Podgorje ob Sevnični (Kurja vas) - Plešivec (Bohor)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Sevnica (from Radeče, Mokronog or Krško), then head onto the road towards Planina pri Sevnici. When we arrive at the settlement Podgorje ob Sevnični, the described path begins by the bus stop in the hamlet Kurja vas. There are no arranged parking spaces at the starting point.
B) We drive to Šentjur (from Celje, Styrian motorway exit Dramlje or Šmarje pri Jelšah), then follow the signs for Kozje and Planina pri Sevnici. At the end of Šentjur, we go right towards Planina pri Sevnici (slightly left Kozje and Podsreda). Further on, we mostly ascend; when the road flattens and we notice the Petrol gas station on the right side, located in close proximity to Planina pri Sevnici, we gradually start descending towards Sevnica. When we arrive at the settlement Podgorje ob Sevnični, the described path begins by the bus stop in the hamlet Kurja vas. There are no arranged parking spaces at the starting point.

Route description:
From the starting point, we take the path toward Zabukovje and Koča na Bohorju, initially passing a few houses, then crossing the Sevnična over a bridge. On the other side of the bridge, the road enters a forest and begins to noticeably ascend. A few minutes later, we leave the forest and continue ascending along its edge to a newer house, behind which we go right, bypassing the house on the left side. Behind the house, the asphalt ends, and the path continues along a cart track that ascends through the forest. Higher up, blazes redirect us from the cart track to a footpath, along which we ascend moderately at first, then more steeply. When we leave the forest a little higher, the path flattens and leads us past a cemetery to an asphalt road in the settlement Zabukovje nad Sevnico.
Here, we turn left toward Skalice, Planina pri Sevnici, and Koča na Bohorju (right leads to Sevnica and Ajdovski Gradec). After a minute of further walking, we reach the church of St. Lenart.
A little beyond the church, the road splits, and we choose the slightly right road, marked with signs for Mrzla Planina (slightly left leads to Sevnica). Next follows a moderate ascent with occasional beautiful views of Skalica and other peaks, leading us to the settlement Pokojnik, where we turn right at the crossroads by a chapel (left leads to a serpent-shaped spruce).
This is followed by a short descent, then a diagonal ascent to the right. Looking back, a beautiful view opens up of Zabukovje nad Sevnico and a few other villages. When the settlement Pokojnik ends, at the crossroads by a road mirror, we continue sharply left toward Skalice and Koča na Bohorju (straight leads to Pokojni Vrh). After the next turn, we approach a homestead, before which we turn left onto a macadam road, where the blazes continue. Higher up, we encounter several turn-offs, where we follow the blazes. Meanwhile, the path turns into a cart track, leading us to a scenic grassy slope, from which a beautiful view opens up, stretching from Snežnik to Peca. The cart track higher up becomes a grassy path. Just a few steps before the summit of Zaloška gora, the marked path turns left and re-enters the forest. Through the forest, we descend diagonally, and when the path flattens, we quickly reach a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads, we turn right toward Veliki Javornik and Koča na Bohorju (left leads to Skalica and Planina pri Sevnici). Soon, we reach a cross with signs for Bohor. We continue on the marked path, and at more frequent crossroads carefully follow the blazes. Further, the cart track widens into a macadam road, on which we get to a crossroads on the saddle between Mali and Veliki Javornik.
Here we turn right and then immediately left, descending gently along the road. When the road turns right, we leave it and continue straight on a cart track in the direction of Javornik (right - partisan hospital and Koča na Bohorju - path via Travni laz).
On the cart track, we mostly ascend diagonally through the forest, and a few minutes further the path splits.
We continue left steeply upwards towards Veliki Javornik (straight - Koča na Bohorju - path which bypasses Veliki Javornik). There follows a few minutes of fairly steep ascent, and when we leave the forest we go right and along a gentle path that runs along the summit grassy slope we quickly reach the highest peak of Bohor - the 1023 m high Veliki Javornik.
From Veliki Javornik we continue straight in the direction of Koprivnik and Koča na Bohorju and start descending through the forest. Lower down, the path that bypasses the summit of Veliki Javornik joins from the right and is somewhat shorter; we continue in the direction of Koča na Bohorju and a few minutes further reach the turnaround of the forest road. The road brings us in a few minutes to the saddle between Veliki Javornik and Koprivnik, where we reach a wider macadam road, where the shorter path from Planina pri Sevnici or Stara Žaga joins from the left.
Here we go right towards Koča na Bohorju and continue along the road, from which after a few steps a path to Koprivnik branches off slightly to the left. We continue along the road which starts descending, and after a few minutes the path leading over the summit of Koprivnik joins from the left. Here too we continue straight along the road, to which the path from Senovo and Podsreda joins from the left, and from which a path branches off to the right towards Petrova skala and the window, until we reach the nearby mountain hut Koča na Bohorju, which is located on the right side of the road.
Left from the hut, at the end of the parking lot, we notice a grassy cart track, along which we ascend to the 915 m high peak in a few minutes.
Starting point - Zabukovje 0:40, Zabukovje - Zaloška gora 1:15, Zaloška gora - Veliki Javornik 0:45, Veliki Javornik - Koča na Bohorju 0:35, Koča na Bohorju - Plešivec 0:05.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2022 and March 2025.

Along the route: Sv. Lenart (Zabukovje nad Sevnico) (555m), Zaloška gora (930m), Veliki Javornik (Bohor) (1023m), Škofov križ (923m), Škofov travnik (910m), Koča na Bohorju (896m)

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