Lipa - Tolsti vrh (Dobrovlje)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Celje highway, take the Vransko exit. Continue driving on the old road in the direction of Ljubljana, but only to the spot where the road towards Vransko branches off to the right. On the west side of Vransko, we will notice a road which goes towards the villages Prapreče and Vologa. Follow the road that starts ascending steeper through the village Vologa to the saddle Lipa, where we park on one of the parking lots.
Access from the Zadrečka Valley is also possible.

Path description:
From the saddle Lipa we head on the footpath in the direction of St. Jošt. The path, which runs along a cart track, steeply ascends at the beginning, then the steepness eases a bit. Next follows a traverse ascent through the forest on the path which after less than 30 minutes of walking approaches a forest road that we notice somewhat above the marked path. Further we ascend for some time parallel to the road, then join it and follow it to the right. After a few more steps the path brings us out of the forest onto panoramic grassy meadows. Here to the left upwards branches off the path to the church of St. Gervasius and Protasius, which is less than 3 minutes' walk away.
We continue straight on the road, which soon brings us to the logbook box at the church of St. Jošt.
After a few steps from the logbook box we reach a marked junction, where we continue slightly left towards Tolsti vrh (slightly right Vransko). We continue the ascent on a wide gentle cart track that brings us across a panoramic slope to the edge of the forest, where we reach a small unmarked junction. We continue on the left ascending cart track (the right one disappears into the grassy meadows), which gradually turns into a forest road. The road then gradually starts to descend, beside it we notice a signpost with the inscription "sprememba poti - preko Paglavcev". The well-marked road running through the forest soon brings us to the NOB monument. The road soon leads us out of the forest, where we reach the next junction, continuing left towards Tolsti vrh. Just a few steps further the road forks into two parts. We continue slightly left on the road, which quickly turns into a cart track. Further on we reach a labyrinth of cart tracks, but if we carefully follow the markers we cannot go wrong. The cart track then enters dense forest and after a while turns sharply right. The cart track then ascends somewhat more steeply and begins turning left. Just a little further the frequent hiking blazes direct us right onto a somewhat less trodden footpath, which in a short ascent quickly brings us to Tolsti vrh.
Just a few steps below the summit a nice view opens to the left onto the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, and from the right the path from the Dom na Čreti mountain hut joins.
Lipa - St. Jošt 35 minutes, St. Jošt - Tolsti vrh 1:05.

On the way: Sveti Jošt above Vransko (955m)