Liboje - Kamčič (via organic farm Kralj - southern approach)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Žalec and then we drive towards Arja vas. At the crossroad at the end of the village, we continue straight in the direction of Liboje. In Liboje we turn left in the direction of Košnice pri Celju and we follow the road approx. 850 meters to a large private parking lot and a yellow house by the crossroad, where a road branches off to the right, which leads towards the organic farm Kralj. At this crossroad there are also a self-service stall of the mentioned farm and a cute signpost for organic farm Kralj. At the latter signpost there is also a signpost for Šmohor and Veliki Slomnik. We can park at an appropriate place near the described starting point.

Route description:
From the above described starting point (picture 1) we follow the signpost towards organic farm Kralj and Šmohor on the asphalt road slightly uphill. 350 meters before the described starting point, there is also an alternative starting point (picture 2) at the crossroad at the chapel, where on the tree there is also a signpost for Šmohor and Veliki Slomnik. Both paths from both starting points join on a macadam road approx. 700 meters ahead. The weakness of the alternative starting point is that nearby there is no convenient parking spot.
From the main starting point we further follow the asphalt road approx. 200 meters to organic farm Kralj, and then we continue in the same direction on the macadam road which branches off towards the stream, which runs below the Libojska stena wall of Veliki Slomnik. The road at the last homestead before the stream passes into a footpath which runs just by the stream. Soon we step on a macadam road which comes from the right from the direction of the alternative starting point. We go to the left in the direction of Šmohor. Further the macadam road passes into the embrace of the forest. We continue to a junction, where to the left the path leads to Veliki Slomnik and to the right to Šmohor.
We continue to the right in the direction of Šmohor slightly upwards in the embrace of the forest. The marked path runs on the forest road right-left, the steepness increases, and here and there past some lonely homestead or holiday cottage. We soon arrive at a junction, where from the left the path from Tremerje joins us. We still follow the forest road upwards, but only a few meters to the first crossroad, where we continue slightly to the right downwards on the macadam road, and thus we leave the marked path towards Šmohor. We follow the road only a few dozen meters, then we continue on the first cart track which branches off right downwards. We soon arrive at the saddle on the south side of Kamčič, where we continue in the same direction towards the ridge. Kamčič has on its back five less distinct protrusions, among which the highest is the middle one, which lies closer to the southern saddle than to the northern precipitous wall. When we walk on the ridge, here and there a view opens up on the neighbouring hills. From the top of Kamčič we can descend back towards the starting point on the same path, but it is worth continuing another 15 minutes or so to the end of the Kamčič ridge, where a wonderful view opens up at the top of the rocky northern precipitous wall, after which it probably got its name. The view is practically in all directions on the surrounding hills and valleys, most striking is the view of the quarry in Liboje, which has already deeply penetrated into the eastern ridge of the neighbouring Kotečnik. From the vantage point I suggest a shorter descent towards the starting point towards the east (northern approach), after which we can conclude the circular path.

Along the route: Veliki Slomnik (609m), Malič (936m), Dom na Šmohorju (784m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kotečnik

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