Planina Kosmačeve Rastke - Lanež (east path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Maribor highway, take the Šentrupert exit, then continue driving towards Mozirje, Ljubno ob Savinji and Logarska dolina. From Ljubno, drive on the main road for approximately 6 km, then in the settlement Strmec, signs for Raduha and Snežna jama direct us right onto a narrower and at first still asphalted road. At the crossroads, we follow the signs for Snežna jama, and we follow the road which higher up loses its asphalt covering to the mountain pasture Kosmačeve Rastke (the mountain pasture is not visible from the road), where we notice signs for mountain hut Koča na Loki (from the main road to the starting point there is approximately 13 km). We park at a suitable place by the road.
B) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Vodice exit, then continue driving towards Kamnik. In Kamnik, follow the signs for Gornji Grad and mountain pass Črnivec, but only 1 km before the mentioned mountain pass turn left towards Kranjski Rak and Podvolovljek. From Kranjski Rak (mountain pass Volovljek), start descending towards Luče, where turn right towards Mozirje. From Luče, drive towards Mozirje approximately 3 km, then in the settlement Strmec, signs for Raduha and Snežna jama direct us left onto a narrower and at first still asphalted road. At the crossroads, we follow the signs for Snežna jama, and we follow the road which higher up loses its asphalt covering to the mountain pasture Kosmačeve Rastke (the mountain pasture is not visible from the road), where we notice signs for mountain hut Koča na Loki (from the main road to the starting point there is approximately 13 km). We park at a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, head onto the footpath following the signs for Koča na Loki. The path then runs through the forest and for most of the time in a gentle ascent crosses the slopes towards the southwest. Later, the path becomes somewhat wider and turns into a cart track along which we reach the hunting cottage.
From the hunting cottage, where a view opens towards the south, continue slightly right along the forest road. The road quickly brings us to a junction, where we turn right onto the cart track following the signs for Koča na Loki. Here, the path from the farm Radušnik also joins from the left.
The cart track continues ascending through the forest the whole time and brings us to the road leading towards Snežna jama, which we reach exactly at the spot where a forest road closed to public traffic branches off to the right upwards, along which in 15 minutes of further walking we arrive at Koča na Loki pod Raduho.
From the hut, continue slightly right on the marked path in the direction of saddle Durce (slightly left Raduha, right Smrekovec and Travnik). Further on, first ascend gently on the right side of the gully (on the left side of the gully the path to Raduha runs) along the path that starts to ascend more steeply. After approximately 10 minutes of walking from the hut, the path brings us to a less noticeable junction, where we continue sharply right on a poorly visible path (straight Durce). After a few steps of further walking, we will notice hiking directional signs on a tree with markings Lanež and Durce via Lanež, which direct us left upwards onto a steep but marked pathless terrain (in fog, orientation is extremely difficult). After a few minutes of ascent over the steep grassy slope, the "path" brings us to a grazing fence, where we continue left. Just a few steps further, the marked path crosses the mentioned fence and then turns slightly to the left (here the trail is already better visible).
We continue the ascent on the scenic path, which past the watering place for animals brings us into a smaller valley between Lanež and Jelovec. The moderately steep path, which further runs through the pleasant valley, soon brings us to an indistinct saddle between the aforementioned peaks.
The marked path here turns left and starts to ascend more steeply on the eastern slopes of Lanež. Just a little higher, we step onto a panoramic ridge, where the path ascends even more steeply. After a few minutes of ascent, the steepness eases and the increasingly scenic path quickly brings us to the spacious summit of Lanež.
Planina Kosmačeve Rastke - Koča na Loki 1:15, Koča na Loki - Lanež 1:10.

On the way: Koča na Loki pod Raduho mountain hut (1534m)