Dom na Osankarici - Mali Šumik waterfall (via Črno jezero)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Oplotnica (to here from Štajerska highway exit Slovenske Konjice or Slovenska Bistrica - south), and then we follow the signs for Osankarica. After approximately 12 km of ascent from the center of Oplotnica we get to the parking lot near Dom na Osankarici.
B) First, we drive to Lovrenc na Pohorju (to here from the road Maribor - Dravograd), and then we continue driving towards Rogla and Koča na Pesku. From Koča na Pesku we follow the signs for Osankarica, where we park on a parking lot below Dom na Osankarici. From the center of Lovrenc na Pohorju to the starting point, there is approximately 26 km of mostly macadam road.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a marked path in the direction of the lake Črno jezero. At first, we ascend on the stairs, and then we are ascending on paved wooden path. Higher, the path flattens and a still paved path descends a little to the lake Črno jezero.
We short time continue by the lake, and then the path splits.
We continue left in the direction of Sveti Trije kralji (slightly right - Oplotnica - path via Kos) and is then mostly moderately ascending through the forest. Higher, we reach indistinct northern ridge of Veliki vrh, where there is a marked crossing.
We continue left in the direction of waterfall Šumik and Ruše (right - Sveti Trije kralji).
We continue on a gently sloping path through the forest, which leads us via Peščena raven, and after the indistinct peak Trije studenci the path gradually starts descending. A little lower the forest gets thinner, and the path which for some time stops descending has several crossings, where we follow the blazes. After a shorter gentle ascent we again start descending and lower we reach a macadam road which leads from Areh towards Osankarica, and we only cross it and we continue the descent to the next road which we follow to the left (right - Ruška koča na Arehu), and then we quickly get to the starting point Bajgot na Šumiku, where right downwards one of the paths branches off towards Ruše (path Holcarska pot through the valley Lobnica).
We continue in the mentioned direction, by which there are also signs for waterfall Mali and Veliki Šumik (straight - estate Šumik, Koča na Klopnem vrhu...).
The path ahead starts lightly descending by Lobnica, and we soon get to warnings, that the path further is very steep and slippery. A little further over a footbridge we cross the stream Lobnica, and then we descend along the right bank of the stream Lobnica, where we gradually move onto increasingly steep slopes. Further at harder spots we get help from iron spikes and steel cables, and a little lower with the help of fixed safety gear we descend on a shorter wall. Below the wall the slope is still quite steep and dangerous for slipping, and we are descending mainly without fixed safety gear.
Even a little lower we get to the spot, where there is a stamp, and then we on a secured path descend to the vantage point for waterfall Veliki Šumik.
Veliki Šumik waterfall we continue on a path, which is still descending by Lobnica on in parts steep slopes. A little further with the help of steel cables we cross the stream Verna, which by high water level changes into several smaller waterfalls. And only a little further over a small bridge we cross river Lobnica. And immediately after the bridge we notice signs for waterfall, which is 9 meters high.
From the sign, we see the waterfall from above, and if we want to see it from below we continue on a path, which at first ascends after that descends to a crossing. Here we continue right downwards on a steep path, which quickly brings us to the riverbed of Lobnica, from which a view opens up on waterfall Mali Šumik.
Osankarica - waterfall Veliki Šumik 1:55, waterfall Veliki Šumik - waterfall Mali Šumik 0:15.

On the way: Črno jezero on Pohorje (1196m), Veliki Šumik waterfall (950m)