Lovrenc na Pohorju - Koča na Klopnem vrhu (via spodnji trg)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Maribor - Dravograd road, between the Fala HPP and the Ožbalt HPP, turn left towards Lovrenc na Pohorju (from the route of Dravograd turn right). On the other side of the Drava, start climbing along Radoljna, and at the marked crossroads, take a slight right along the main road towards Lovrenec to Pohorje. When you arrive in Lovrenc na Pohorje, follow the main road, and in the centre of the village turn right towards the primary school, where you can park in the parking lot next to the school. You can also park elsewhere in the village, where there are a few free parking spaces.
b) Drive into Ruše, then follow the road towards Lovrenec to Pohorje. At Činžat you will reach a pass where the road starts to descend, and at a lower point go left towards Lovrenec na Pohorju. When you reach Lovrenc na Pohorju, follow the main road, and in the centre of the village, turn right towards the primary school, where you can park in the parking lot next to the school. You can also park elsewhere in the settlement, where there are a few free parking spaces.

Path description:
From the parking lot, return to the centre of the village, then cross the main road through the village and take the side road towards Klopni vrh. There is some downhill, and from the junction at the stop sign go left. Go right for some 10 m, crossing the Radoljna stream over a bridge. About 50 m further on, go right again, then continue along the forest road, which leads across a meadow. When the road turns right a little further on, go left on cart track, which takes you into the forest. In the woods, turn left onto a footpath which climbs steeply through the woods. Soon you will be back on one of the tracks, and then there are a few more forks where you can follow the signs. At a higher level, cross two forest roads and then reach a hay field where the track is less visible. Continue in roughly the same direction, and look slightly to the left for the continuation of the waymarked trail higher up along the edge of the forest. In the woods, the path turns right and starts to climb steeply, and with cart track, go quickly left on the marked footpath, which climbs steeply through the woods again. When you reach the macadam road, follow it to the right, and at a small crossroads go straight ahead, and just after the crossroads turn left onto a track that climbs crosswise to the right and leads you in a few minutes of further walking to a marked crossroads, where you join up with the path that leads through Zgornji trg.
Continue towards Klopni vrh, and there are a few forks, so follow the markings carefully, being especially careful at the part of the cutting where you go left with cart track onto the path. Once back in the forest, pass the spring and cross a worse forest road a little higher up. There are a few forks in the trail, and the trail gradually leads to the north ridge of Turno. A little further on, we see the Turen inscription on one of the trees, and the marked trail bypasses the highest point of Turen on the left-hand side.
A short, gentle descent follows and we arrive at a small pass between Turen and Klopni vrh. Go left here and after a minute of further walking along cart track you reach a macadam road which you follow to the right. We continue along the macadam road, which slowly climbs and after a few minutes of further walking leads us to a crossroads of marked trails, where the trail from Činžat joins us from the left, the northern trail to Klopni vrh branches off to the right, and we continue straight ahead and after a few 10 steps of further walking we reach the Cottage on Klopnem vrh.
Lovrenc na Pohorju - Turn 2:30, Turn - Koča na Klopnem vrhu 0:20.
Description and figures refer to the situation in autumn 2021.

On the way: Jakopičev most (420m), Turn (at Klopni vrh) (1261m)

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