Koča na Šumiku - Klopni vrh (eastern path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Maribor highway, take the Slovenske Konjice exit, then follow the road to the mentioned place. In Slovenske Konjice, turn right towards Oplotnica, to which a few kilometers of winding road separate us. In Oplotnica, where we join the road from Slovenska Bistrica, we continue left in the direction of Osankarica. Further, we ascend along the Oplotnica stream for some time, then we arrive at a crossroad where the road splits into two parts. Here we can continue left in the direction of Osankarica, or right in the direction of the village Kebelj. If we continue on the left road, which soon changes into macadam, higher it brings us to a somewhat larger crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroad, a few hairpin turns follow, and the macadam road brings us to the parking lot below the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut, where there is a crossroad. We continue slightly left on the road, which initially continues towards the north. Further, the road gradually starts to descend, and we continue left at the crossroad after a few kilometers. Further, we drive past the starting point of the path to the Šumik waterfall, where the road turns quite to the right. At the crossroad after the mentioned turn, we continue left, then only a little further we park in a suitable place near the Koča na Šumiku mountain hut.
B) From the Maribor - Ljubljana highway, take the Slovenska Bistrica - Jug exit, then continue driving towards Oplotnica. In Oplotnica, where we notice signs for Osankarica, we continue straight, then we ascend along the Oplotnica stream for some time, and after a shorter ascent we arrive at the place where the road splits into two parts. Here we can continue left in the direction of Osankarica, or right in the direction of the village Kebelj. If we continue on the left road, which soon changes into macadam, higher it brings us to a somewhat larger crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Osankarica (left Rogla). From the crossroad, a few hairpin turns follow, and the macadam road brings us to the parking lot below the Dom na Osankarici mountain hut, where there is a crossroad. We continue slightly left on the road, which initially continues towards the north. Further, the road gradually starts to descend, and we continue left at the crossroad after a few kilometers. Further, we drive past the starting point of the path to the Šumik waterfall, where the road turns quite to the right. At the crossroad after the mentioned turn, we continue left, then only a little further we park in a suitable place near the Koča na Šumiku mountain hut.
C) Drive to Ruše (to here from Maribor or Selnica ob Dravi), then continue driving towards Smolnik and higher to Šumik. At the crossroad where the road to Koča na Šumiku branches off to the right, continue right, and then after some 10 meters of further driving, park in a suitable place near the Koča na Šumiku mountain hut.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the footpath in the direction of Osankarica and Koča na Klopnem vrhu. Already after a few steps of ascent, we reach the macadam road, which we follow to the left, but we walk along it only to the nearby crossroad, where we turn onto the upper right road (straight on the lower road Osankarica). We walk along the mentioned road for a short time, then the mountaineering signs direct us left onto the marked footpath, which continues somewhat to the left of the road. Higher up, we temporarily return to the road, then leave it again for a short time. When we return to the road the next time, we follow it to its end.
From the end of the road, we continue right following the signs for Klopni vrh, and continue the path along the cart track, which gradually starts to descend moderately. When the path levels out, a marked path from Dom na Osankarici also joins us from the left.
The path continues for some time on and along the cart track, then we arrive at the NOB monument, behind which we soon step onto a wider macadam road.
When we step onto the road, we continue straight, then at the nearby crossroad along the lower right road. From the crossroad, only a few minutes of easy walking follow, and the path brings us to Koča na Klopnem vrhu.
From the hut, we continue sharply left onto the marked footpath following the signs for Klopni vrh. After a short ascent through the forest, we reach the macadam road (we can reach here if at the crossroad a few minutes before Koča na Klopnem vrhu we continue along the left road), along which we then walk some 10 meters. When we notice a 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: Koča na Klopnem vrhu (1260m)