Loke - Koča na Čemšeniški planini (via Zajčeva koča)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway, take the Vransko exit and continue along the parallel old road towards Celje. Drive along the main road for a few kilometres, then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas point you to the right. Continue through Ojstriška vas to Tabor, and from there continue towards the village of Loke. In Loke, you will come to a crossroads where you will turn left towards Zajčeva koča (straight ahead Krvavica) along a road that will soon lead you to the next crossroads. Here, continue right in the route "Zajčeva koča - footpath" (straight ahead Zajčeva koča on the road) along the road, which crosses a bridge and then leads to a small roadside parking lot on the other side of a meadow.
b) From the motorway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Šentrupert and then continue along the parallel old road towards Trojany. Follow the main road for a few kilometres and then the signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas will direct you to the left. Continue through Ojstriška vas to Tabor, and from there continue towards the village of Loke. In Loke you will come to a crossroads, where you continue left towards Zajčeva koča (straight ahead Krvavica) along a road that will soon lead you to the next crossroads. Here, continue right in the route "Zajčeva koča - footpath" (straight ahead Zajčeva koča on the road) along the road, which crosses a bridge and then leads to a small roadside parking lot on the other side of a meadow.

Path description:
Leave the road near the parking lot and continue climbing along cart track, which branches off the road to the left. After a few metres, Cart track descends to a stream, crosses it and turns into a steep footpath on the other side, which climbs higher parallel to another track. The path, which passes through the forest, leads us higher up to a partly overgrown clearing, after which it turns slightly right and leads us to a dilapidated house.
Here, continue on the right-hand side of the house along cart track, which climbs crosswise (this part of the path is poorly marked) and makes a left-hand bend a little higher up. The moderately steep track then turns slowly to the right and leads us higher up to grassy hay meadows above which we cross a less good forest road.
Continue on the poorly marked cart track, which after a while starts to descend and then joins a dirt road, which is followed to the right to the next crossroads. At the junction in the middle of the bend, turn right and follow the road for about 100 m to the point where the sign for Zajčeva koča directs you right onto a wide track (a worse road) which begins to descend slightly (straight down the road Planinski dom Vrhe). Follow this cart track track through the forest to the Hare's Hut.
From the hut, continue in the route Krvavica along the path which, after an initial slight ascent, descends and then crosses the slopes to the west. A little further on, you reach an orientation loop where the marked path turns slightly right (well marked). Leave the track here and continue walking along a pleasant mountain path surrounded by dense forest. After a short descent, the path leads to a forest road, which you follow to the left to a crossroads.
Here, leave the road and continue sharp left in the direction of Čemšeniška mountain pasture (Krvavica on the right). The ascent continues along the initially wide cart track, and we continue along a slightly steeper path to reach a road which we follow to the right. We continue to climb crosswise over the scenic slope, and after a few minutes the road leads us to a small crossroads where we join the path from Vrh. Turn right here and follow the road, passing Gunet's Head (926 m) on the left. On the other side of the summit we reach a lookout saddle, and the road turns to the left here, and we walk along it for only 100 m, then the signs for Čemšeniško mountain pasture direct us sharp right to the cart track, which first crosses the lane of the forest, and then transitively leads us to the lookout slope, from which we have a beautiful view towards Krvavica. Here, the track, which continues to climb for some time, turns to the left and then gradually turns into a slightly steeper footpath. Higher up, the footpath splits into two parts, and we have the choice of continuing along the rather steep and less well-maintained marked mountain path, or along the slightly less steep parallel 'Lojzova cesta', which is newly surfaced and marked with light blue dots. Higher up, the two paths merge, and the path gradually flattens out and leads us to the edge of a steep ridge. The path continues along the right-hand side of the ridge, which then flattens out and descends to a crossroads at a registration box.
Continue straight on here (right down Vransko) and then at the next crossroads, which is only a few steps further on, straight on again (right Black Peak 1 minute). The way forward begins first to fold and then to descend moderately towards Koča na Čemšeniški planini, which is reached after 15 minutes of further walking.

On the way: Zajčeva koča (742m), Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina) (1204m)

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