Planina Kosmačeve Rastke - Lanež (via Durce)

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 along 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 initially still asphalted road. At the crossroads, follow the signs for Snežna jama, while 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 the mountain hut Koča na Loki (from the main road to the starting point is approximately 13 km). 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 the Črnivec pass, but just 1 km before the mentioned pass, turn left towards Kranjski Rak and Podvolovljek. From Kranjski Rak (Volovljek pass), begin descending towards Luče, where turn right towards Mozirje. From Luče, drive towards Mozirje for approximately 3 km, then in the settlement Strmec, signs for Raduha and Snežna jama direct us left onto a narrower and initially still asphalted road. At the crossroads, follow the signs for Snežna jama, while 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 the mountain hut Koča na Loki (from the main road to the starting point is approximately 13 km). Park at a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the footpath marked for Koča na Loki. The path then runs through the forest, mostly in a gentle ascent crossing 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 leads to a junction where we turn right onto the cart track following the signs for Koča na Loki. Here, the path from the Radušnik farm also joins from the left.
The cart track continues ascending through the forest and brings us to the road leading to Snežna jama, which we reach exactly where a forest road closed to public traffic branches off to the right uphill, along which after 15 minutes of further walking we arrive at Koča na Loki pod Raduho.
From the hut, continue slightly right along the marked path towards the Durce saddle (slightly left Raduha, right Smrekovec and Travnik). Ahead, first ascend gently along the right side of the gully (along the left side of the gully runs the path to Raduha) on the path that begins to ascend more steeply. After approximately 10 minutes of walking from the hut, the path leads to a less noticeable junction, where the eastern path to Lanež branches off to the right; we continue straight towards Durce along an initially somewhat less visible track. A bit further, the path turns slightly left, crosses a pasture fence and then enters a belt of dwarf pines, through which we ascend along a small valley. The path then bypasses a small spring (dries up in dry periods) and somewhat above it steeply climbs a short bare slope. In the middle of this slope, the path turns left, then after a few minutes of traverse ascent through the dwarf pines, leads to the marked junction at the Durce pass.
At Durce, continue right towards Lanež (left Raduha, straight down Koča na Grohatu) along a gentle path continuing towards the northeast. After a short gentle ascent, the path descends slightly, then begins to ascend towards the summit of Lanež, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
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)