Češnjice v Tuhinju - Dom na Menini planini

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving on a regional road through Tuhinjska dolina valley. A little after the village of Laze v Tuhinju, we will get to the gas station, beside which a road branches off to the left towards the villages Golice, Češnjice v Tuhinju and Okrog pri Motniku. Here we turn left and on a somewhat narrower road we quickly reach the settlement Češnjice v Tuhinju, where there is a sports field. We park at an appropriate place by the road before or behind the village.
B) From the Maribor - Ljubljana highway, we take the Vransko exit, and then we continue driving in the direction of Kamnik. A little after the Kozjak pass (pass between Gorenjska and Štajerska), we will get to the gas station, beside which a road branches off to the right towards the villages Golice, Češnjice v Tuhinju and Okrog pri Motniku. Here we turn right and on a somewhat narrower road we quickly reach the settlement Češnjice v Tuhinju, where there is a sports field. We park at an appropriate place by the road before or behind the village.

Path description:
Opposite the sports field we head onto the road that ascends through the village; at its beginning, on one of the houses we notice signs for ŠDT (the wooden sign is damaged, so the entire inscription is not visible). After a short ascent through the village we arrive at a smaller memorial park NOB, where we continue right (the ŠDT path continues left) on a cart track that ascends diagonally to the right. After a few minutes the cart track brings us to a smaller valley, where there is usually a woodpile; here we continue right onto an ascending cart track. Further on we ascend the cart track, from which we first get some views of the surrounding hills, then it enters a dense forest, which leads us past an interesting watering place for wild animals. Higher we cross a macadam road (left Zgornji Tuhinj and Golice, right Okrog pri Motniku) and continue the ascent on a cart track, along which we quickly arrive at the Kovran cottage, where the cart track turns slightly left. There follows a traverse ascent to the left, after which we arrive at a junction, where straight ahead a short path continues to the nearby cottage located at the edge of a larger mountain pasture; we continue right and further ascend alongside the grazing fence. Higher, at the hayrack we take the second turn-off right and continue ascending alongside the grazing fence, from the path a nice view opens towards Kum. After a few minutes of steep ascent we cross the grazing fence; the cart track, which widens, also levels out. We continue on the wider cart track, which runs between pastures, crossing several fences placed across the cart track. A little further along the path we notice even some old blazes, which we follow to join a poorer road, which we follow uphill. After about a minute of further walking we reach a wider road, which we follow left in the direction of Tuhinj (right Biba planina). We walk along the wider road for a few minutes, then at the start of the left bend we continue slightly right onto the forest road, along which we moderately ascend through the forest. When the road brings us out of the forest we arrive at Česenska poljana, where the road turns into a cart track, which in a gentle descent brings us to a junction where we join the marked path Golice - Dom na Menini planini.
We follow the mentioned path right, and further at several junctions we follow the blazes. When higher up the forest thins again we arrive at a marked junction, where the path splits into two parts. The right path leads to Vivodnik, the left bypasses the mentioned peak and leads directly to Dom na Menini planini. We continue on the right path, along which with occasional views we quickly arrive at the highest peak of Menina planina, where a small wooden lookout tower stands.
On the other side of the peak where the lookout tower is, more precisely near the summit register box, we will notice the start of the marked path, which begins descending towards the northeast. The path then turns slightly left, crosses a strip of forest, then levels out and brings us in a gentle ascent to a marked junction, where from the left a path joins that bypasses Vivodnik peak. We continue straight into the strip of forest, then the path begins to descend more noticeably towards Dom na Menini planini, which we already see ahead, reaching it after a few minutes of further walking.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (December).

On the way: Vivodnik (1508m)