Rogla (Hotel Planja) - Jezerski vrh (via Lovrenška jezera)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Slovenske Konjice and continue driving towards the mentioned settlement. From Slovenske Konjice, we continue towards Zreče, while we follow the road further in the direction of Rogla. When we arrive at Rogla, we park on the large parking lot near the hotel Planja.
B) First, we drive to Lovrenc na Pohorju (to here from the road Maribor - Dravograd), then we continue driving towards Rogla and Koča na Pesku. The macadam road then first brings us to Mašinžaga and then to Koča na Pesku. From Koča na Pesku, we continue on the asphalt road, by which we then ascend to the large parking lot near the hotel Planja.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the mountain signposts located by the pizzeria Planja, then we head onto the path in the direction of Lovrenška jezera, saddle Komisija and Ostruščica. At first, we slightly descend beside the four-seater chairlift Planja, when we reach the narrower asphalt path we follow it briefly to the left, then the signs for Lovrenška jezera direct us right onto a larger pasture. There follows an ascent on a gentle grassy slope, higher the meadow is replaced by sparse forest and we arrive at the upper slopes of Ostruščica.
From Ostruščica we descend along a cart track to the saddle Komisija, where the path splits.
We continue slightly right in the direction of Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča (slightly left Lovrenška jezera and Ribniška koča - western path) and continue the path further along a wider cart track. A little further, a marked path from Koča na Pesku or Mašin žaga joins from the right, while we continue straight in the direction of Lovrenška jezera. There follows some more traversing with shorter ascents and descents, then we begin to ascend along a partly paved path where we ascend on wooden boardwalks. Higher, the path levels out and we arrive at a junction, where we go right towards Lovrenška jezera (left Ribniška koča and Rogla via the western path).
Just a few dozen steps further we arrive at a lookout tower from which a nice view opens towards the plateau where the lakelets are located, from the tower we continue along wooden boardwalks that lead us through the dwarf pines to the lakes.
From the lakes we return to the last junction and continue in the direction of Ribniška koča and Rogla. There follows a few minutes' descent along wooden boardwalks, then from the marked junction we go right in the direction of Lovrenc na Pohorju and Ribniška koča (left Rogla via the western path). There follows traversing of the slopes below the Lovrenška jezera plateau, where the path crosses a few streams, then the slope becomes panoramic and we arrive at a junction at Planinka.
Here we continue straight (right Lovrenc na Pohorju), the path leads us with nice views of Pohorje and Kamniško Savinjske Alpe and Karavanke in the distance, to the right there also opens a nice view towards Golica / Koralpe. There follows a few more minutes of descent across the expansive meadow of Planinka, then the path enters the forest and descends somewhat more steeply. Lower we pass an arranged spring, behind it we reach the pass Šiklarica located at 1300 m above sea level.
From the pass we gradually begin to ascend, at the junctions we follow the blazes. Somewhat higher a short path (2 minutes) branches off to the right to the memorial for the deceased pilots. Continuing further we still ascend through the forest, higher the forest begins to thin and we arrive at the next junction located a few minutes below Jezerski vrh.
Here we go straight (right Ribniško jezero 3 minutes) and ascend to the nearby Jezerski vrh, from which a nice view opens up.
Rogla - Lovrenška jezera 1:25, Lovrenška jezera - Jezerski vrh 1:50.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in October 2022.

Along the route: Ostruščica (1498m), Sedlo Komisija (1446m), Lovrenška jezera (1520m), Preval Šiklarica (1300m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Koča na Pesku, The lake Ribniško jezero, Ribniška koča ( 15 min)

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