Moravče - Sveti Florjan (Zgornja Gora)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Krtina, and then we 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 Zasavja we first drive to Izlake, and 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.

Route description:
From the center of Moravče we continue by the main road which leads towards Izlake. We at first walk on a sidewalk, a little after company Nissan Krulc, we go slightly right on the road in the direction of settlements Ribče and Dešen and mountain hut Planinski dom Ušte - Žerenk. The path ahead starts ascending on a somewhat narrower asphalt road, from which when we look back a nice view opens up towards Limbarska gora, and in good visibility, the view reaches all the way to the highest peaks of Kamniško Savinjskih Alp. Soon after Moravče ends, we get to a 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 ascending a little more, and quite quickly it also splits.
We choose the left path (right sv. Miklavž), which ascends diagonally towards the left, higher it widens into a newer cart track. We ascend for a few minutes on the mentioned cart track, then again on a footpath, which higher crosses the macadam road, a further 10 steps higher we reach an asphalt road, which we follow to the left. We walk on the road to a smaller saddle, where blazes point us to the left, on the path which crosses a panoramic meadow, through 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 peak Pivkelj, where through a strip of forest we reach an asphalt road. Further we walk past the ranch pr Oselet, where at the smaller crossroad we go on the lower road, at the next crossroad we choose the upper right road, on which signs for GEOSS also point us. Next follows an ascent through the forest, the road quickly turns right and splits. We choose the left macadam road (the right road leads to the nearby house), on which we ascend to the hamlet Štance Laze. In the mentioned hamlet the road flattens, along it we walk to a marked junction, where the marked path from the road turns right.
At the mentioned junction we leave the marked path which leads towards GEOSS and Pivkelj and continue walking on the road, which gradually starts descending. We follow the mentioned road in a moderate descent all the way to the church of sv. Florjan, from which a beautiful view opens up.
Moravče - Dom Ušte-Žerenk 1:10, Dom Ušte-Žerenk - sv. Florjan 1:05.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2018 (December).

Along the route: Dom Ušte - Žerenk mountain hut (658m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: GEOSS ( 35 min), Slivna (Pivkelj)

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