Planinski dom Kalnik - Vranilac (Kalnik) (climbing way)

Access to starting point:
From the Zagreb - Varaždin motorway, take the Sveta Helena exit, then follow the road towards Vrbovec. The motorway (in 2012 only half-built, as it is still under construction) takes us to the village of Gradac, where we turn right towards Sveti Ivan Žabno, from where we continue towards Križevci. From Križevci onwards, orientation is easy, as the mountain hut and Stari grad Veliki Kalnik can be seen from afar. We reach the mentioned mountain hut without major difficulties by car, which we park in the large parking lot near the hut.

Path description:
From the hut we head west, first through sparse forest, then through partly spruce forest. The path continues past two junctions, where we keep towards the Vranilac summit at both. About 10 minutes higher we reach the asphalt road leading to the TV tower (the road is for TV tower purposes and closed to public traffic).
While walking on the road, the path from Borje village joins from the left, two minutes higher the normal path to the summit branches right. We continue on the road only to the fence of the nearby TV tower, then left along the fence (at first it looks like there is no path). We continue briefly along the fence, then enter the forest on a steep slope.
Just after the fence ends, we notice the sign for Vranilac, directing us to a steep and slightly overgrown path. Upon reaching the overhanging cliff, go right, and at the next bend the demanding section begins. Initially the ascent is quite challenging, then we reach a rocky ridge where we can rest briefly.
Further, the marker on the overhanging rock directs us right towards the east, soon reaching the most difficult part. We continue on a very narrow path under a small overhang above exposed overgrown slopes (there used to be a fixed cable here, but it is gone now). After crossing the exposed passage, easier climbing on partly rocky slopes awaits. The path quickly leads to the ridge, where we go left to the nearby summit.