Raduha (Struge) - Lanež (eastern path)

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Mozirje, then continue driving towards Logarska dolina. On the main road we drive to the settlement of Raduha, where right at the beginning of the settlement on the right side we see mountain direction signs, but we turn left to the parking lot on the opposite side of the road, which is located opposite the Okrepčevalnica and pizzeria Struge. We park so as not to obstruct traffic at the parking lot, especially on the northern part trucks often turn around.
b) From the direction of Gorenjska we drive towards the Črnivec pass, but before the pass we go left in the direction of Kranjski Rak or the Volovljek pass. After the Volovljek pass we start descending towards Luče, in Luče we go right towards Mozirje. Further on the road leads us through the settlement of Raduha, where at the Okrepčevalnica and pizzeria Struge we turn right to the nearby parking lot, where we park. We park so as not to obstruct traffic at the parking lot, especially on the northern part trucks often turn around.

Route description:
First we carefully cross the main road, then to the right of the pizzeria, by the bridge over the Lakovnikov potok, we see a red mountain direction sign. This directs us to a side road that starts ascending along the mentioned stream. A little further the side asphalt road turns left towards Mizarstvo Selišnik, but we continue straight onto the gravel road that continues ascending along the Lakovnikov potok. Higher up the gravel road turns left and moves away from the stream, but we go slightly right onto a cart track that immediately forks in the forest.
We take the left cart track that continues along the stream, which takes us out of the forest onto grassy slopes below the Dolinar farm. Here along the left edge of the meadow near the stream we ascend to the asphalt road, where the markings direct us right to the Dolinar farm. When we get quite close to the residential house, the markings direct us right onto a gravel path that bypasses all buildings and the fenced garden on the right side. Immediately after the garden we turn sharply left onto a cart track that leads us along the upper side of the garden and to the right of the shelter.
Here the markings direct us right in the direction of the cart track that ascends through the forest, but we stay slightly more to the left, so that we start ascending on the right side of the hayfield, right at the edge of the forest, where higher above the crossing of the cart track we see the next marking. Above the pasture we enter a strip of forest, where we see a marking that leads us towards the next house, but before it we turn slightly left, so that we bypass the farm buildings on the left side.
After ascending a little more we reach another road, which we follow to the right, then from the intersection between the buildings we continue left. When we leave the farm area the road turns into a forest, through which it starts ascending transversely towards the Radušnik farm. Before the mentioned farm we leave the forest and ascend to it on the asphalt road.
At the farm the asphalt ends, but we follow the marked path or cart track that leads us transversely to the right, but in the forest we turn left from it onto the marked path in the direction of Koča na Loki. The path ahead turns slightly to the right again and starts ascending more steeply. Higher up we follow the markings; the path for a short time ascends a little more, then gradually levels and takes us to a gravel road. We follow it right to the marked junction, where we join the path with the starting point at Planina Kosmačeve Rastke.
We continue left in the direction of Koča na Loki (to the right of the junction is the summit Cirkovnica, which is less than a minute away from the path) and further ascend on a poorer forest road that ascends transversely to the left. Higher up the forest thins and on the left side a nice view opens up, but we quickly reach the parking lot below Koča na Loki, where most hikers start the trip.
Here we cross the wider gravel road that leads further towards Snežna jama, and continue sharply right onto a poorer road, along which there are signs for Koča na Loki. The path ahead leads us through a strip of forest, then we already arrive at Planina Loka, over which we then ascend to Koča na Loki pod Raduho.
From Koča na Loki, where a junction of several marked paths is marked, we head onto a well-trodden trail in the direction of Velika Raduha, Durce and Koča na Grohotu. Immediately after Koča na Loki we notice a new fork. We choose the slightly right path (slightly left leads the usual path to Velika Raduha), along which there are signs for Durce and Koča na Grohotu.
Further on we first ascend gently, then more steeply on the right side of the small valley. After about 10 minutes of walking the path forks, but this fork is not very noticeable.
We continue sharply right (straight ahead Durce) on a less visible trail, where a few steps higher we see signs for Lanež and Durce via Lanež, which then direct us onto a marked pathless terrain, where especially in fog orientation is quite difficult.
This is followed by a few minutes of ascent on a steep grassy slope, then the "path" takes us to a pasture fence, where we continue left, and a few steps further we cross the mentioned fence. Here the path turns a little more to the left, and near the watering place for animals a path from Planina Javorje joins us from the right.
Further on the trail is again easier to follow, after a short traverse to the left we reach the small valley between Lanež on the left and Jelovec on the right. This is followed by pleasant walking on a nice, partly grassy small valley, where in moderate ascent we reach Konjska loka, a kind of saddle between the two aforementioned summits.
Here the marked path turns left (right leads an unmarked path to Kup) and starts ascending steeply on the eastern ridge of Lanež. Higher up the slope turns into a ridge, where the path for a short time becomes even steeper, but a few minutes higher the steepness eases and the increasingly scenic path takes us to the spacious summit of Lanež.

Starting point - Cirkovnica 2:30, Cirkovnica - Koča na Loki 0:45, 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: Radušnik (1050m), Cirkovnica (1245m), Koča na Loki pod Raduho (1534m), Kapela sv. Križa (1549m), Na Loki (1652m), Napajališče (1738m), Konjska loka (1788m)

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