Log - Mariborski razglednik (Cigelnica)

Access to starting point:
From the road Maribor - Ruše, in the settlement Bistrica ob Dravi we turn left (from the direction of Ruše right) towards Log. We continue driving through Log, and at the end of the settlement, at the intersection of several roads, we park in an appropriate place by the bus stop.
We park in a way that does not hinder the traffic and the bus.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the slightly right road, along which there are trail markers (left road towards Pečke, right part of the settlement Log). We ascend along the road for a short time, then before a few houses we continue left into the forest, where we first steeply ascend. This is followed by walking along a smaller ridge, then we step onto a road, along which we continue for a few dozen steps, then go left into the forest, where the path continues. A little further, we cross the road once again, then we begin to ascend ever more steeply along a progressively steeper forested ridge. Higher up, the path becomes very steep and on a section a few minutes long, especially when wet, also dangerous for slipping. Above the steepest part, the path gradually flattens and brings us a little further to a meadow, along the edge of which we continue. There follow a few minutes of moderate ascent and we arrive at the Dom na Pečkah.
From the Dom na Pečkah, through a shorter panoramic section, we ascend to the edge of the forest, where the path splits. We continue along the slightly left path in the direction of Mariborska koča and the lookout tower (slightly right path leads towards Ruška koča na Arehu), which enters the forest. Through the forest we ascend moderately to occasionally steeply, during the ascent crossing a few forest roads. Higher, we reach a connecting ski slope, where we leave the marked path towards Mariborska koča and continue left along the ski slope in the direction of the lookout tower.
A little further we arrive at a fork of connecting ski slopes, but we continue slightly right, so that we continue ascending diagonally. We also continue to follow the markers and signs for the lookout tower, higher crossing an even wider ski slope, from which a beautiful view opens up reaching all the way to Austrian peaks. The path ahead returns to the forest and brings us just a little further to a marked junction, from which we continue straight in the direction of the upper station of the funicular (sharply right Mariborska koča and Ruška koča na Arehu). The path ahead brings us out of the forest and we arrive at the lookout tower on Mariborski razglednik.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in May and November 2022.

On the way: Pečke (720m)