Planina Loka - Mala Raduha

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 marked for Koča na Loki and Snežna jama. 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, and before the pass we turn left towards Kranjski Rak or the Volovljek pass. After the Volovljek pass we start descending towards Luče, and in Luče we turn right towards Mozirje. The road then leads us through the settlement Raduha, and we soon arrive in the settlement Strmec, where before Bar Bife we turn left onto the road marked for Koča na Loki and Snežna jama. 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 mountain direction signs for the hut on Loka and Raduha, which direct us onto a poorer forest road that ascends through a belt of forest. After just a few dozen steps of walking we step out of the forest onto the lower part of planina Loka. We continue the ascent on a relatively steep road, which in a few minutes takes us up to the hut on Loka.
From the hut we continue slightly left (direction Raduha) on a path that runs on the left side of an indistinct gully. The path, which at first ascends gently, soon turns left, where for a short time it steeply ascends through a belt of dense forest. The steepness then eases, and the forest is gradually replaced by dwarf pine and raspberry bushes. The moderately steep path, which ascends on the southeastern slopes of Raduha, higher up brings us to a marked junction, where we continue left (right Durce).
After just a few steps of walking from the junction, on the right side of the marked path we will notice a nice passage through the dwarf pine. We head onto the mentioned passage (unvegetated indistinct small valley) along which we ascend straight up. Higher up the passage is blocked by dwarf pine, so we look for a partly overgrown trail that continues right (east direction). The mentioned trail facilitates passage through a belt of dense dwarf pine and brings us below the very summit of Mala Raduha. We again look for a nice passage through the dwarf pine and after a few more steps of walking we step onto the summit of Mala Raduha.
In fog, orientation in the upper part is difficult.

Along the route: Koča na Loki pod Raduho (1534m)

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