Loke - Planinski dom Vrhe

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 kilometers on the main road, then signs for Tabor and Ojstriška vas direct us to the right. Further, we drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, and from there we continue in the direction of the village Loke. In Loke we come to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of the cottage Zajčeva koča (straight Krvavica) on the road which soon brings us to the next crossroad. 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 Maribor–Ljubljana highway, 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. Further, we drive through Ojstriška vas to the settlement Tabor, and from there we continue in the direction of the village Loke. In Loke we come to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of the cottage Zajčeva koča (straight Krvavica) on the road which soon brings us to the next crossroad. 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.

Route 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 with 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. A moderately steep cart track then slowly turns right and higher brings us to meadows above which we cross a poor forest road.
We continue on a poorly marked cart track which eventually starts descending and then joins a macadam road which we follow to the right to the next crossroad. At the crossroad which is situated in the middle of the bend we continue and the road after approximately 100 m of additional walking brings us to the spot where right downwards a poorer forest road branches off towards the cottage Zajčeva koča.
Here we continue straight in the direction of "Vrhe" and continue the ascent on the road. A little higher the path brings us to a chapel, where we continue straight, but we continue the path on the road which further leads past the farm Krvavičnik. A little above the farm we arrive at the next crossroad, where we continue sharply left. The path ahead leads us across a panoramic grassy slope, then the road brings us to the next crossroad, where we step on an asphalt road. We follow the road to the right, and it gradually passes to the other side of the peak Kisovec. Further, we ascend diagonally for a short time through the forest, then past a few houses and with a view on the nearby Javor we walk to the Planinski dom Vrhe.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Sveta planina (Partizanski vrh) ( 35 min), Koča na Čemšeniški planini, Javor ( 35 min), Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)

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