Loke - Koča na Čemšeniški planini (via Zajčeva koča)

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

Path description:
Near the parking lot, we leave the road and continue the ascent on a cart track that branches off to the left from the road. The cart track after a few metres 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 right and brings us to a decaying house.
Here we continue on the right side of the house on a cart track that 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 hay meadows above which we cross a poor forest road.
We continue on a poorly marked cart track which after some time starts to descend and then joins a macadam road, which we follow to the right to the next junction. At the junction, which is located in the middle of a bend, we continue right and follow the road for about 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 to Planinski dom Vrhe). We follow this cart track, which runs through the forest, to Zajčeva koča.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Krvavica on the path which after the initial slight ascent descends, then crosses the slopes to 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 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 then 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 junction where we join the path from Vrh.
Here we continue right and continue the path on the road which bypasses Gunetova glava (926 m) on the left side. On the other side of the mentioned peak we reach a panoramic saddle, the road here turns left, but we follow 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, then diagonally brings us 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, then gradually changes into a somewhat steeper footpath. Higher up the footpath splits into two parts, and we can choose 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 merge, 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 ahead (right downhill to Vransko) and then at the next junction, which is just a few steps further, straight again (right to Črni vrh 1 minute). The path ahead first levels out gently, then descends moderately towards the Koča na Čemšeniški planini, which we reach after 15 minutes of further walking.

On the way: Zajčeva koča (742m), Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina) (1204m)