Mislinjski graben (Pestotnik) - Rogla (via Ostruščica)
Starting point: Mislinjski graben (Pestotnik) (846 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4674°N 15.2694°E 
Path name: via Ostruščica
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 671 m
Altitude difference (by path): 715 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Mislinja (from Slovenj Gradec or Velenje to here), then we continue driving in the direction of Mislinjski Jarek. When Mislinja ends, the road still leads along the river Mislinja. Higher up, at the confluence of Glažuta and Mislinja, there is a crossroad where we park. The Pestotnik homestead is located a little above the confluence; before the crossroad there is a smaller dam. In summer and when there is no snow, we can drive further and shorten the path as we please.
Path description:
From the confluence we continue on the right road, which continues to ascend along the river Mislinja. Already after a few 10 meters a rougher road towards the Pestotnik homestead branches off to the left, and we continue straight, still moderately ascending. Higher, we arrive at the next, this time marked crossroad, from where we continue straight in the direction of Rogla and Komisije (the right road leads towards Tolsti Vrh above Mislinja). Soon after the crossroad, the road turns sharply to the left and gradually distances itself from the river Mislinja; a little higher it brings us out of the forest to Spodnja Komisija, where there is a crossroad by a few houses, from which we continue right (straight Glažuta). Spodnja Komisija soon ends, and the road continues ascending transversely to the right. At the left bend, path PP7 joins us from the right, and we walk along the road to the former shepherd village Zgornja Komisija, where we also leave the wider macadam road and continue right on a narrower road that leads through the village to the last house.
From the last cottage, by which there is also an arranged trough with water, we continue on the cart track that goes into the forest. After a short ascent, the cart track splits, and we choose the upper left cart track (straight Lukov slap 5 minutes). There follow a few junctions, where we follow the signs for path PP7, then we reach the macadam road that we left at Zgornja Komisija. We follow the road a few 10 steps to the right, then the signs for path PP7 direct us left onto a cart track that takes us from the sparse forest onto a partly grassy plateau. We then follow the gentle path, which further leads across gentle meadows, all the way to the marked junction, where we reach the marked path Rogla - Lovrenška jezera. At the place where we reach the mentioned path, we have also reached Ostruščica (1498 m).
From Ostruščica we continue in the direction of Rogla; the path further leads us along a poorer road, which in winter is prepared as a cross-country ski trail (when the ski trail is prepared, we walk on the parallel walking path), and a little lower the path leads us along a pleasant grassy path. After a few minutes we reach an asphalt road, which we follow to the left; when we arrive below the 4-seater chairlift, we continue right, then walk to the upper station of the mentioned cable car, from where we descend in a few steps to the large parking lot near hotel Planja.
From the parking lot we continue along the road towards Koča na Pesku. The road first leads between the football field on the left and the church on the right. As soon as the field ends, we leave the road and continue slightly left along the initially parallel mountain path. The path further leads past the NOB monument, after which we gradually enter a sparse spruce forest. There follow a few junctions, where we follow the signs for the tower on Rogla. The fairly gentle path, which runs along the winter cross-country ski trail route, brings us after about 15 minutes of walking from hotel Planja to the summit of Rogla, where a 30-meter-high lookout tower stands.
If there is no danger of thunderstorms, we can climb the mentioned tower at our own risk, from which a nice view opens up over a larger part of Pohorje, and with good visibility also on the Karawanks, Kamnik Savinja Alps and Triglav.
Pestotnik - Ostruščica 2:30, Ostruščica - hotel Planja 15 minutes, hotel Planja - Rogla 15 minutes.
On the way: Spodnja Komisija (1080m), Zgornja Komisija (1230m),
Ostruščica (1498m), Hotel Planja (1474m)
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