trail then starts to climb steeply through a rather overgrown forest, but only for a good five minutes. Then you reach the grassy slopes again. Here, we can now see a fence on the right in front of us, along which the path continues. After walking along the fence for a few minutes, we see the Krnes peak, which is on the right side of this fence.