Gradišče - Koča Planinc

Access to starting point:
We drive to Slovenj Gradec (to here from Velenje, Dravograd or Ravne na Koroškem), after that from the roundabout at store Hofer we go to the exit Legen and Kope. Next follows driving through the settlement Legensko naselje, and then we leave the road towards Kope and we continue straight on a side road in the direction of Gradišče. Further, we drive through the valley of the stream Reka and we soon turn left in the direction of homestead Gradiščar. Next follows some diagonal ascent, where we go past few houses, and when the road turns sharply right, we continue straight and we park on a marked parking lot, which is situated by the crossroad and a religious symbol.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on an asphalt road which continues towards the east (by the crossroad, where we've parked, we can start also by Stations of the Cross, or on an unmarked footpath which from the road branches off immediately by the crossroad - all the paths after few minutes join), and after approximately a minute of walking, we join the marked path from Slovenj Gradec. A short time we still continue on the road, and then blazes point us slightly to the left, on a footpath which ascends through the forest. Quickly from the left joins an already mentioned unmarked path, and a little higher, at the crossing of a macadam road, also the path by the Stations of the Cross.
Next follows an ascent through a panoramic grassy slope, and after crossing of a bad road we again pass into the forest. We quickly leave the forest and we get to another meadow, by the edge of which we continue to a smaller hamlet, where we step on the road. Here, by the road which we follow few meters, we notice a cross and then we go left on a wide cart track which after few meters we leave. Because signs point us to the right upwards, on the path which through the forest brings us to the next hamlet. Here we again step on the road which we follow to the left. After few minutes of walking on the road, we come to a crossroad, where we continue straight on the bottom road which brings us to the next hamlet. Only few meters before the house, the marked path turns left and continues on a cart track. This path we then follow to the next hamlet, after which we few meters walk on the road. Blazes here again point us on a footpath which a little higher once again crosses the road. The path after that for a short time a little steeper ascends and it brings us to a crossing, where the path from Dravograd joins. Here we continue right and after a short ascent on a partly unvegetated slope we get to the mountain hut Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom.
From the mountain hut, we continue in the direction of Kremžarjev vrh, Partizanski dom, Grmovškov dom, Vuzenica, and Koča Planinc. After a few minutes of walking without significant changes in altitude, we reach the chapel, where the path splits. In the direction straight ahead, the path continues towards Vuzenica and Kremžarjev vrh, but we continue slightly to the right and cross the southern slopes of Kremžarjev vrh. When we leave the forest, a path from the left side joins, which leads over Kremžarjev vrh, but we continue straight, where beautiful views accompany us on the right side. A little further, the path enters the forest and splits.
In the direction slightly to the right, the path continues towards Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu, but we continue slightly to the left in the direction of Partizanski dom and Grmovškov dom below Velika Kopa. Next follows some descent, and lower down at the crossroad, we reach a macadam road. We continue straight on the road, along which the blazes continue. Further, we bypass Mačkov vrh on the right side, and in a few minutes of crossing, we arrive at Brneško sedlo, where at the cross the path splits again.
The road ahead descends to Vuzenica, a footpath branches off to the right towards Partizanski dom and Grmovškov dom, but we continue straight on a footpath that initially runs parallel to the road and along which there are signs for Koča Planinc. The path ahead initially continues without significant changes in altitude, and at a few crossings, we follow the blazes. Eventually, there is a shorter, more noticeable descent on a cart track, and from the cart track, we go lower to the right onto a marked footpath. We then cross the slopes to the right, and this path brings us to a marked crossing, where we join the marked path from Vuzenica.
Here, we go right and in a few minutes of further walking, we arrive at Koča Planinc.
Gradišče - Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom 1:45, Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom - Koča Planinc 1:30.

On the way: Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom (1102m), Brneško sedlo (1001m)