Dom na Smrekovcu - Komen

Access to starting point:
From Mozirje, Gornji Grad or Luče we drive to Ljubno ob Savinji, from there we follow the signs for Smrekovec. Through Ljubno ob Savinji, we initially drive on an occasionally narrower road in Rastke, and at the crossroads among the houses, we follow the signs for Smrekovec. After the settlement the road widens, and then to Ljubenske Rastke is mostly gently moderately ascending, and from here on it gradually becomes narrower and steeper. We follow the mentioned road at the crossroads in the direction of the signs for the Dom na Smrekovcu cottage, and we park in the parking lot just before the mountain cottage.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the mountain hut, bypass it on the left side, and continue toward Smrekovec and Raduha, then diagonally ascend through a strip of forest. A few minutes higher, the path splits, and we choose the slightly left path, marked with signs for the mountain huts Koča na Loki and Koča na Travniku (right, the peak Smrekovec). Next follows a light to moderate ascent, then we reach the pastures of Krumpaška planina, where the path flattens further, and we continue crossing the slopes of Smrekovec. A little farther, we reach the indistinct ridge of the Smrekovec mountain range, where an unmarked path from the right, leading over the peak of Smrekovec, joins us.
We continue on the marked path heading west, mostly ascending gently with occasional beautiful views. Later we arrive at a crossroads before a belt of dense spruce forest, where a path to Krnes branches off to the right and a path towards lake Črno jezero (Končnikova mlakuža), but we continue straight and enter the forest. In the forest, we reach a newer cart track, which we follow for a short time, then return to the ridge west of the peak Krnes, where we join the path that leads over the mentioned summit.
We continue west, encountering a few short ascents and descents, then reach a larger grassy slope where, slightly to the right, we can already see the peak Komen. Here, after a short descent, an unmarked shortcut branches off slightly to the right towards the summit, but we continue straight and, passing a cross, arrive in a few minutes at the chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius.
Here we turn right towards Komen (left downwards to Ljubenske Rastke, straight to Koča na Travniku and Koča na Loki) and, in approximately five minutes of further walking, ascend to a scenic peak.
Description and pictures (except the first, which is older) refer to the condition in June 2024.

On the way: Krumpaška planina (1488m), Kapela sv. Cirila in Metoda (1639m)