Vitanje - Rogla

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway, take the Slovenske Konjice exit, then follow the road to the point. From Slovenske Konjice continue on the regional road towards Celje, and follow it to Stranice, where you turn right at the roundabout towards Vitanje. Follow the road to the above-mentioned place, where you park in a suitable place somewhere in the centre of the town.
b) From the road Velenje - Slovenj Gradec turn right at Gornji Dolič (left if coming from Slovenj Gradec) towards Vitanje. When you arrive at Vitanti, park in a suitable place in the middle of the town.

Path description:
We start our journey in the Vitanje centre, in the immediate vicinity of the KSEVT. Head north along the street to the bridge over Hudinja, where a signpost directs you onwards. Pass a small church on the left and turn right at the bus stop into the valley through which the Hudinja flows.
Walk past the cemetery on the left and past the houses. Walk along the road for about 1 km, then the road curves around a bend where you cross a stone bridge and reach a sawmill. At this point, a signpost on an apple tree points right up the hill. Follow the dirt road for a few metres and then turn left onto the footpath.
Signposts lead you up through the woods. Higher up, the path turns sharp left and passes through a dense spruce forest. We climb steeply for a while, and then when we step out of the forest, we get a view of Vitanje. For a short time we are back in the forest, then across a pasture and past a chapel up over the road. Near the farm, the path turns right uphill, where you get on the road and follow it to the hamlet of Sveti Vid.
There is a crossroads in the middle of the woods (St Vid's Church on the right (5 minutes)) and we turn left. After a while, the macadam road turns to asphalt at a large tree, where we keep to the left. Follow this road for about 500 m and then the signpost points you left again, along the edge of the forest and up near the houses. Walk along the macadam road, near the farmhouse the signpost on the electric pole points right up through the yard.
The path goes back into the woods on a deep wood logging trail. Higher up, take the dirt road and go right to a clearing, where you turn left and go back up along the edge of the forest past the cottages. Continue through the forest, crossing a forest road, over an excavation of a slate deposit (stone used for roofing churches and bell towers), over Ovčarjev vrh (1286 m), where the path from the village of Skomarje joins from the right.
The path is laid, the world is wet here, which is why this place is called Luže. Pass the Janko and Metka apartment houses and turn left again onto the footpath just after them. We quickly gain altitude, then after a few minutes the steepness eases and the trail from Mislinja joins from the left. Take the asphalt road Zreče-Rogla and walk along it for about 15 minutes until you reach the top of the Rogla recreation centre, from where it is not far to the top. Go straight on past the playground and the chapel. At the edge of the playground, turn left uphill, past the monument and picnic area. The trail continues to climb gently, follow the signs and in another 15 minutes you will reach the lookout tower, where the highest point of Roga (1517 m) is located.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Koča na Pesku

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