Parking below tower - Rudnica (above Podčetrtek) (short circular path with Zavetišče Šmarnica)
Starting point: Parking below tower (500 m)
Path name: short circular path with Zavetišče Šmarnica
Time of walking: 40 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 48 m
Altitude difference (by path): 110 m
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When we get into Podčetrtek, at the roundabout we turn towards the center and immediately at the next roundabout we continue straight towards the center. We drive past the municipal building on the left and school on the right. We drive past the church on the left up a steep hill (where the Dirka po Sloveniji takes place) and always keep to the left side. When the road levels out, we notice a parking lot on the right side, and shortly after, a marked turn-off on the left for the tower of Health and Joy. All the time we drive on an asphalt winding road. After some time, the asphalt transitions into a macadam road on which we drive until we reach the parking lot where we will see a sign for Poni Ranč.
Path description:
. We start at the parking lot at Poni ranch Ogrizek. We head towards a more demanding path that leads to the tower of health and joy on Rudnica. We make the ascent to the tower, where the effort is rewarded with a view at the top. From the tower, we continue the path into the valley in the opposite direction from our arrival. At the crossroad of paths, we can choose whether to visit cottage Šmarnica or turn right to return on an easy path to the parking lot (in this case, we will shorten the path by more than 1 km). In our case, we choose the path to the left towards cottage Šmarnica. Here, wonderful views reappear, and over the year, on weekends, we can have a drink or a snack at the cottage itself. Here, we can again decide on the length of the path. If we turn right after the descent, we reach the road and follow it towards the parking lot (extending the path by approximately 1 km of easy flat terrain). In our case, for the demonstration, we used the return on the road by which we arrived at the cottage. At the turn-off towards the tower, we stick to this road and, after a few meters, descend to the lower road coming from a slight extension. After approximately 500 meters, we arrive at the parking lot where we parked the car. The shown path is 3 km long with 110 meters of total ascent.
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On the way: Stolp zdravja in veselja na Rudnici (620m)
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