Ruška koča na Arehu - Source of Polskava (upper path)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Maribor take the exit Rače - Fram, then follow the signs for Fram. Continue through the centre of Fram, then start climbing towards the settlements Kopivnik, Planica and Frajhajm, and higher up follow the signs for Areh. When you join the wider road, go left and continue following the signs for Areh. Park in the large parking lot near the Ruška hut on Areh.
b) Leave the Styrian motorway at the exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, then follow signs for Pohorje and Areh. The road continues through Spodnje and Zgornje Hoče, Slivnica Pohorje, and after the settlements follow the signs for Areh. Park in the large parking lot near the Ruška hut on Areh.

Path description:
From the parking lot near Ruška koča na Arehu, take the road in the direction of Žigartov vrh, Šumika and Cojzarice. After about 10 minutes of walking along the road through the forest, you will reach a marked crossroads, where you continue left towards Bajgot and the Šumik waterfall (straight ahead Žigartov vrh).
The path ahead returns to the forest and leads along a less good forest road, from which a path soon branches off to the left down to the source of the Polskava River.
Leave the minor road here and continue downhill to the left. After a descent of just over 5 minutes through the forest, you reach the source of the Polskava River.
You can return to Ruška koča na Arehu by following the slightly shorter route below.
The description refers to the situation in June 2022, the pictures are from January, May and June 2022.

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