Grahovo ob Bači (Brelih) - Bukovski vrh (via Žrelo)

Access to starting point:
We drive into Baška grapa or to the settlement Grahovo ob Bači, where we turn onto a side road in the direction of Zakojce, Bukovega and the railway station. There follows some descent, and after crossing the railway track, we go left towards Bukovo (right railway station Grahovo) and we start to ascend. There follows an ascent in a few hairpin turns; when we arrive at a crossroad where the road branches off sharply to the right to the nearby and from the road visible homestead Brelih, the described path begins. We park in a suitable place by the road about 200 meters further in the direction towards Bukovo, or already lower by the road.

We can also reach the starting point on foot from the railway station Grahovo, for which we need approximately 30 minutes.

Route description:
From the crossroad near the homestead Brelih, we continue on the road towards Bukovo (sharply right Bukovski vrh and Črvov vrh past the homestead Pušnik) and we ascend diagonally. Further on, we bypass a few houses on the right side (a few of them are a little below the road), and when we notice a few houses on the right we are at homestead Pšeničnik, where we leave the road and continue slightly right through the yard (possible also behind the homestead right on a cart track). Above the houses we continue on a cart track which ascends diagonally towards the left and at first leads us across a panoramic slope, before it enters the forest it splits.

We continue on the slightly left, lower cart track, which becomes steeper and poorly trodden and in places muddy. After a few minutes of steeper ascent, we step onto an asphalt road, which we reach at the saddle Žrelo, and we continue right towards Ponikve (left Zakojca and Bukovo) and we start to ascend towards the Šentviška planota plateau. After two hairpin turns we already arrive at the first houses in the settlement Bukovski Vrh, after a smaller sign we leave the asphalt road and continue slightly right on a steeper macadam road, which soon turns right and brings us to a garage.

At the garage we go left on a cart track, which soon changes into a pleasant footpath, and it brings us in a gentle ascent back to an asphalt road. We follow the road to the right, along it we walk to a marked crossroad from which we continue right in the direction of Bukovega gaja. A little further the signs for Bukov gaj direct left, we continue slightly right, after a few steps we go right again. There follows a few-minute crossing and a fairly gentle road brings us to the homestead pri Pircu. The buildings at the homestead we bypass on the left side, then we step on a grassy path which continues between grazing fences. When we reach an indistinct ridge, we continue along the grazing fence which leads along the ridge and in a few minutes of further ascent we reach the panoramic Bukovski vrh.

Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2019 and February 2020.

Along the route: Žrelo (603m), Bukovski Vrh (830m)

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