Celje - Veliki vrh above Svetina

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:
We start at the bridge over Savinja at the sign with panorama image of Celje hills. The path is in part to the turn-off on Srebotnik 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 left steeply uphill past the inn and we follow a well-hardened path through the settlement Osenca. From the left the path from the settlement Teharje joins. We continue on the asphalt path through the settlement Pečovje and we follow the turn-offs mainly to the right, which are very well marked with signposts.
In the forest part from the left joins also mountain path from Štore named,,via Marija,,. We continue on the forest road by two or three houses/holiday cottages and then we go once again left on a little narrower forest path and higher partly also a cart track. The path is again a little steeper ascending and on the left side there are also some steel cables, more in the function of a fence than grip.
We soon reach the crossing, straight and higher for Srebotnik, and we continue left and after good hundred meters of a descent we reach Mary's chapel carved into a wall of Srebotnik. Here there are bench, table and inscription box, and after a short rest we continue from the chapel upwards on the forest path and we follow the signs for Svetina or signs of the path Barbarina pot. On a larger grassy clearing there is a crossing, where we continue left for Almin dom, to the right leads the path on Tolsti vrh...
We follow the forest path to a crossing, where the path continues upwards on Almin dom, and we descend right downwards into the settlement Svetina. After a shorter sightseeing of the settlement, we continue on the path of XIV division by the cemetery (a grave of great traveler Alma Karlin, immediately left by the entrance) on the road in the direction of Kanjuce. At the larger homestead we go right on the road, also by the fence for horses and we come on a saddle to a wooden cross right by the road and we turn sharply right upwards on an asphalt towards the only homestead, which we bypass on the right side and then we go immediately straight on a forest path - good hundred meters to the top. The peak is the highest point, marked with a border stone. On the top there are also four larger distinct trees - beech trees. From the wooden cross past the homestead to the top the path isn't marked, but the path is logical and easy to follow. The peak doesn't have much of a view.

On the way: Stari grad na Grajskem hribu (407m)