Marija Reka (Strgar) - Golava (Zvonetova pot - permanently closed path)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Celje we go to the exit Šentrupert (from Ljubljana) or Šempeter (from Celje) and continue driving in the direction of Prebold and Trbovlje. After Prebold, the road brings us to the village Marija Reka, where we continue driving along the stream. When, on the left side of the road, we notice the mountain signposts (those are located across a small bridge, on the other side of the stream by the edge of a house), we park on the parking lot by the road (the parking lot is located 100 meters before the beginning of the path, and another parking lot is 500 meters above the beginning of the path).

Route description:
The described path, due to passage through private land, is no longer passable. A new beginning of the path is located slightly lower along the road near the Strgarjev kamnolom quarry.

From the parking lot, we first walk along the main road to the start of the footpath, cross a small bridge, and then, between two houses and gardens, ascend onto the path that leads into the forest. The path, which ascends steeply, already after a few dozen steps brings us to a cart track, which we quickly leave because the blazes direct us to the right upwards onto a poorly trodden but marked little path. The still bad and overgrown path then brings us a little higher to a decaying house. Before the house the path turns left (poorly marked) and ascends diagonally above it. After approximately half an hour of walking, we come to a farm, where there is a junction. We continue straight in the direction of Golava and immediately after the house we turn right. After a few more steps, a sign on a tree informs us that we will continue the ascent on a demanding path. The path then ascends gently for some time, then quickly becomes quite steep. We continue ascending on an increasingly steep path, which mostly leads through the forest (exceptions are rare vantage points). Soon the path brings us below a shorter rocky cliff, from which we detour to the left onto very steep but secured slopes. With the help of a steel cable we cross this slope, after which the steepness only slightly decreases. We continue ascending on a steep path that is dangerous for slipping when wet, on which we occasionally have to use our hands. A little below the summit the steepness decreases and the path brings us to the bivouac on Golava.

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