Loke - Krvavica (via Zajčeva koča)

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

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 the 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 located in the middle of a bend, we continue right and follow it for about 100 m to the place where the sign for Zajčeva koča directs us right onto a wide cart track (poorer road), which starts to descend gently. 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 an initial gentle ascent descends, then crosses the slopes to the west. A little further ahead we come to an orientation loop, where the marked path turns slightly right (poorly 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 straight on a footpath in the direction of Krvavica (sharply left to Čemšeniška planina). After a few meters of gentle ascent the path steeply ascends and brings us in a few minutes below the rocky walls of Krvavica which the path bypasses on the left side with fine views. A steep ascent on a slightly exposed traverse follows after which the path quickly brings us to the summit of Krvavica.

On the way: Zajčeva koča (742m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Lenart (Vrhe) , Sveta planina (Partizanski vrh) , Koča na Čemšeniški planini , Javor , Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)