Kozjak nad Pesnico - Planinski dom Kozjak

Access to starting point:
We drive to Spodnja Kungota, then follow the road towards Zgornja Kungota. In the settlement Kozjak nad Pesnico, we turn left towards Gaj and Urban and then park at an appropriate place. Best somewhere on the section where the road enters the forest.

Path description:
From the main road Spodnja Kungota - Zgornja Kungota we head onto the road that leads towards Gaj nad Mariborom and Sveti Urban. The path first leads across the flat section, at the edge of the forest we continue on the right wider road. 50 m ahead we go left, then we start ascending through the forest, and soon the blazes direct us right onto a footpath that climbs to the ruins of Pahlejev grad, which we bypass on the left side. After the castle we gradually return to the asphalt road, along which we continue to the junction where the path from Zgornja Kungota also joins from the right.
When we return to the forest we leave the road again as the blazes direct us right, where we temporarily ascend more steeply. A little further the path flattens and descends in a few steps to the road, which we reach at a small junction.
We continue along the marked road, which continues through the forest for a few more minutes; when we leave the forest we proceed along the panoramic ridge, where the path leads past a few houses. In the continuation from the ridge we again transition to the slope and arrive at a triangular junction in the middle of which there is a signpost.
Here a marked path (road) branches left towards Sveti Urban, while we continue straight, bypassing the homestead Nabašec on the left side. Here we descend slightly, then arrive at a marked junction where a cart road to Sveti Urban also branches left.
Here too we continue straight, and just a little further at the small junction straight again. Some slight descent follows, then we arrive at the next marked junction, where we go left towards Bresternica (right cart road to Gaj nad Mariborom) and then immediately right onto the road alongside which there are signs for Večernikova smer to Tojzlov vrh.
From the junction we ascend transversely along the macadam road; when we leave the forest we bypass the homestead Večernik on the right side. Behind the homestead the road temporarily flattens, and from the road a nice view opens towards the church of Sv. Križ in Gaj nad Mariborom. The path further leads past a chapel, after which we return to the forest through which we ascend more steeply. The steepness eases when we reach the asphalt road, which we follow left, quickly arriving at the settlement Gaj nad Mariborom. Only an easy ascent through the settlement follows and we reach the cemetery, where we turn left; right after the junction we are already at the church of Sv. Križ, where there is a registration box by the road.
We continue past the church and follow the blazes to Tojzlov vrh. The settlement Gaj nad Mariborom soon ends, and we bypass the nearby farm on the right side. Just a few dozen steps further we go left from the road onto a cart track that ascends along the edge of the forest; at the chapel we cross an asphalt road. We continue ascending along the edge of the forest, then pass the homestead Iglič, behind which after a short descent we return to the asphalt road.
Approximately one minute of easy descent follows, and from the right the path from the homestead Šiker joins us.
We continue straight and ascend along the panoramic section, where another path from the settlement Šober joins from the left.
We walk along the panoramic road for a short time longer, from which a nice view opens towards Sv. Urban and the surrounding hills, then the road returns to the forest. A few minutes of moderate ascent follow and we arrive at Planinski dom Kozjak or Planinski dom Obrtnik on Tojzlov vrh.
Starting point - Sv. Križ 1:35, Sv. Križ - Planinski dom Kozjak 0:25.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in November 2021.

On the way: Sveti Križ (Gaj nad Mariborom) (575m)