Gorjane (Železno) - Kerin Memorial

Access to starting point:
a) From the Sevnica - Krško road, head towards Brestanica, then follow the signs for Podsredo. Before starting to descend towards Podsredo, in the settlement of Gorjane we reach the Železno pass, where the described trail begins at the Gorjane bus station. There are no suitable parking spaces at the starting point.
b) Drive to Podsredo, then follow the signs for Krško, Sevnica and Brestanica. Before starting to descend towards Brestanica, in the settlement of Gorjane we reach the Železno pass, where the described trail begins at the Gorjane bus station. There are no suitable parking spaces at the starting point.

Route description:
From the bus station, head onto a side road marked for Grad Podsreda and Ekološka kmetija Krivec, where the path leads past a few more houses; at the next junction, go straight towards Grad Podsreda. The road then moderately ascends, later passing a cross and one house, then continues through the forest for a while. Higher up, the road levels out and brings us to a marked junction, from which we continue straight towards Grad Podsreda (right to Krško and Brestanica).
A slight traverse descent through the forest follows, and we arrive at a well-maintained rest area near the chapel of St. Florian, from where a nice view of Grad Podsreda opens up.
Continue along the road and after a few more minutes of walking, we reach the castle, where there is a stamping box on the outer side of the wall and a stamp above it.
We bypass the castle on the right side and continue the ascent on the asphalt road, which leads past two parking lots, then ascends through the forest to a marked junction, where we continue right towards Pišec, Bizeljsko and Veliki vrh (left to Svete gore).
Just a little further from the junction, we leave the forest, where on a larger meadow the road turns left and forks again.
This time, choose the left road, along which the Knafelc markers continue (straight Slovenian touring cycle route), which soon returns to the forest. A traverse ascent through the forest follows; when the forest ends on the left, a view opens to the nearby Rigelj, the peak with antennas, and we quickly ascend to a marked junction, where the path from Zavetišče v Pečicah joins from the right, specifically the path past the Švajger farmstead.
The path continues with nice views along the pastures of the Pusti Vrh hamlet, then temporarily returns to the forest. When we leave the forest, with views of Veliki vrh, the highest peak of the Orlice range, we walk to a junction in the middle of the Preska hamlet, where we continue straight (left another path to Svete gore) to a branch towards Veliki vrh one minute away.
Continue straight along the road (also possible right over Veliki vrh, but the path is somewhat longer and poorly marked in parts), which bypasses the Šulc farm on the left side, where there is the PPKB stamp (Planinska pot Krško - Brežice).
We continue for a few more minutes along the meadows, then the road enters the forest and gradually turns south, where we quickly reach the pass below Šuljc's slope, which is also a marked junction.
Continue straight (left two forest roads, slightly left marked path to Veliki Špič), and after one or two more minutes of walking, we arrive at Kerinov spomenik.

Starting point - Turnič 0:30, Turnič - Grad Podsreda 0:15, Grad Podsreda - junction after Grad Podsreda 0:10, junction after Grad Podsreda - junction at Marofu 0:05, junction at Marofu - Pusti Vrh 0:20, Pusti Vrh - Preska 0:15, Preska - Kerinov spomenik 0:20.

The description and photos refer to the condition in March 2026.

Along the route: Turnič (496m), Podsreda castle (475m), Razpotje za Gradom Podsreda (524m), Razpotje na Marofu (544m), Pusti Vrh (634m), Preska (625m), Kmetija Šulc (625m)

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