Koča na Šumiku - Klopni vrh (northern path)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway, take the Slovenske Konjice exit and then follow the road to the above-mentioned place. At Slovenske Konjice turn right towards Oplotnica, which is a few kilometres away on a winding road. At Oplotnica, where you join the road from Slovenska Bistrica, turn left towards Osankarica. Continue along the Oplotnica stream for a while, then reach a crossroads where the road splits into two. Here you can continue left in the direction of Osankarica, or right in the direction of the village of Kebelj. If you continue on the left road, it soon turns into a macadam road, and higher up it leads to a slightly larger crossroads, where you continue to the right in the direction of Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroads, there are a few more serpentines, and the macadam road leads to a parking area under Dom na Osankarici, where there is a crossroads. Continue slightly left along the road, which initially continues northwards. The road then gradually starts to descend and we continue left at the junction after a few kilometres. Continue past the trailhead for the Šumik waterfall, where the road turns quite a bit to the right. At the junction after the bend, continue left, and then park just a little further on in a suitable space near the Šumik Cottage.
b) From the motorway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Slovenska Bistrica - South, then continue towards Oplotnica. At Oplotnica, where you will see signs for Osankarica, continue straight ahead, then climb for some time along the Oplotnica stream, where after a short climb you will reach a point where the road splits into two parts. Here you can either continue left towards Osankarica, or right towards the village of Kebelj. If you continue on the left road, it soon turns into a macadam road, and higher up it leads to a slightly larger crossroads, where you continue to the right in the direction of Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroads there are a few more serpentines and the macadam road leads to a parking lot under Dom na Osankarici, where there is a crossroads. Continue slightly left along the road, which initially continues northwards. The road then gradually starts to descend and we continue left at the junction after a few kilometres. Continue past the trailhead for the Šumik waterfall, where the road turns quite a bit to the right. At the junction after the bend, continue left, then park just a little further on in a suitable space near the Šumik Hut.

c) Drive to Ruše (to get here from Maribor or Selnica ob Dravi) and then continue to Smolnik and higher up to Šumik. At the crossroads where the road to Koča na Šumiku turns right, turn right and after a few 10 metres of further driving park in a suitable place near the Cottage on Šumik.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the footpath in the direction of Osankarice and Koča na Klopni vrh. After a few steps of ascent you reach a macadam road, which you follow to the left, and we walk along it only until a nearby crossroads, where we take the upper right road (straight on the lower road Osankarica). Walk along the road for a short time, and then the mountain signs direct you to the left on a marked footpath that continues slightly to the left of the road. At a higher altitude, we return to the road, and then leave it again for a short time. The next time you return to the road, follow it to its end.
From the end of the road, bear right after the Klopni vrh markers and continue along cart track, which gradually begins to descend gently. When the path is laid, a marked path from Dom na Osankarici joins us on the left.
Continue along and along cart track for some time, then reach the NOB monument, after which you soon enter a wider macadam road.
Once on the road, continue straight ahead, then at the nearby crossroads take the road on the bottom right. From the crossroads it is only a few minutes of easy walking and the path leads to the Cottage on Klopni vrh.
Before the cottage, the eastern path to Klopni vrh and the path to Koča na Pesku branches off to the left, and we follow the road around the cottage on the right and continue for another 10 m to the edge of the forest, where the signs for Klopni vrh direct us to the left to cart track, which begins to climb through the forest. Follow the trail, which at a few small crossroads follows the direction of the markings, all the way to the nearby summit, which is reached after about 15 minutes' walk.
Koča na Šumiku - Koča na Klopnem vrhu 1:45, Koča na Klopnem vrhu - Klopni vrh 0:15.

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