Dom pod Okićem - Čerga (Plešivica)

Access to starting point:
A) Via the border crossing Brežice / Bregana we drive into Croatia, leaving the highway at the Samobor exit. When we arrive in the mentioned place, we head south towards Zagreb. At the gas station at the southern exit from the town, we turn right and continue driving towards the villages of Mirnovec and Kladje. When the road brings us to a pass with hairpin turns, we turn right into the village of Konščica and then drive west towards the village of Terihaji. Further on, we will notice signs for the mountain hut Dom pod Okićem by the road, directing us to the left.
B) From Prekmurje and the Maribor area, we first drive to the border crossing Gruškovje / Macelj and continue on the highway to the Jankomir junction, where we turn left towards Ljubljana and Samobor. We leave the highway at the Samobor exit, then continue driving according to the above description.
Since the parking lot at the mountain hut is too small for all visitors and it is also quite difficult to reach orientation-wise, I recommend arriving at the hut on foot via the trail from Novo Selo Okićko.

Route description:
From the mountain hut Dom pod Okićem we go west and descend across the meadow to the Okićnica stream, where we will spot the entrance to the forest. Next, we cross the stream, and the path becomes quite steep but soon flattens out gradually. Higher up, the path levels off even more, and we emerge from the forest into the village Poljanica Okićka.
Next comes a less interesting section on the asphalt road through the village. Higher up, when the road re-enters the forest, we will notice signs along the path for the village Kotari. From there, we walk on asphalt for another minute, then continue left onto a level cart track (from the right, the path from the village Rude joins us). When we leave the cart track and turn left onto a narrower trail, the path leads us through a belt of wild garlic. From there, the path becomes steeper and steeper, and via a few hairpin turns brings us to the indistinct ridge of Plešivica. When we reach the belt of holly, the steep section ends; a bit further on, we join the path from the village Novo Selo Okićko.
This is followed by a steep ascent of a few minutes to the forepeak, from which a short descent leads, followed by a gentle ascent to the summit of Čerga, where there is a lookout tower and a geodetic point.

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