Zgornji Leskovec - Sveti Avguštin
Starting point: Zgornji Leskovec (228 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.32679°N 15.93493°E 
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 276 m
Altitude difference (by path): 450 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
We leave Podravska highway at exit for Lancova vas, and then we follow the signs for Videm pri Ptuju and Zgornji Leskovec. When we get to Zgornji Leskovec we park on one of the parking lots in the settlement.
Path description:
From the crossroad by the health station Zgornji Leskovec, we head onto the road in the direction of Podlehnik. We continue for a few minutes on the road towards Podlehnik, and when the settlement Zgornji Leskovec ends, we turn left onto a side road towards Trdobojci. Further on, we cross the stream Lipnica via a bridge, then follow the blazes at several crossroads. A little further, the blazes direct us left from the macadam road onto an ascending cart track, along which we climb through the forest for a few minutes, then pass a few houses to reach another road, which we follow sharply to the right.
We continue through the settlement Trdobojci, passing the third control point of the Videmska mountain path, then proceed for some time without significant changes in altitude; after a right turn, signs for Sveti Avguštin guide us left downhill, where we begin descending on an asphalt road. Lower down, we reach the valley of the stream Ložina, where we turn left, and we also turn left at the nearby crossroad. For a short time, we descend gently alongside the stream, then turn right at a crossroad and begin ascending again. Higher up, we reach a scenic ridge, where we turn right, and shortly after, we arrive at an asphalt road, which in a few steps leads us to the church of St. Magdalena in Velika Varnica.
We bypass the church on the left side, then keep to the left turn-offs; a little further, signs for Sveti Avguštin direct us left onto a macadam road, along which we begin to descend gradually. Initially, we pass a few individual houses, and after the last house, the road turns into a cart track, along which we begin to descend more steeply. After a longer descent, we reach the valley of the stream Psičina, where we turn left. This is followed by a bit more gentle descent, and before the chapel, we turn sharply right onto a marked path towards Sveti Avguštin.
The path then enters the forest and begins ascending alongside the Stations of the Cross. This is followed by a good 20 minutes of steep ascent, after which we reach a road where we join the path from Podlehnik.
Here, we turn left and then ascend in two hairpin turns to the church of St. Avguštin, from which a beautiful view opens up.
Zgornji Leskovec - Trdobojci 0:45, Trdobojci - Sveta Magdalena 1:15, Sveta Magdalena - Sveti Avguštin 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in January 2023.
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