Podevčevo - Čevo (left path past Malo Čevo)

Access to starting point:
From Varaždin we drive on the old road towards Zagreb. In the village Turčin we will just before the ascent see a signpost for Tužno-Ivanec. Here we go right and we drive through the villages Tomaševec (railway!), Doljan, Žigrovec and we arrive in the village Sveti Ilija. Here we will turn left up the hill in the direction of Beletinec (Attention! Straight ahead is the place Beretinec). From the hill after the village Sveti Ilija we descend and we continue straight until we arrive in the village Podevčevo. The orientation from here on is easy, because Čevo is in front of us. In the village Podevčevo we park at the parking lot in front of the inn Brk or by the football field at the beginning of the village.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue ahead along the main road, which we leave at a sharp left turn (blazes on two pines), from where we continue towards the hamlet Novoselci. Here a narrower road turns right, and then it seems that the path ends, but this isn't the case, because blazes direct us left to the courtyard of an abandoned farm, where the path leads past the garden and along the fence. We soon arrive at a junction, where we choose the left steep path.
The left path further leads us along a vineyard and then through the forest to a larger rock, where we go left (at first glance it seems better to go straight). The path so far quite steep here temporarily flattens. Higher up, the path turns increasingly to the southeast, where from a wider trail it passes to a narrower one, which ascends to the ridge of Čevo in a few hairpin turns.
On the ridge the surface becomes more rocky, and the path steeper (especially during and after rain danger of slipping). At the top of the steep section, a short path branches off to the right to the nearby viewpoint Malo Čevo, from which a really nice view opens up. After the viewpoint we will come to a junction, where the path to Grebengrad branches off to the right, and we go straight. Ahead of us is the steepest part of the path, due to which the path could be marked as partly demanding (but it isn't that difficult again). The steepness soon eases, the forest thins somewhat and some views open up. The path continues over somewhat more rocky ground, but on a relatively gentle path.
The summit is in the forest and offers no view but has a summit stamp, not a summit logbook.
From the summit we can continue another 5 minutes ahead to the viewpoint Balkon, from which a view opens to the west, where on good visibility we can see all the way to the Kamnik-Savinja Alps.
Because the left path is quite steep, the right path is recommended for descent.

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