Planina Loka - Lanež (eastern way)

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Mozirje, then continue driving towards Logarska dolina. On the main road we drive to the settlement Strmec, where immediately after Bar Bife we turn right onto a side road, which has signs for Koča na Loki and Snežna jama. Further on, we gradually start to ascend more steeply, and at all intersections we follow the signs for Snežna jama and Koča na Loki. After approximately 16 km of driving we arrive at the parking lot at the junction of the path for Koča na Loki, where we park.
b) From the direction of Gorenjska we drive towards the Črnivec pass, but before the pass we turn left towards Kranjski Rak or Volovljek pass. After the Volovljek pass we start descending towards Luče, in Luče we turn right towards Mozirje. Further on the road leads us through the settlement Raduha, then we already arrive in the settlement Strmec, where before Bar Bife we turn left onto the road, which has signs for Koča na Loki and Snežna jama. Further on, we gradually start to ascend more steeply, and at all intersections we follow the signs for Snežna jama and Koča na Loki. After approximately 16 km of driving we arrive at the parking lot at the junction of the path for Koča na Loki, where we park.

Route description:
At the parking lot we notice hiking direction signs for Koča na Loki and Raduha, directing us onto a poorer forest road that ascends through a belt of forest. After just a few dozen steps we step out of the forest onto the lower part of Planina Loka. We continue the ascent on a relatively steep road, reaching Koča na Loki in a few minutes.
From Koča na Loki, where a junction of several marked paths is indicated, we head onto a well-trodden path towards Velika Raduha, Durce and Koča na Grohotu. Immediately after Koča na Loki we notice a new junction. We choose the slightly right path (slightly left leads the usual path to Velika Raduha), with signs for Durce and Koča na Grohotu.
We first ascend gently, then more steeply on the right side of the valley. After about 10 minutes the path splits, but this junction is not very visible.
We continue sharply right (straight on to Durce) on a less visible path, where a few steps higher we notice signs for Lanež and Durce via Lanež, directing us onto a marked pathless area where orientation is quite difficult especially in fog.
This is followed by a few minutes of ascent on a steep grassy slope, then the "path" brings us to a pasture fence, where we continue left, cross the fence a few steps further on. Here the path turns more to the left; near the animal watering place the path from Planina Javorje joins from the right.
The path is again easier to follow; after a short traverse to the left we reach the valley between Lanež on the left and Jelovec on the right. Pleasant walking follows on a beautiful, partly grassy valley, reaching Konjska loka, a kind of saddle between the two peaks, in moderate ascent.
Here the marked path turns left (right leads an unmarked path to Kup) and begins to ascend steeply on the eastern ridge of Lanež. Higher up the slope turns into a ridge where the path becomes even steeper for a short time; a few minutes higher the gradient eases and the increasingly scenic path brings us to the spacious summit of Lanež.

Starting point - Koča na Loki 0:15, Koča na Loki - junction above Planina Loka - 0:15, junction above Planina Loka - watering place 0:15, watering place - Konjska loka - 0:15, Konjska loka - Lanež 0:25.

Along the route: Koča na Loki pod Raduho (1534m), Kapela sv. Križa (1549m), Na Loki (1652m), Napajališče (1738m), Konjska loka (1788m)

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