Izlake - Koča na Čemšeniški planini (via Razbor pri Čemšeniku)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave Štajerska highway at exit Trojane, and then we follow the signs for Izlake and Zagorje. Next follows some descent, and then we get into the valley of the stream Orehovica. Further, we drive through the mentioned valley, and when we get to the settlement Izlake, only few meters after the road sign, which marks the beginning of the settlement, we turn right and we park on a parking lot by the former spa Medijske toplice, today is open only Bar And Lounge Carpe Diem.
B) We drive to Moravče, and then we follow the road towards Izlake. When we reach the main road Zagorje ob Savi - Izlake, we continue left towards Izlake, before the end of the settlement Izlake we turn left on a parking lot in front of the former spa Medijske toplice.
C) From the road Litija - Hrastnik, we drive to the settlement Zagorje ob Savi, and then we follow the signs for Izlake. When we get to Izlake we drive through the settlement on the main road, before the end of the settlement, we turn left and we park on a parking lot by the former spa Medijske toplice.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the former spa Medijske toplice we continue towards the center of Izlake, then on the pedestrian crossing we carefully cross the main road and we continue on the road which from the main branches off by the store Tuš market Ajda.
We continue in the direction of Čemšeniška planina and we continue to walk on the asphalt road which is ascending gently, at first still past houses, and then past several meadows and individual houses. Gentle road which leads us by the stream Lesji potok eventually brings us to a crossroad, where to the left the road branches off towards the part of the hamlet Brde, we still continue straight and we still walk through the valley of the stream Lesji potok. A little further a marked footpath branches off to the left towards Čemšeniška planina, and we go straight and we continue walking on the road, by which there aren't any blazes. Next follows a little steeper ascent, and the road in few hairpin turns brings us out of the forest and a little further also to a marked crossroad.
From the crossroad, we continue right in the direction towards Zagorje (left - Čemšenik), and then we diagonally ascend to a crossroad at the chapel, where we join the marked path from Zagorje and Kisovec.
We go left in the direction of Čemšeniška planina and we continue walking on a narrower macadam road which past few houses brings us to an asphalt road which we follow left upwards.
Further, we go past the bottom station of a cargo cableway, which runs towards the mountain hut Dom na Čemšeniški planini (by the cargo cableway there is also a parking lot, if we park here we shorten the path for approximately hour and a half), and after the bottom station, the road turns a little to the left, and before the beginning of the settlement Razbor pri Čemšeniku we leave it and we continue slightly right on a cart track. From the cart track, we go once again right, so that to the "last" house we ascend on a panoramic grassy slope.
The last house we bypass on the right side, and then we start steeply ascending through the forest. A steep path brings us by the edge of panoramic cliffs, from which a beautiful view opens up on surroundings and nearby hills, and when higher the path flattens a little, we get to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we go left (right - church of St. Primož and Felicijan 5-10 minutes) and then in few minutes of a diagonal ascent, we ascend to a macadam road which we follow to the left, and we walk there only until it is ascending, and then we go slightly right on a cart track. From the cart track, we soon go right as well, and then we join the path from Izlake via Čemšenik, where we go once again right.
We continue in the direction of Čemšeniška planina and we are diagonally quite steeply ascending. The diagonal ascent ends, when we reach the ridge of Čemšeniška planina, and at the mentioned spot we join also the path from Trojane or Prvine.
We go right and we continue the ascent on a gently sloping macadam road which a little higher we leave and we continue slightly right on a marked footpath which leads us with nice views on hills of Zasavsko and Posavsko hribovje with the highest Kum, and in the distance we can also see Snežnik. A little further, we cross also a lane of a forest, and the path then flattens and crosses a steep grassy slope, where when there is ice, it is quite dangerous for slipping, otherwise the path is wide and technically undemanding. A little before the mountain hut we cross also the route of a cargo cableway, and then with nice views, we walk to the mountain hut.
Izlake - Razbor pri Čemšeniku 1:30, Razbor pri Čemšeniku - Dom na Čemšeniški planini 1:25.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (February).

On the way: Razbor pri Čemšeniku (651m)

Trip can be extended to: Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)