Pohorje cable car - Žigartov vrh (via Razglednik)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave Štajerska highway at exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, and then we follow the signs for Pohorje and Areh. The path ahead leads us through Spodnje and Zgornje Hoče, Slivniško Pohorje, and after the settlements we follow the signs for Areh, and higher signs for Mariborska koča and hotel Bellevue. We park on a parking lot between the upper station of funicular and hotel Bellevue.
B) We leave Štajerska highway at exit for Slivnica and Rogoza, and then we follow the signs for ski slope Mariborsko Pohorje. We park on the periphery of the settlement Zgornje Radvanje, on a large parking lot by the foot of the ski slope, and then we walk to the bottom 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.

Path 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 are gently to moderately ascending, and after a smaller statue of Mary the path splits.
Slightly to the left the first path towards Mariborska koča branches off, and we continue straight in the direction of the path towards a lookout tower. The path which runs on the macadam road then out of the forest brings us to a ski track, and a little ahead it splits. We continue on the steeper right ski track, by which continue rare blazes, and on a ski slope we continue to a lookout tower on Mariborski razglednik.
We bypass the tower on the left side and we continue on a cart track which passes into the forest. In the forest, the path splits, and we continue slightly left in the direction of Mariborska koča and Ruška koča na Arehu (slightly right - Pečke) and we continue with the mostly easy ascent. Only a little further slightly to the left also the second path towards Mariborska koča branches off, and we again continue straight and in few minutes of a light ascent we get to indistinct Ledinekov kogel, where we notice radar tower.
From Ledinekov kogel follows some descent on a macadam road, and then we arrive at a marked crossing.
We continue straight in the direction of Ruška koča na Arehu (sharply left a fenced area below Ledinekov kogel, left Mariborska koča, right Pečke and Log) and proceed along a slightly narrower macadam road, from which we soon turn left onto a marked path. A little further, we cross a wider macadam road (left Mariborska koča, right Ruše and Glažuta), and then continue along a wider cart track that leads through the forest. A little further, a path branches off to the left towards hotel Zarja, but we continue straight in the direction of Ruška koča. This is followed by some diagonal ascent on the slopes of the peak Sedovec, and then we descend to a small saddle, where a path from the settlement Fram joins us.
We continue straight, mainly gently ascending along a macadam road that leads us past some burial sites. After some time, we reach the main road towards Areh, continue briefly alongside it, and then turn slightly left onto a footpath, which quickly leads us to the church of St. Areh.
From the church, we cross a meadow and we are already at Ruška koča na Arehu.
From the mountain hut, we continue right towards Žigartov vrh and we walk to an asphalt road, where we go left and then we continue on the road towards Šumik, Cojzerica and Žigartov vrh. At first the path also leads by large parking lot, and then the road goes into the forest and is lightly ascending. After approximately 10 minutes of additional walking, we get to a marked crossing, where the path branches off to the left towards the waterfall Šumik and Bajgot. We continue straight on a wider macadam road, and from which we go left about a minute ahead, because signs for Žigartov vrh point us to the left on a bad forest road, on which we ascend to the nearby ski slope. We continue by the edge of the ski slope, and higher the path goes slightly left and passes into the forest. We continue through the forest, where we follow the blazes, and such a path we follow all to a few minutes distant peak.
The starting point - Mariborski razglednik 0:25, Mariborski razglednik - Ledinekov kogel 0:15, Ledinekov kogel - Ruška koča 1:05, Ruška koča - Žigartov vrh 0:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in March, May and November 2022.

On the way: Mariborski razglednik (Cigelnica) (1147m), Ledinekov kogel (1182m), Ruška koča na Arehu (1246m)