Zreče (church of St. Egidij) - Rogla (via Gorenje)

Access to the starting point:
Zreče is a small town of about 3,000 inhabitants in north-eastern Slovenia, at the foot of Pohorje in the upper part of the Dravinja valley, at the point where the Dravinja gorge widens. Zreče is also the seat of the municipality of the same name. They can be reached by road from the Celje - Maribor motorway, exit Slovenske konjice. The starting point of our route is located in the large parking lot between the building of the Zreče Mountain Club, Šolska cesta 4, Zreče and the parish church of St. Egidius, Šolska cesta 1, Zreče.

Path description:
The greater part of our route will be along the marked mountain trail of the guardian of PD Zreče, and the last part of the route will be along the marked mountain trail of the guardian of PD Oplotnica. From the parking lot between the building of the Zreče Mountain Club and the St. Egidius Parish Church, we will start along the road north past the Zreče PGD to the crossroads in front of Unior. Continue to the right over the bridge over the Dravinja, where the first signposts direct you. For some time, the route passes by major companies on a wide, sloping asphalt road (Tovarniška), where you follow the signs. As the asphalt road narrows by the last houses, the climb and the first bends begin. Higher up, before the yellow house, leave the road and enter the forest path, following the signs and markings. The first views towards Konjiški hory open up. Higher up, follow cart track along the side of the clearing, then back into the forest, where you cross the road once. Higher up, the forest path leads to a sloping asphalt road which leads through the village of Črešnova. At the end of the village, signs direct us to cart track, which takes us around the village of Gorenje pri Zrečah with its church visible in the distance on a grassy part. Again, beautiful views to the south. In the upper part of the village, follow the narrower asphalt road, and at the Smogavc Inn, turn left at the crossroads onto the larger asphalt road. Before Koroška vas na Pohorju, leave the main asphalt road and take a slight left, following the signs towards the green house. Go around the house, after a short stretch through the woods, cross the meadow below the Kropej farm and continue into the woods again, past the pastures. A little higher up, first turn left onto the forest road, then left again onto the asphalt road at the village Mountain pasture at Pohorje. Follow the markings and signs. After a kilometre or so, when we pass a settlement of houses on the road, a mountain path branches off sharp left, which leads us in sharp short switchbacks past the houses into the forest, where we continue in its embrace on a gentle slope. At the Pušnik homestead, turn right, first up a steep slope, and soon rejoin the road. At a cross a little higher up, leave the road and continue through the forest, past the green log cabin at the edge of the lookout clearing, all the way to the chapel by the tarmac road. Turn left along the asphalt road, but only for about 30 metres, then leave the road and continue slightly right into the dense forest along a kind of gutter with a moderate incline. Soon we join a forest road, which takes us a little higher, past isolated houses. Gradually the forest road turns into cart track, which turns back into a forest gutter with a gentle gradient. After about a kilometre and a half, when the path is laid, the mountain path from Oplotnica joins us from the right. Continue in the route Rogla - Pesek. About a kilometre further on, we reach a crossroads, where we continue in the direction of Koča na Jurgovem - Stolp. At a higher point, exit the forest into a clearing and continue past Koča na Jurgovem in the direction Rogla - Pesek along the asphalt road. At the crossroads, cross the main asphalt road Rogla - Koča na Pesku and continue uphill on the ski slope. Cross the ski lift at the ski slope safety control house and after a few metres continue right

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

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