Loke - Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina) (via Zajčeva koča)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, take the Vransko exit and continue driving on the parallel old road towards Celje. We drive a few kilometers on the main road, then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas direct us to the right. We then drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, from there we continue in the direction of the village Loke. In Loke we arrive at a crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of Zajčeva koča (straight Krvavica) on the road that soon brings us to the next crossroads. Here we continue right in the direction of "Zajčeva koča - peš pot" (straight Zajčeva koča on the road) on the road which crosses a bridge and then on the other side of the meadow brings us to a smaller parking lot by the road.
B) From the highway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the Šentrupert exit, then continue driving on the parallel old road towards Trojane. We drive a few kilometers on the main road, then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas direct us to the left. We then drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, from there we continue in the direction of the village Loke. In Loke we arrive at a crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of Zajčeva koča (straight Krvavica) on the road that soon brings us to the next crossroads. Here we continue right in the direction of "Zajčeva koča - peš pot" (straight Zajčeva koča on the road) on the road which crosses a bridge and then on the other side of the meadow brings us to a smaller parking lot by the road.

Path description:
Near the parking lot, we leave the road and continue the ascent on a cart track which branches off to the left from the road. The cart track after a few meters of walking descends to a stream, crosses it and on the other side changes into a steep footpath which higher ascends parallel to another cart track. The path, which runs through the forest, brings us higher to a partly overgrown clearing, behind which it turns slightly to the right and brings us to a decaying house.
Here we continue on the right side of the house on a cart track which ascends diagonally (this part of the path is poorly marked) and a little higher makes a left turn. The moderately steep cart track then slowly turns right and brings us higher to grassy meadows above which we cross a poor forest road.
We continue on a poorly marked cart track which after a while starts to descend and then joins a macadam road, which we follow to the right to the next crossroads. At the crossroads, which is situated in the middle of a bend, we continue right and follow the road for approximately 100 m to the place where the sign for Zajčeva koča directs us right onto a wide cart track (worse road), which starts to descend slightly (straight on the road Planinski dom Vrhe). We follow this cart track, which runs through the forest, to Zajčeva koča.
From the cottage we continue in the direction of Krvavica on the path which after the initial gentle ascent descends, then crosses slopes towards the west. A little further we reach an orientation loop, where the marked path turns slightly to the right (well marked). Here we leave the cart track and continue walking on a pleasant mountain path surrounded by dense forest. After a short descent the path brings us to a forest road, which we follow to the left to a junction.
Here we leave the road and continue sharply left in the direction of Čemšeniška planina (right Krvavica). We continue the ascent on an initially wide cart track, but further on a somewhat steeper path we arrive at a road which we follow to the right. Further we ascend diagonally across a panoramic slope, and the road after a few minutes brings us to a small crossroads where we join the path from Vrh.
Here we continue right and follow the path on the road which bypasses Gunetova glava (926 m) on the left side. On the other side of the mentioned summit we reach a panoramic saddle, the road turns left here, but we walk on it only another 100 m, then signs for Čemšeniška planina direct us sharply right onto a cart track which first crosses a strip of forest and then brings us across to a panoramic slope from which a nice view opens towards Krvavica. Here the cart track, along which we continue the ascent for some time, turns left and then gradually changes into a somewhat steeper footpath. The footpath higher splits into two parts, and we have the choice whether to continue on the quite steep and poorly maintained marked mountain path or on the somewhat less steep parallel "Lojzova pot", which is newly built and marked with light blue dots. Higher the two paths join, the path gradually levels out and brings us to the edge of a steep ridge. We continue the path on the right gentler side of the ridge, which then levels out and descends to a junction at the logbook box.
Here we continue straight (right downhill Vransko) and then at the next junction, which is located just a few steps further right (straight downhill Koča na Čemšeniški planini). The path ahead leads us past the site where the old hut stood and past the amateur radio operators' hut. The summit, which we reach without difficulty, is located just a few steps above the mentioned amateur radio operators' hut.

On the way: Zajčeva koča (742m)

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Čemšeniški planini ( 15 min)