Činžat - Klopni vrh (eastern path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Maribor - Dravograd, between HE Fala and HE Ožbalt we turn left towards Lovrenc na Pohorju (from the direction of Dravograd we turn right). On the other side of the Drava we start ascending along Radoljna, at the marked crossroad we go left towards Činžat and Ruše. There follows some more ascent, on the saddle where we notice red hiking signposts the described path begins. At the crossroad there are no designated parking spaces, so we park a little aside in a suitable spot.
B) We drive to Ruše, then follow the road towards Lovrenc na Pohorju. In the settlement Činžat we arrive at the saddle where we notice red hiking signposts, where the described path begins. At the crossroad there are no designated parking spaces, so we park a little aside in a suitable spot.

Route description:
From the starting point we head onto the road following the signs for Činžat and Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Initially we walk on an asphalt road that leads us past a few houses, at the crossroads we follow the blazes and signs for Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Above the settlement the asphalt ends, the road enters the valley of Lamprehtov potok along which we continue the ascent. Further on the road temporarily becomes asphalt again and at 728 m above sea level turns sharply right. There follows a traversing ascent so we gradually move away from the stream. Higher up there are a few crossroads where we continue left at all of them. There follows some moderate ascent to the left and we arrive at the chapel of Sv. Križ from which we get some views of the surroundings.
After the chapel we bypass the Lampreht homestead from the upper side, then there follows an easy ascent which we cover in a longer traverse of the slopes of Lamprehtov vrh. When the traverse ends we return to Lamprehtov potok which we cross on the bridge, immediately after the bridge the path from Ruše via Zgornji Smolnik joins from the left.
We continue straight on the wider road towards Koča na Klopnem vrhu, and also at the next crossroad we go straight in the same direction (left Areh and Šumik). There follows some more ascent along the stream and the path leads us to Fišerjeva žaga where we cross to the other side of the stream again.
A few tens of meters further from the stream we leave the road and continue left following the signs for Koča na Klopnem vrhu, first crossing the fence then past a private hut into the forest where we continue the ascent on the cart track. The cart track has a few forks higher up where we follow the blazes, mainly ascending through the forest. When higher we reach the pasture fence the marked trail leads right of the fence. We continue along the fence for a few minutes then return to the macadam road where we join the path from Lovrenc na Pohorju.
We continue left (straight across the road northern path to Klopni vrh) and after a few tens of meters we arrive at Koča na Klopnem vrhu which we had already noticed in the section where we walked along the pasture fence.
Behind the hut we continue right towards Koča na Pesku and Klopni vrh where we moderately ascend through the forest, after a few minutes we reach the macadam road along which we continue the ascent. At the nearby unmarked junction we go right onto the marked cart track (straight on the road Koča na Pesku), along which on a somewhat overgrown path in a few minutes we arrive at Klopni vrh.
Činžat - Sv. Križ 1:25, Sv. Križ - Koča na Klopnem vrhu 1:05, Koča na Klopnem vrhu - Klopni vrh 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in September 2021.

Along the route: Sveti Križ (Kumen) (928m), Stara Glažuta (Fišerjeva žaga) (1089m), Koča na Klopnem vrhu (1260m)

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