Celje - Pečovniška koča on Grmada (via Stari grad and Suhi potok)
Starting point: Celje (241 m)
Path name: via Stari grad and Suhi potok
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 379 m
Altitude difference (by path): 560 m
Map: Posavsko hribovje Boč - Bohor 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Celje, the third largest Slovenian town accessible from several sides. We park somewhere between the railway station and the bridge over the river Savinja in the direction of Laško. The problem could be, because the parking lots are mainly payable... if you come by train, these problems fall away.
Path description:
The beginning of the path at the bridge over the river Savinja at the sign with panorama image of Celje hills. The path is in the beginning to the castle Stari grad on castle hill also the initial part of CPP-Celje mountain trail. In the first part we walk on the path between the river Savinja and the railway track to the confluence of the rivers Voglajna and Savinja. We continue over a bridge and under the railway track to the right and further on the path Pelikanova pot on castle Stari grad.
From the castle we continue straight downwards on partly asphalted, macadam and meadow cart track to the settlement Zvodno. In Zvodno, at the crossing we continue straight or slightly to the right in the direction of Suhi potok (caption on a concrete retaining wall), left path goes towards Hudičev graben. We follow the macadam grounding or forest road few hundred meters. At the marked crossing we continue left and a little upwards on a forest path or riverbed of the stream Suhi potok.
Further, we once again a little to the left follow the hiking forest path upwards by the quarry. The path is beaten and we can't miss. It is pleasantly winding by the riverbed of the stream higher towards Grmada. We soon reach the crossing, we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Pečovniška koča, and to the left there are signs for Tolsti vrh. The path is further a little narrower and crosses the steepness of the forest upwards. We reach a meadow part and above us we can already see the destination. A little to the left and in the last part right upwards to the destination.
The total length of the path from Celje is around 5 kilometers, 560 positive altitude meters and 180 negative altitude meters.
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