Mislinja - Rogla (via Tolsti Vrh)

Access to starting point:
From Slovenj Gradec or Velenje we drive to Mislinja, where we park on the parking lot by the crossroad for Mislinjski Jarek.

Path description:
From the starting point, we first carefully cross the side road, then walk for a short time on the sidewalk in the direction towards Velenje. We quickly arrive at a crossroad, where signs for Rogla and Tolsti vrh direct us left onto a side road, which gradually begins to ascend. Soon after Mislinja ends, the road leads us under the ski jumps, a little further on a wonderful view opens up on Mislinja, Uršlja gora, and part of Peca. A little further, we reach a smaller crossroad, from which we continue straight in the direction of the marked path to Rogla (right homestead Turjak, we can also arrive at Dolič). Soon after the mentioned crossroad, the blazes direct us right onto a footpath, which begins to ascend through the forest. After a short ascent, we reach an old cart track, follow it left, then on an indistinct forested ridge we continue right onto a temporarily steeper path. When we reach the next cart track, the path flattens, and we also follow this cart track left. The path ahead leads us past a spring, then at several forks we follow the blazes. After a few minutes, we return to the asphalt road, along it past homestead Vivod (the homestead is located somewhat right of the main road) we arrive at a panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens towards the surrounding hills. We walk for a short time amid nice views, then signs for Rogla direct us left into the forest. Through the forest we again follow the blazes, then we return to the asphalt road, which we reach right at the protective fence that we must cross. We do not walk long on the road, as the blazes again lead us left onto a footpath. When we return to the road, we walk along it to the first crossroad, from which we continue onto a cart track that continues between both roads (if we continue straight we arrive at homestead Vovk, right leads the road to homesteads Lemeš, Gros, Pačnik...). An ascent through the forest follows, and the path quickly brings us to an indistinct ridge, where the forest ends on the right side. We continue walking above homestead Gros and for a short time continue on a wider cart track, but the blazes quickly direct us slightly left onto an older cart track. Crossing a stream follows, then after a shorter further crossing we arrive out of the forest.
We continue left uphill along the grazing fence, and when we reach the macadam road we continue right to the nearby homestead Vetrih, at which we continue left uphill. Higher we reach another macadam road, which we follow right, then before homestead Francuh we continue along the upper road. We walk a few more minutes along the road, then go slightly left onto the marked footpath, which gradually moves away from the road. We bypass the nearby pasture of homestead Matic on the left side, then cross the macadam road once again.
In the continuation, walking on roads ends for some time, and the path leads us along a cart track ascending through the forest. When the forest ends we arrive below the summit of Volovica (1455 m), where on the meadows the path temporarily disappears. Across the meadows we continue towards the east, perhaps slightly north, then on the indistinct summit of Volovica the path becomes distinct again.
The path ahead leads us through the plateau-like terrain of Pohorje and continues with some shorter ascents and descents. Occasionally quite swampy path then leads us south of the indistinct summit Turn (1463 m), behind the mentioned summit we soon reach path PP7, where the path to Lukov slap branches off to the left.
We continue straight ahead, further along the occasionally swampy path, then some easy ascent follows to the indistinct summit Kraguljišče (1454 m).
A light descent follows, then from the right another marked path from Vitanje joins us. Some 10 meters further we also reach the asphalt road that leads from Zreče towards Rogla, and along its edge we ascend all the way to the large parking lot at the ski area Rogla, or hotel Planja.
From the parking lot we continue along the road towards Koča na Pesku. The road first leads between the football field on the left and the church on the right. As soon as the field ends we leave the road and continue slightly left along the initially parallel mountain path. The path ahead leads us past the NOB monument, behind which we gradually enter a sparse spruce forest. Several forks follow, where we follow the signs for the tower on Rogla. A fairly level path that runs along the route of a winter cross-country ski trail brings us after about 15 minutes of walking from hotel Planja to the summit of Rogla, where a 30-meter-high lookout tower stands.
If there is no danger of thunderstorms, we can climb the mentioned tower at our own risk, from which a nice view opens up over a larger part of Pohorje, and with good visibility also on the Karawanks, Kamnik-Savinja Alps, and Triglav.
Mislinja - hotel Planja 4:00, hotel Planja - Rogla 15 minutes.

On the way: Tolsti Vrh pri Mislinji (841m), Volovica (1455m), Kraguljišče (1454m), Hotel Planja (1474m)

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Pesku