Moravče - Dom na Slivni (via Pivkelj)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Maribor highway, we head to the Krtina exit, then continue driving in the direction of Moravče. In Moravče, we continue right and park on the marked parking lot near the parish church.
B) From the direction of Zasavje, we first drive to Izlake, from there we continue driving towards Moravče. In Moravče, at the crossroad near the church, where the main road turns right, we continue straight and park on the marked parking lot near the parish church.

Path description:
From the center of Moravče we continue along the main road which leads towards Izlake. Initially we walk on a sidewalk, a little after the company Nissan Krulc, we go slightly right on the road in the direction of the settlements Ribče and Dešen and mountain hut Planinski dom Ušte - Žerenk. The path ahead starts to ascend on a somewhat narrower asphalt road, from which when we look back a nice view opens up towards Limbarska gora, and with good visibility the views reach all the way to the highest peaks of the Kamniško Savinjskih Alps. Soon after Moravče ends, we arrive at the hamlet Podbrdo, where we leave the asphalt road and continue left in the direction of the mountain hut and sv. Miklavž.
Behind the houses, which we bypass on the left side, the path goes into the forest and starts to ascend a little more, quite quickly it also splits.
We choose the left path (right sv. Miklavž), which ascends transversely to the left, higher up it widens into a newer cart track. For a few minutes we ascend along the mentioned cart track, then again on the mountain trail, which higher crosses the macadam road, a few dozen steps higher we reach the asphalt road, which we follow to the left. Along the road we walk to a smaller saddle, where the blazes direct us left, onto the path that crosses a scenic meadow, across which with nice views we walk to the nearby mountain hut.
From the mountain hut we continue straight in the direction of Zgornja Slivna and the summit Pivkelj, where through a strip of forest we reach an asphalt road. Continuing, we walk past the ranch pr Oselet, where at a smaller intersection we take the lower road, at the next intersection we choose the upper right road, onto which the signs for GEOSS also direct us. An ascent through the forest follows, the road quickly turns right and splits. We choose the left macadam road (the right road leads to the nearby house), along which we ascend to the hamlet Štance Laze. In the mentioned hamlet the road levels out, along it we walk to a marked junction, where we go right, onto the path in the direction of Pivkelj and GEOSS (straight unmarked path towards sv. Florijan, Zgornja Gora and GEOSS via sv. Florijan).
Some more entirely easy walking along the edge of the forest follows, then the blazes lead us into the forest, and the path temporarily also descends. The descent does not last long, and then after a few minutes of ascent we reach the cart track, where we go left (right we arrive at the top of the quarry Ušenišče, as indicated by a quite old warning sign).
Along the gentle cart track we walk to the nearby marked junction, where the signs for Pivkelj direct us right (straight Zgornja Slivna and GEOSS).
A little less than 5 minutes of ascent follow and we reach a forested summit, where we can rest on the bench.
From the summit we descend the same path to the junction where we left the cart track, then we continue right (straight, if we do not ascend to the summit). The path ahead leads us along the cart track, from which a marked but unmarked path branches off to the right towards the hamlet Vrtače, we continue slightly left and in a few minutes descend to the asphalt road, which we follow to the right, along which we walk to the abandoned Dom na Zgornji Slivni.
From the hut we can in one minute of further walking also ascend to the nearby church of sv. Neža, from which a nice view opens onto Posavsko hribovje.
Moravče - Dom Ušte-Žerenk 1:10, Dom Ušte-Žerenk - Pivkelj 1:20, Pivkelj - Dom na Zgornji Slivni 0:20.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (December).

On the way: Dom Ušte - Žerenk mountain hut (658m), Slivna (Pivkelj) (880m)

Trip can be extended to: GEOSS ( 20 min)