Rogla (Hotel Planja) - Lovrenška jezera (eastern path)

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, and further we follow the road in the direction of Rogla. When we arrive at Rogla, we park on a 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. Further, the macadam road 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, which are located by the pizzeria Planja, then we go on the path in the direction of Lovrenška jezera, saddle Komisija and Ostruščica. At first, we slightly descend by the four-seater chairlift Planja, when we reach a narrower asphalt path we follow it for a short time to the left, then signs for Lovrenška jezera point us to the right on a larger pasture. Next follows an ascent on a gentle grassy slope, higher the meadow is replaced by sparse forest and we arrive on the upper slopes of Ostruščica.
From Ostruščica we descend on 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 we continue the path further on a wider cart track. A little further, a marked path from Koča na Pesku or Mašin žage joins us from the right, we continue straight in the direction of Lovrenška jezera. There follow some more traversals with shorter ascents and descents, then we begin to ascend on a partly paved path, where we ascend on wooden boardwalks. Higher, the path flattens and we arrive at a junction, where we go right towards Lovrenška jezera (left - Ribniška koča and Rogla on the western path).
Only a few dozen steps further we arrive at a lookout tower, from which a nice view opens towards the plateau where the lakes are located, from the tower we continue on wooden boardwalks which through dwarf pines lead us to the lakes.
The description and pictures refer to the state in October 2022.

Along the route: Ostruščica (1498m), Sedlo Komisija (1446m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Koča na Pesku, The lake Ribniško jezero (1 h 30 min), Ribniška koča (1 h 45 min), Jezerski vrh (1 h 30 min)

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