Zvodno - Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča (via Suhi potok)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Maribor highway, take the Celje-center exit and continue driving toward Laško and Zidani Most. The road leads us through the center of Celje, then before the Savinja brings us to a roundabout with a fountain. Here we continue "straight" over the first bridge (direction Laško and Zidani Most) and follow the road to the next traffic-light intersection, where we continue left over the second bridge across the Savinja. Immediately behind the bridge at the intersection we continue right. After approx. 500 meters we arrive at the underpass under the railway track (on the right side a large parking lot and the starting point in Zagrad), we drive through it and continue straight past the fire station in Zagrad. We follow the road through the village, which higher up in Zvodno brings us to a smaller intersection at the bus stop, where we notice signs and signposts for Grmada right, Hudičev graben straight, parking lot 1.2 km straight. We continue straight toward the new parking lot (2020); the road gradually flattens and narrows. The new parking lot—our starting point—is located right by the road before the fish farm. Here we can park and set off on a trip along paths that lead either past Marija, or through Hudičev graben, or through Suhi potok.
To the starting point we can also come from Dolenjska and Zasavje. In this case, we first drive to Rimske Toplice and then through Laško to the above-described second bridge, from where we continue according to the description.

Path description:
From the starting point, the signpost for Hudičev graben directs us back toward Celje, but after a few meters we do not continue sharply left toward Hudičev graben; instead, we continue along the asphalt road for approx. 300 meters, only then turning sharply left into the forest, where we follow signposts for Pečovniška koča and the marked path through the forest in the direction of Suhi potok. Soon at the junction we join sharply left onto the marked path coming from the right from the abandoned quarry. Immediately after the junction follows a sharp right turn, where for easier orientation there also stand two stone cairns. We continue steeply upward toward the top of the abandoned quarry, where the well-compacted and marked path is soon joined by the bed of Suhi potok. In the area between Bavč on the left side and Grmada on the right side nothing indicates that the stream is dry, as it in fact bubbles playfully. Soon before a large rock and a sign with a mischievous message we reach a junction, where we continue left along Bavč (right along Grmada leads the path to Pečovniška koča on Grmada). We continue uphill on the macadam road coming from the right. Higher up at the next junction of forest roads we join right in the direction toward Čatr, but only about 100 meters to the next junction, where a marked path branches off sharply left upward toward Tovsti vrh. The path first ascends through the forest, crosses the new asphalt road Svetina - Celjska koča, continues into the forest, and brings us above Zorkov kamnolom, which we bypass on the right side. A little farther a marked path from Svetina joins us from the left side. There follows only a few minutes of moderate ascent to the vegetated summit. The viewpoint is located a few steps farther toward the west, from where the southern and western Posavje hills are visible.

On the way: Bavč (692m), Grmada above Celje (718m), Hotel Celjska koča (652m), Pečovniška koča on Grmada (620m)