Dom na Osankarici - Klopni vrh (eastern path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, take the exit Slovenske Konjice, then follow the road to the mentioned place. In Slovenske Konjice, turn right towards Oplotnica, which is a few kilometers away via a winding road. In Oplotnica, where we join the road from Slovenska Bistrica, continue left in the direction of Osankarica. Further on, we ascend for some time along the Oplotnica stream, then arrive at a crossroads where the road splits into two parts. Here we can continue left towards Osankarica or right towards the village Kebelj. If we continue on the left road, it soon turns into macadam and higher up brings us to a somewhat larger crossroads, where we continue right towards Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroads, a few hairpin turns follow and the macadam road brings us to the parking lot below the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut (from the road fork to the starting point is approximately 9 km). If we continue on the right road, we can reach the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut via a somewhat longer but entirely asphalted road. All crossroads are well marked.
B) From the highway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Slovenska Bistrica - Jug, then continue driving towards Oplotnica. In Oplotnica, where we notice signs for Osankarica, continue straight, then ascend for some time along the Oplotnica stream, where after a short ascent we arrive at the point where the road splits into two parts. Here we can continue left towards Osankarica or right towards the village Kebelj. If we continue on the left road, it soon turns into macadam and higher up brings us to a somewhat larger crossroads, where we continue right towards Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroads, a few hairpin turns follow and the macadam road brings us to the parking lot below the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut (from the road fork to the starting point is approximately 9 km). If we continue on the right road, we can reach the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut via a somewhat longer but entirely asphalted road. All crossroads are well marked.
C) Drive to Ruše (to here from Maribor or Selnica ob Dravi), then continue driving towards Smolnik and higher to Šumik. At the crossroads where the road to Koča na Šumiku branches off to the right, continue straight. A sharp left turn follows, near which is the starting point of the path to Šumik waterfall, and a little further we arrive at the next crossroads, where we continue right towards Osankarica. A few more kilometers of macadam road follow and we arrive at the parking lot below the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut, from there continue right in the direction of Pesek, Rogla, Ribniška koča, Partizanski dom and monument of the Pohorje battalion on Osankarica. The path goes immediately into the forest through which it begins to ascend gently. During the ascent, we cross several smaller streams, over which a nicely arranged path leads us. Higher up, the path levels out, then a short descent brings us to the Pohorje battalion camp, where several memorial markers stand.
From the camp, where the marked path due to numerous small paths somehow gets lost, continue slightly right, then at the nearby junction left in the direction of Treh žebljev and Koča na Klopnem vrhu (slightly right Koča na Šumiku). From the junction onwards, the path descends for a short time along a pleasant forest path, then we arrive at a cart track, which is usually quite muddy for a few days after rain. Further on, we walk along the cart track for some time, which descends for a while and ascends for a while. After a while, the cart track gradually changes into a pleasant footpath again, which soon crosses a gurgling spring. The path ahead switches back to the cart track, which is very muddy after rain and consequently impassable. We find a suitable crossing a few meters off the cart track, where a partly trodden footpath has already formed. A little further on, we switch back to the footpath, which leads us through increasingly sparse forest.
On the section of the path where the forest thins out, we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Klopni vrh.
A few minutes of walking follow and a fairly gentle path brings us to a macadam road, where there is a small junction.
Continue straight across the road (left Falski ribnik 3 minutes) and continue the path along the cart track, which begins to ascend moderately. After a short ascent, we reach a sort of indistinct ridge, after which the path begins to descend. After a few minutes of descent, we join a wider cart track and follow it left (right Koča na Šumiku). We continue the path for some time on and alongside the cart track, then arrive at the NOB monument, after which we soon step onto a wider macadam road.
When we step onto the road, continue straight, then at the nearby crossroads take the lower right road. From the crossroads, only a few minutes of easy walking follow and the path brings us to the Koča na Klopnem vrhu mountain hut.
From the hut, continue sharply left onto the marked footpath following the Klopni vrh signs. After a short ascent through the forest, we reach the macadam road (we can reach here if at the crossroads a few minutes before the Koča na Klopnem vrhu we continue on the left road), along which we then walk some ten meters. When we notice the cart track on the right side of the road and markings beside it directing us right, we leave the road and continue the ascent along the mentioned cart track. The cart track further first crosses an overgrown clearing, then enters the forest and turns into a gentle footpath. When we enter the forest, only a few steps of walking separate us from the summit.

On the way: Taborišče pohorskega bataljona (1210m), Koča na Klopnem vrhu (1260m)