Krače - Pleše

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Maribor highway, take the Trojane exit, then continue driving towards Izlake and Zagorje. At the end of the Izlake settlement, turn right towards Moravče, follow the road towards Moravče only briefly, as we soon turn left into the village of Medija. In Medija, continue left towards Šemnik, then right in the direction of Zasavska Sveta gora. The road then starts to ascend noticeably and quickly brings us to the hamlet of Krače, which is the starting point of our tour. There are no suitable parking spots at the starting point.
B) From Zasavje, first drive to Zagorje, then continue towards Izlake. At the junction at the beginning of Izlake, continue left in the direction of Moravče, follow the road towards Moravče only briefly, as we soon turn left into the village of Medija. In Medija, continue left towards Šemnik, then right in the direction of Zasavska Sveta gora. The road then starts to ascend noticeably and quickly brings us to the hamlet of Krače, which is the starting point of our tour. There are no suitable parking spots at the starting point.

Path description:
From the hamlet Krače, head onto the steep macadam road towards Zasavska Sveta gora. The road quickly brings us to a panoramic grassy slope, where it first turns left and then right, gradually turning into a wide cart track. Continue the ascent along the marked cart track, which ascends diagonally through the forest. Higher up, the cart track flattens temporarily, crosses a small stream that dries up in dry weather, then starts to ascend somewhat more steeply towards the nearby asphalt road.
When we reach the mentioned road, follow it left; it first leads past the junction of the path to Zasavska Sveta gora. Further on, we ascend diagonally to the left for a while, then the road makes a sharp right turn and brings us to a marked junction.
Here, continue sharply left towards Pleše (straight ahead along the Zasavska Sveta gora road) and continue following the road through the forest. A little higher, the path from the summit of Roviškovec joins from the right.
From the road we are following, a macadam road soon branches off to the left, which we "ignore"; we walk on the asphalt for only about 10 more steps, then the signs for Zagorje direct us left onto a initially narrower, higher wider cart track. The path continues past a meadow to a wider macadam road, which then leads across an extensive meadow from which a fine view opens onto the Kamnik Savinja Alps. On the other side of the meadow, the road forks into two parts; we follow the signs for Pleše to the right. The path ascends through a strip of forest, then flattens and brings us to a larger and quite gentle grassy slope on the nearby summit of Pleše. Here, walk to the other side of the hill, then, before the marked path towards Marela begins to descend, continue left along the cart track. Continue briefly along the cart track, then spot a metal pole (pole intended for hanging a flag) on the left side and below it the NOB monument.
From the monument, you can continue a bit further north, first slightly downhill and then uphill to the northern part of the Pleše summit.