Hayrack (Laška vas - Pečovje) - Srebotnik (northern approach)

Access to starting point:
Hayrack "Laška vas - Pečovje" is an ideal starting point for mountaineering tours on the nearby hills. The hayrack was for a long time a characteristic of the gorge of the Bojanski potok stream between Pečovje and Laška vas, through which an asphalted road also runs. A few years ago, the hayrack owned by the farmer miserably decayed, so the Municipality of Štore, due to its recognizability, built a new one with the help of European funds with the purpose of preserving vernacular architecture. Next to the hayrack there is a large parking lot, where we can park our steel horse. We can thus drive to the starting point by car from Celje and Štore, following the signposts for Svetina. When we have passed the area of the old part of the ironworks in Štore, we leave the main road to Svetina and turn right at the junction towards Pečovje or Laška vas. We continue on the narrow asphalt road for approx. 1 km and we are already at our hayrack. We can also get to the starting point on foot, as the path from the Štore railway station to the hayrack is fully marked.

Path description:
The beginning of the path is at the new hayrack. A larger part of our path to Srebotnik is marked and equipped with signposts to various peaks of the Celje hills. Only a smaller part of our path will run on an unmarked road-footpath, which is easy to follow. The first part of the path leads in the direction of the Chapel at Marija below Srebotnik.
At the intersection at the hayrack, in accordance with the signpost to Svetina via Marija, we proceed on the asphalt road ahead in the direction of Pečovje. After approx. 200 meters at the first intersection we continue straight, a few steps ahead at the next intersection we turn sharply left and somewhat uphill. The asphalt road soon flattens again alongside the sports field in the Pečovje settlement. Since the starting point of Barbarina pot is located here, we can initially follow its markers along our path. After three row houses, we turn left onto the forest road, which passes into a forest path at the last homestead. Soon a path branches off to the left leading through Bojanski graben, while we continue straight uphill through dense forest. Soon from the right the path-road from Celje joins. We continue left uphill on the forest road initially past the weekend houses. Before the forest, a marked path branches off to the left towards Marija, but today we continue straight on the unmarked road into the forest. The road leads at first roughly parallel to the path towards Marija, then before the eastern ridge of Srebotnik it turns sharply right and leads westwards along the entire northern slope of Srebotnik, where it slowly turns into a footpath leading to the western ridge of Srebotnik.
On the panoramic western ridge we arrive at a path junction, where a view of Stari grad opens up. If we continued on the marked path straight downhill, we would reach Hudičev graben. Today, however, we will continue on the marked path to the left steeply uphill in the eastward direction. After the initially severe steepness, the path flattens a little after some time, then we encounter a new junction where the path from the southern approach to Srebotnik joins from the right. The latter path is also part of the Celje mountain trail. We continue straight uphill along the ridge. Only about 200 meters remain to the summit; in the final section of the path the steepness increases strongly again, and the path below the summit is secured with a steel cable. At the summit, a wonderful view awaits us practically in all directions, a Slovenian flag, a summit logbook, a bench and a stamp. A few steps towards the southwest, it is possible to approach the exposed part of the panoramic cliff.

On the way: Veliki Bojanski vrh (627m), Chapel at Mary's below Srebotnik (500m), Bavč (692m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Bojanski vrh , Pečovniška koča on Grmada ( 25 min) , Hotel Celjska koča ( 30 min) , Grmada above Celje ( 45 min) , Almin dom na Svetini ( 5 min) , Vrunčev dom na Svetini , Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča ( 20 min)