Pišece (Pri mlinu) - Kerinov spomenik

Access to starting point:
a) Drive to Krško, where we first follow the signs for Brežice, then for Zdole, and beyond Zdole for Bizeljsko. We continue through Sromlje, following the road to Pišece, where we park at the parking lot near the church of St. Michael, or at the nearby cemetery.
b) From Brežice, follow the signs for Bizeljsko, then on the flat section where the road passes through the forest, turn left onto the side road in the direction of Globoko. In the Globoko settlement, go right towards Pišece, and continue following the signs for Pišece. When arriving in Pišece, park at the parking lot by the cemetery or near the church of St. Michael.
c) From the direction of Bistrica ob Sotli, drive towards Brežice, at the end of the Bizeljsko settlement turn right in the direction of Pišece. When arriving in Pišece, park at the parking lot by the cemetery or near the church of St. Michael.

Route description:
From the place where we parked, we first walk to the church of St. Michael and go around it on the lower left side, following the trail marks and at the beginning also the signs for Gozdna pot and Pot suverenosti, at the small intersection there are also mountaineering signs for Velika bukva and Pečice.
A short transverse ascent follows on a narrower asphalt road, where, if we step to the left side a few steps off the path, a wonderful view of Pišece opens up, a little further at the chapel we turn sharply right.
The path continues past a small museum, the asphalt road soon enters the forest and a small valley, which we leave and continue left following the signs for Pečice. A few minutes of steep ascent through the forest follow, then we reach a forested ridge where the path levels somewhat, continuing to follow Knafelčev trail marks. Higher up we reach a somewhat better-trodden path from the starting point at the pond or Grad Pišece, but we keep slightly to the right direction, continuing on the marked path and taking care not to cross right onto Gozdna pot Pišece. A moderate ascent through the forest follows, where we climb along the indistinct ridge of Velika Vagla; when the path reaches the highest point, the summit of Velika Vagla is to the right, only three steps from the path.
A short descent follows and we quickly arrive at the turning loop of the forest road, which we merely cross (left unmarked road (shortcut) towards Velika bukva or Bivak LD Pišece), then we start ascending towards Veliki vrh, which we reach after a few minutes of ascent; the summit is not distinct and not specially marked, but some views open from it towards the east to southeast.
Some easy descent follows along the northeastern ridge of Veliki vrh, a few minutes further we reach a small saddle, where we go left downhill towards Velika bukva and Pečice (slightly right Veliki Špiček, two minutes).
A transverse descent follows along the northwestern slopes of Veliki vrh; when we join the previously mentioned road (shortcut), only a few steps remain to the hunting bivouac.
Near the bivouac, paths from the starting point at Ribnik and from the starting point at Grad Pišece join from the left; we walk along the road for just a few dozen steps, then red mountaineering direction signs for Kerinov spomenik and Pečice direct us right onto the mountaineering path (straight Pot suverenosti), which begins to ascend through the forest. After 15 minutes of ascent we arrive near the summit of Intermedija, where we go right and reach the highest point of the summit in a few steps, from which some views open through the treetops.
From the summit we continue on the marked path, which begins to descend towards the southwest; lower down we return to the road and follow it right. A few minutes further, we go slightly right from the road and continue the path to the right of the road, later cross it and continue on the marked path to the left of the road. We return to the road at the marked junction of several roads and the marked path, where we go left towards Kerinov spomenik (right Veliki vrh, Pečice and Grad Podsreda), arriving after one or two minutes of further walking.
Descent is possible along the same path or along one of the two variants of Pot suverenosti; the map is also available at Kerinov spomenik.

Starting point - Velika Špegla 0:30, Velika Špegla - Velika Vagla 0:35, Velika Vagla - Veliki vrh 0:10, Veliki vrh - Veliki Špiček 0:10, Veliki Špiček - Bivak Lovske družine Pišece 0:10, Bivak Lovske družine Pišece - Intermedija 0:15, Intermedija - Kerinov spomenik 0:25.

Description and photos refer to the condition in March 2026.

Along the route: Sv. Mihael (Pišece) (256m), Velika Špegla (442m), Velika Vagla (667m), Veliki vrh (nad Pišecami) (698m), Razpotje pod Velikim Špičkom (677m), Bivak Lovske družine Pišece (594m), Intermedija (662m)

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