Hayrack (Laška vas - Pečovje) - Vrunčev dom na Svetini (via chapel at Mary)

Access to starting point:
The 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 rebuilt it due to its recognizability with the help of European funds to preserve vernacular architecture. Next to the hayrack there is a large parking lot, where we can park our vehicle. We can reach the starting point by car from Celje and Štore, following the signposts for Svetina. When we have already driven past the area of the old part of the ironworks in Štore, we leave the main road to Svetina and turn right onto the turn-off towards Pečovje. We continue on a narrow asphalt road for approx. 1 km and we are already at our hayrack. We can also reach the starting point on foot, as the path from the Štore railway station to the hayrack is fully marked.

Path description:
The starting point of the path is at the new hayrack. The entire path is marked, managed by PD Železar Štore, and a larger part of our path is also marked with signposts of Barbarina pot or Svetina. At the crossroads by the hayrack, in accordance with the signpost to Svetina via Marija, we head along the asphalt road ahead in the direction of Pečovje. After approx. 200 meters, at the second crossroads, we continue sharply to the left and slightly uphill. The asphalt road soon flattens again by the sports field in the Pečovje settlement. Here is the starting point of Barbarina pot. After three terraced houses, we turn left onto the forest road, which passes into a forest path by the last homestead. Soon a path branches off to the left leading through Bojanski graben, while we continue straight uphill through dense forest. Then a path from Celje/Teharje/Zvodno joins from the right, where we continue left along the forest road by holiday cottages and then once again left on a somewhat narrower forest path, partly logging trails higher up. The path ascends somewhat more steeply again, and some ropes assist, more as a fence than for gripping. We soon reach a junction. Straight uphill, CPP (Celjska planinska pot) signs direct to Srebotnik, but we continue left, first slightly downhill past the chapel with a carved image of Mary in the wall of Srebotnik, then slightly uphill on a wide forest path, partly cart track. At the next junction, we cross the forest road and continue along the ridge according to the blazes and signposts of Barbarina pot and towards Svetina. Higher up, we reach a new junction, where we continue left towards Almin dom, while right a path branches off to Tolsti vrh. The path brings us to the ridge, where there is a turn-off right downhill to Svetina, but we continue straight to Almin dom, or Planinski dom na Svetini. Here a wonderful view opens to the south side over the beautiful Svetina village and surrounding hills. Just above the hut is the peak named Ramanca (781 m), from where nearby there is also a view to the north. To Vrunčev dom, only ten more minutes of walking remain along the ridge to the east.

On the way: Chapel at Mary's below Srebotnik (500m), Srebotnik (700m), Veliki Bojanski vrh (627m), Almin dom na Svetini (772m)