Marija Reka (Koritnikov most) - Mrzlica (via Kriška planina)

Access to starting point:
We leave Štajerska highway at exit Šentrupert, and then follow signs for Prebold and later Trbovlje. Further, we drive through the valley of the stream Reka, and when the forest on the left side ends, we notice red signposts for Golava and Mrzlica by the road near bridge Koritnikov most. We park at a suitable place near the bridge.

Path description:
Right at the beginning, we cross bridge Koritnikov most, then ascend diagonally through the pasture towards the right, bypassing the nearby house quite a bit more to the left. On the upper part of the pasture, we reach a cart track but don’t follow it for long, as we follow the blazes that lead us onto a mountain path, taking care not to choose the path leading to the nearby house. The path continues through the forest, ascending diagonally to the right, leading us through an area abundant with wild garlic in springtime. Higher up, we reach another cart track and continue ascending diagonally to the right. Higher, we reach a less steep area northwest of Golava, where the path flattens and turns to the left. Just a bit further, we leave the forest and arrive at a marked crossroads at the farm Huš.
Here slightly to the left continues the demanding path Zvonetova pot to Golava, while we proceed right through the yard of the Huš farm towards Mrzlica.
On the other side of the farm, a path from the starting point at the quarry Strgarjev kamnolom joins from the right, and we continue walking along the macadam road towards Mrzlica.
A little further, the road becomes paved and leads us past a cross to a junction, where we veer slightly left off the road and ascend slightly to the left of the Spodnji Dolinar farm; there is no particularly distinct footpath here, and the blazes are already quite faded. From Spodnji Dolinar, we ascend along a somewhat clearer footpath to the Kota homestead, where we go left behind the house onto a steep cart track, ascending with the help of old, faded blazes to the upper part of the meadow, where the path turns right into the forest and levels out.
Next follows a short traverse, and from the left, a path from Prebold joins, passing by the Lovski dom pod Golavo, or branching left onto the path Andrejeva pot to Golava, while we continue straight towards Mrzlica and descend along the road to a marked crossroads by the Kočet homestead.
At the Kočet homestead, we reach the saddle between Golava and Homič, where we turn right (straight leads to Mrzlica along and by the ridge of Homič), and we walk along the road to the Zgornji Dolinar homestead, where signs for Mrzlica direct us left onto a path that ascends above the road.
Here we diagonally ascend through a scenic meadow, from which a beautiful view of Golava opens up, and then the path enters the forest and, after a short crossing, brings us to a forest road, which we follow upwards, passing a small spring, and continue to its end, where a marked crossing is located by a turning point.
From the crossing, we continue straight (left Mrzlica on the forest logging trail) in the direction of Mrzlica over Kriška planina (on maps we notice Kriška planina, but on the hiking signposts Križka planina) and at first, we continue on a cart track which initially ascends diagonally towards the right, and higher up towards the left. Next follow a few more crossings, where we follow occasionally sparse blazes, then we turn left from the cart track and ascend through a strip of forest to the lower edge of Kriška planina. An ascent follows across the mountain pasture, where the path leads us along a cart track, and we reach a macadam road which we follow to the left (right Podmeja and Trbovlje). The road we walk on soon enters the forest and leads us to a marked crossing, where a path from the forest logging trail joins from the left.
From here, we don't walk long on the road before arriving at the next crossing, where the Prebold mountain trail branches off to the left, ascending to Homič, while we continue further along the road. Next follows a diagonal ascent over a scenic grassy area, then the path returns to the forest, where a path from the left joins, leading over the peak of Homič, as well as the path from the Kočet homestead, which runs along and beside the Homič ridge.
Here we continue straight, and we also go straight at the next junction, where a path branches off to the right, leading directly to the summit of Mrzlica, but it is not marked. A little further, signs for the Dom na Mrzlici and Mrzlica direct us from the road to the right onto a footpath, which ascends in a few minutes to the mountain hut, and from the hut, we go right and in less than five minutes reach the scenic summit of Mrzlica.
The starting point - Kočet 1:15, Kočet - Mrzlica 1:40.
Description and pictures refer to conditions in April 2025.

On the way: Huš (552m), Spodnji Dolinar (568m), Kota (601m), Zgornji Dolinar (618m), Planinski dom na Mrzlici (1094m)