Kisovec - Castle Gamberk

Access to starting point:
a) We leave the Štajerska highway at the Trojane exit, and then follow the road towards Zagorje ob Savi. When we arrive in the settlement Kisovec, opposite the Pekarna Kisovec, by red trail markers, the described path begins. We park at one of the parking lots in the settlement.
b) We drive into Zagorje, and then follow the road towards Izlake and the highway. When we arrive in the settlement Kisovec, opposite the Pekarna Kisovec, by red trail markers, the described path begins. We park at one of the parking lots in the settlement.

Path description:
From the starting point, we follow the signs for Čemšeniška planina, initially walking through the center of the settlement, where we pass on the left side of the kindergarten, then cross the stream Medija over a pedestrian bridge, and on the other side of the stream, we arrive in the settlement Loke pri Zagorju, where we walk past houses to a crossroad by the NOB monument.
Behind the NOB monument, we carefully cross the road, then bypass the parish church of Mary's Immaculate Heart - Our Lady of Fatima on the left side, and on the right side, we bypass the fire station PGD Loke pri Zagorju.
The path ahead leads us past the last houses, then continues along a narrower road that ascends by the stream Graški graben. When, a few minutes higher, the gorge widens, we choose the slightly left road, marked with signs for Čemšeniška planina (on the right, there are some houses in the settlement Zavine), then ascend over a grassy area to a small hamlet, where we continue sharply right at the houses. When, a few minutes higher, we reach the chapel below the hayrack, we turn right again, and the asphalt ends a few steps further. We continue along the slopes of the hill Petelink, and upon reaching the northern ridge of the hill, we come to another asphalt road, which we follow to the right. The path ahead leads us past individual houses, then we moderately ascend through a strip of forest. When we leave the forest, a view opens up to the hill with the ruins of the castle Gamberk, and after a short crossing, we reach a crossroad where we join the path starting in Zagorje ob Savi.
Here we continue straight on a side unmarked road (left Čemšeniška planina, right Zagorje ob Savi) and gently descend to nearby farms, where we also cross the route of a high-voltage power line. Some houses at the farm we bypass on the right side, then go right onto a cart track that ascends diagonally across a scenic grassy slope. The path crossing a grazing fence increasingly turns to the left, and we follow this path all the way to the remains of castle Gamberk.
In the surroundings of the castle, there is a higher probability of falling rocks.
Kisovec - Ržiše 1:00, Ržiše - castle Gamberk 0:10.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2025.

On the way: Loke pri Zagorju (278m), Zavine (389m), Ržiše (563m)