Zgornja postaja vzpenjače - Mariborska koča

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Štajerska motorway at the exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, then follow the signs for Pohorje and Areh. The path leads us further through Spodnje and Zgornje Hoče, Slivniško Pohorje, after the settlements we follow the signs for Areh, higher up the signs for Mariborska koča and hotel Bellevue. We park on the parking lot between the upper station of the funicular and hotel Bellevue.
B) We leave the Štajerska motorway at the exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, then follow the signs for the ski resort Mariborsko Pohorje. We park on the edge of the settlement Zgornje Radvanje, on a large parking lot at the foot of the ski resort, then walk to the lower station of the funicular (the price of a return trip for an adult is 6 eur - November 2022), with which we go to hotel Bellevue, where the described path begins.

Route description:
At the upper station of the funicular we notice hiking signposts, and we go right in the direction of Mariborska koča and Ruška koča na Arehu. A little further a short path branches off to the right towards the nearby church of St. Bolfenk, and we continue on a marked path which continues parallel with an asphalt road. On the mentioned path we ascend gently to moderately, and after a smaller statue of Mary the path splits.
We continue slightly left in the direction of Mariborska koča (straight Mariborski razglednik...) and then we cross the slopes towards the left and follow the blazes. After a few minutes of crossing, we get very close to an asphalt road, and then we slightly ascend and at the settlement of holiday cottages we first reach a macadam road, and then also an asphalt road. When we reach the asphalt road, the path which leads past Mariborski razglednik also joins from the right, and we continue straight and after some ten steps of additional walking we arrive at the next junction, where we go right. There then follows only approximately 100 m of walking and we arrive at Mariborska koča, from which a nice view opens up in the direction of the eastern Karawanks.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2022.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Ruška koča na Arehu (1 h 10 min)

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