Čemšenik - Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)

Access to starting point:
a) From the direction of the Ljubljana–Celje motorway:
From the Ljubljana–Celje motorway we take the Trojane exit, then continue in the direction of Zagorje. The road takes us through the V Zideh tunnel, after which we arrive at an intersection where the road branches off to the left uphill towards the village of Šentgotard. At the end of Šentgotard we arrive at an intersection where we turn right in the direction of the village of Čemšenik (left Prvine). The road then takes us through the village of Dobrljevo, after which we arrive in Čemšenik, where along the road we notice hiking signs for Čemšeniška planina. Here we turn left steeply uphill and follow the road above the village, where we park at a small parking lot by the road.

b) From the direction of Zagorje ob Savi:
From Zagorje we drive through Kisovec towards Trojane. In the village of Izlake we turn right in the direction of Čemšenik and Jesenovo and follow the road to the intersection, where we turn left towards Čemšenik (right Jesenovo). When in Čemšenik along the road we notice hiking signs for Čemšeniška planina, we turn right steeply uphill. We follow the road above the village, where we park at a small parking lot by the road.

Route description:
From the church we continue westwards, then from the nearby intersection we go right in the direction of bio apples. A steep ascent follows, at the end of the village, by the water reservoir the asphalt ends. A little further, at a 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 after a few minutes crosses a cart track and just a few steps further joins a forest road. We follow the moderately ascending road only briefly, to the place where the markings direct us left onto a steep cart track. After a few meters of ascent on the cart track, we will notice a smaller spring on the left side of the path. The often quite muddy cart track after a ten-minute ascent brings us to a clearing, which we cross on a poorly visible path, but which is clearly visible on the other side. Here the path from Kisovec and Zagorje joins us from the right. We continue further on the cart track, which makes two sharp bends and then on a smaller clearing turns into a footpath. The path ahead becomes quite steep and in a traverse ascent lasting approximately 30 minutes brings us to the place where we join the path from Prvine. The path ahead runs along the edge of the steep hay meadows of Čemšeniška planina, from which beautiful views open up especially towards Kum. A few more minutes of walking along the edge of the steep hay meadows follow, then we arrive at the place where the cargo cableway crosses the hiking path. Here we carefully cross the cableway and make sure not to hit our head on the steel cable. 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 further eastwards on the path, which initially runs along the edge of the steep hay meadows and then goes into the forest. The path through the forest then ascends only slowly and after 15 minutes of walking from the hut brings us to the registration box just a few steps below the summit.

Along the route: Koča na Čemšeniški planini (1120m)

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