Čemšenik - Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Celje highway, take the Trojane exit. We then continue in the direction of Zagorje and the road takes us through the V Zideh tunnel, after which we arrive at the place where the road to the village of Šentgotard branches off to the left uphill. At the end of the village Šentgotard we come to an intersection, where we continue right in the direction of the village Čemšenik (left Prvine). The road then takes us through the village Dobrljevo, after which we arrive in Čemšenik, where we notice the mountain signposts for Čemšeniška planina by the road. Here we turn left steeply uphill and follow the road above the village, where we park on a small parking area by the road.
From Zagorje we drive through Kisovec towards Trojane. In the village Izlake we turn right (direction Čemšenik and Jesenovo) and follow the road to the intersection: left Čemšenik, right Jesenovo. Here we turn left and, when we notice the mountain signs for Čemšeniška planina by the road, we turn right steeply uphill and follow the road above the village, where we park on a small parking area by the road.

Path description:
From the church we continue towards the west, then from the nearby intersection we go right in the direction of bio jabolk. A steep ascent follows, at the end of the village at the water storage the asphalt ends. A little further, at the smaller intersection we go left; after a short ascent the signpost for Čemšeniška planina directs us right onto a marked footpath that ascends through the forest. The path then already after a few minutes crosses a cart track and a few steps further joins the forest road. We follow the moderately ascending road only briefly to the spot where the blazes direct us left onto a steep cart track. After a few metres of ascent on the cart track, we will notice a small spring on the left side of the path. The often quite muddy cart track brings us after a ten-minute ascent to a clearing, which we cross on a poorly visible path that is well visible on the other side. Here the path from Kisovec and Zagorje joins us from the right. We continue on the cart track, which makes two sharp turns and then on a smaller clearing turns into a footpath. The path ahead becomes quite steep and brings us, in a traversing ascent lasting approximately 30 minutes, to the spot where we join the path from Prvine. The path ahead runs along the edge of the steep meadows of Čemšeniška planina, from which beautiful views open up mainly towards Kum. A few minutes of walking along the edge of steep meadows follow, then we arrive at the spot where the cargo cableway crosses the mountain path. Here we carefully cross the cableway, taking care not to hit the steel cable with our head. On the other side of the cableway we already notice the mountain hut, which we reach in a few steps.
From the hut we continue ahead towards the east along the path, which first runs along the edge of steep meadows then goes into the forest. The path through the forest then ascends only slowly and brings us after 15 minutes of walking from the hut to the logbook box just a few steps below the summit.

On the way: Koča na Čemšeniški planini mountain hut (1120m)