Pišece (Pri mlinu) - Veliki Špiček

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

Route description:
From the parking spot, we first walk to the church of St. Michael and circle it along the lower left side, following the trail markers and at the beginning also the signs for Gozdna pot and Pot suverenosti; at a small junction there are also mountaineering signs for Velika bukva and Pečice.
A short transverse ascent follows along a narrower asphalt road, where if we step a few steps off the path to the left side, 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 out somewhat, and we continue following Knafelc's markers. Higher up we reach a somewhat better-trodden path starting from the pond, or Grad Pišece; we keep slightly to the right, continue along the marked path, and take care not to veer right onto Gozdna pot Pišece. A moderate ascent through the forest follows, climbing along the indistinct ridge of Velika Vagla; when the path reaches the highest point, the summit of Velika Vagla is to the right, just three steps off the path.
A short descent follows and we soon reach the turning area of a forest road, which we just cross (left unmarked road towards Velika bukva, or Bivak LD Pišece), then we begin ascending towards Veliki vrh, which we reach after a few minutes of climbing; the summit is not pronounced and not specially marked, but from it some views open towards the east to southeast.
A bit of easy descent follows along the northeastern ridge of Veliki vrh, a few minutes further we reach a small saddle where a path joins from the left leading past Velika bukva, or Bivak LD Pišece.
Here we go slightly right and in two minutes ascend to Veliki Špiček, where there is a stamping logbook.

Start - Velika Špegla 0:30, Velika Špegla - Velika Vagla 0:35, Velika Vagla - Veliki vrh 0:10, Veliki vrh - Veliki Špiček 0:10.

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)

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