Oplotnica - Dom na Osankarici (via Črno jezero)

Access to starting point:
Highway Maribor - Ljubljana we leave at exit Tepanje. From the roundabout we drive to the village Tepanje and go in the direction of Slovenska Bistrica, but only to a crossing where we will notice signs for Oplotnica. Here we go left and on the road we drive to the mentioned settlement. We park in Oplotnica on one of the many parking lots (usually there is enough parking lots).

Path description:
The beginning of the path and first red hiking signposts we will notice in the center of Oplotnica, from where we continue towards the east on street Ulica Pohorskega bataljona. On the mentioned road, we walk to the spot, where signs for Lačna Gora point us to the left upwards on street Vinogradniška ulica, on which in two turns we get to the mentioned village.
For some time we are still relatively steeply ascending on asphalt, after that when asphalt road starts descending we leave it and we continue right past a religious symbol on a gentle path (by the path are signs for lake Črno jezero). After approximately a minute of additional walking, we go left into the forest (trail blaze and arrow on birch) through which we start ascending steeper to a forest road which we only cross. Above the road, the path turns left and gradually passes into more overgrown part, through which we quickly get to the church of St. Mohor.
From the church, we continue towards the north on at first gentle path, which passes into spruce forest and starts ascending steeper. The forest soon ends and the path through meadows brings us to the village Kebelj.
When we come to the first houses in the village we cross the main road (on the other side of the road are signposts, which show further path) and ascend towards the nearby residential house. Before yard we turn right on the path which leads on a larger meadow (this part isn't marked). We walk on a worse path through a meadow towards smaller wooden cottage, which is situated by first larger tree.
From the cottage, we walk to the nearby cross, where we go left (right cemetery at village Kebelj and water). Until now gentle path starts ascending steeper and passes into the forest. When we are in the forest almost unnoticeably Kebelj transversal joins (signs of the path are from here ahead for some time yellow-green). At the end of the steep part we will get to the ruins of the castle Zajčev grad.
Castle we bypass on the left side and we pass into the forest, where our path starts descending. At the end of the descent, we step on asphalt and we get to the village Nadgrad.
A little further, we get to the right turn, where the path Kebeljska pot branches off to the left (path Kebeljska pot leads past the farm Litič), and we continue right towards the farm Štefanija, near of which we continue left in the forest. When the forest ends, we get to the farm Strnad and behind it on the road. We are ascending on the road to the next right turn, where a signpost points us left on a meadow. For some time we walk on a meadow (behind us is a nice view), and then past log cabin we get to the next house, where we again step on the road. This time we walk on asphalt to a crossing at the farm Juhart.
From the mentioned crossing, we continue left on a wider forest road (straight Trije Kralji), which slightly descends, and we walk there to the spot, where blazes lead right. At first, we ascend through a thin forest and then through more dense forest, where at the crossings we follow the blazes. Higher, we get to the farm Kos, where for some time we step on an asphalt road, on which we walk only about half a minute, and then signs already lead back in the forest. Through the forest, the path starts ascending steeper, and grounding becomes a little more rocky. For some time we are ascending relatively steeply on the old partly stone cart track, and then we get to less steep forested cart track. Further forest few times gets thinner, and the path leads us over many wells. A little higher we will reach a wider macadam road which leads from Osankarica towards Sveti Trije Kralji (when we reach the road we are on the highest point of our path), and we only cross it.
From crossing of road ahead path starts slightly descending on often quite muddy path. Further terrain becomes more swampy, and occasionally we get help from wooden bridges. On such path we soon come to the lake Črno jezero.
The path continues on the northern side of the lake and then over a small bridge, from which we see smaller barrier, because of which was lake also formed.
From the lake ahead leads us a well-settled path, which is because of swamp mostly paved. The path from the lake is at first barely ascending, after that when swamp gradually ends, it starts descending towards the nearby parking lot, from which to the mountain hut Dom na Osankarici is only a minute of walking.
The path is recommended to walk in good weather, because during the ascent several times a nice view opens up.