Kandrše (Trata) - Slivna (Pivkelj) (via GEOSS)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Štajerska motorway at the Krtina exit, then follow the signs for Moravče and Zagorje ob Savi. Just a little after the road sign which marks the beginning of the settlement Kandrše, we arrive at a saddle by the hamlet Trata, where we turn left and park on the macadam parking lot opposite the company Strip's, elektrotehnika - elektronika, d.o.o.
B) We drive to Izlake (to here from Trojane or Zagorje ob Savi), then continue driving in the direction of Moravče. In the settlement Kandrše, at the company Strip's, elektrotehnika - elektronika, d.o.o., we turn right and park on the macadam parking lot next to the hiking signposts.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first carefully cross the main road and continue on a side road in the direction of GEOSS and Vače. The path leads us past the fire station PGD Kandrše and Napoleon's stone, at the sign for the beginning of the municipality Litija we go from the asphalt road left onto a cart track. We walk along the cart track to the entrance to the forest, then the blazes direct us right (straight unmarked path to Slemšek), where we ascend through a belt of forest. After a short ascent, we return to the asphalt road, on which we ascend to the nearby junction, where we leave the road to Vače and GEOSS and continue right on a side road, along which we arrive at a small hamlet where the road ends. We bypass all the houses on the left side and continue on the cart track, which first lightly descends, then lightly ascends across a meadow to the hamlet Strmec. Here we step onto the road again and ascend past houses and a shrine to a poorly marked junction, where we go left (right downward marked path to St. Florjan). There follows some entirely gentle walking, past a shrine, then we begin ascending diagonally. After a few minutes we arrive at a junction, where we join the "main" road that leads to GEOSS and follow it right (left Vače and Kandrše).
The path then continues along the asphalt road, crossing the slopes to the right. A little further we arrive at the settlement Spodnja Slivna, where in the middle of the settlement at the inn Gostilna Vrabec we go left toward GEOSS.
We continue in the direction of GEOSS, to which we walk in a few minutes along the asphalt road.
From GEOSS we return to the inn Gostilna Vrabec, from there we continue left (straight Zgornja Gora and St. Florjan) and begin ascending diagonally. At the end of the right bend we leave the asphalt road and continue left on a marked footpath that begins to ascend through the forest. Higher we emerge from the forest and at the chapel continue left and ascend to the abandoned Dom na Zgornji Slivni, where we step on asphalt again.
From here we can ascend to the nearby church of St. Neža in one minute, from which a beautiful view opens, otherwise we continue right and walk a short time longer on the road. From the road soon a wide marked cart track branches left (do not take the road leading to the nearby transmitters), along which we continue the ascent, following the blazes at the junctions. Higher a marked but unblazed path from the hamlet Vrtače joins from the left, we continue slightly right, where we soon arrive at the next junction.
From the junction we continue left in the direction of Pivkelj (straight path that bypasses the peak), to which we ascend in 5 minutes of further walking.
Kandrše - GEOSS 1:00, GEOSS - Dom na Slivni 0:30, Dom na Slivni - Pivkelj 0:30.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2018 and March 2020.

On the way: GEOSS (645m), Dom na Zgornji Slivni (826m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom Ušte - Žerenk