Paka pri Velenju - Plakopec (Brezejec)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Maribor highway, take the Žalec exit, then continue driving towards Velenje. In the main roundabout (2nd roundabout) in Velenje, below the ski jumping hill, continue right towards Slovenj Gradec. Drive through Velenje and the settlement Paka pri Velenju. Approximately 2 km past the settlement Paka pri Velenju, a sign reading Paški Kozjak directs us right onto a local road towards the quarry. Turn onto it and park before or behind the bridge over the river Paka.
B) From Koroška, drive through Slovenj Gradec towards Velenje. Between the villages Gornji Dolič and Paka pri Velenju, a sign reading Paški Kozjak directs us left onto a local road towards the quarry. Turn onto it and park before or behind the bridge over the river Paka.

Path description:
From the parking lot near the bridge over the river Paka we continue on the road past the quarry. Above the quarry we reach the first homesteads. Then we leave the road and turn left onto the mountain path.
First we go up the stairs, then across a steep meadow. We come back to the road and after 10 m leave it again and turn left into the forest. The path takes us along a steep rooty path overgrown with pine forest. We cross a forest clearing and come back to the road.
From there we go along the road to a junction with signposts. At the junction we turn left towards the Visoko plateau. The cart track brings us to the top of the grassy Visoko plateau after 15 minutes.
From the top we continue in the direction of the sign for the viewpoint. From the viewpoint we descend to the saddle and then past some trees and rocks ascend to the top of the rocky Plakopec ridge.

On the way: Visoko (991m)