Planinski dom Vrhe - Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)

Access to starting point:
A) From Trbovlje or Zagorje ob Savi we drive to Čebine, and from there we continue driving towards Sveta planina. Above Čebine the road branches off sharply to the right towards Sveta planina / Partizanski vrh, and we continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe. The road then brings us to a crossroads by the NOB monument, and here we continue straight and then a little higher we park at a suitable place by the church of St. Lenart, or a little higher on the parking lot at the mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe.
B) From the Ljubljana–Maribor motorway we take the Šempeter exit and continue driving towards Prebold and later Trbovlje. We then follow the serpentine road to the Podmeja pass. From the pass the road starts descending towards Trbovlje, and we follow it to the sharp left turn. Here we continue right and further follow the road towards the village Vrhe. We park on the parking lot at the mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe, or by the nearby church of St. Lenart.

Route description:
From the mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe we head onto a poorer road in the direction of Čemšeniška planina. For a short time we walk along the road, then we turn right onto a steeper cart track which gradually passes into the forest. Higher we also leave the wide cart track, as the signs for Čemšeniška planina direct us slightly right onto a path which almost entirely flattens out. A few minutes of traversing follow, then the path turns slightly right and brings us out of the forest onto a panoramic slope. Here the path turns left and starts descending across a moderately steep grassy slope. Lower we arrive at the homestead Gunet, where we also step onto the road.
When we step onto the road we continue right and after a few steps arrive at the next junction.
Here we continue straight and continue the path along the road which bypasses Gunetova glava (926 m) on the left side. On the other side of the mentioned peak we reach a panoramic saddle, and the road turns left here, we walk along it only 100 m, then the signs for Čemšeniška planina direct us sharply right onto a cart track which first crosses a strip of forest, then temporarily brings us onto a panoramic slope from which a nice view opens towards Krvavica. Here the cart track along which we continue the ascent for some time turns left, then gradually changes into a somewhat steeper footpath. The footpath splits higher into two parts, and we have the choice whether to continue along the fairly steep and poorly maintained marked hiking path, or along the somewhat less steep parallel "Lojzova pot", which is newly made and marked with light blue dots. Higher the two paths merge, the path gradually flattens and brings us to the edge of a steep ridge. We continue the path along the right gentler side of the ridge, which then flattens and descends to the junction at the logbook box.
Here we continue straight (right downwards Vransko) and then at the next junction, which is located only a few steps further right (straight downwards Koča na Čemšeniški planini). The path ahead leads us past the place where the old hut stood and past the amateur radio operators' hut. The summit which we reach without difficulty is located only a few steps above the mentioned amateur radio operators' hut.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Koča na Čemšeniški planini ( 15 min)

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