Podmeja - Reška planina (on ridge)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Celje we go to the exit Šempeter and we continue driving towards Prebold and later Trbovlje. We then follow zig zag road to mountain pass Podmeja, where on a parking lot near the hunting lodge we also park.
B) From Zasavje we at first drive to Trbovlje, and then we continue driving towards Prebold. When we come to mountain pass Podmeja, we park on a parking lot near the hunting lodge.

Path description:
From the mountain pass Podmeja we head west on a poor macadam road towards Sveta planina, or Partizanski vrh. After few 10 strides, we leave the road and we continue on a cart track which is gently ascending through the forest. Higher, the cart track entirely flattens and from an indistinct ridge gradually passes on a shady side. Here, the marked cart track turns sharply right (badly marked) and it starts considerably descending. At the end of the descent, we step on a wide cart track, on which we in few steps walk to an asphalt road which we follow to the right. Next, with a view of Kum and ascending past a few houses, we reach a marked crossing, where we continue right towards Sveta planina - on the road (straight Sveta planina - on a footpath).
Next follows a diagonal ascent on a panoramic slope, and then the road passes into the forest. A little further on the right a view opens up towards Golava, Kamnik and Mrzlica, and the road brings us to a marked crossing.
We continue right in the direction of Reška planina, Dom pod Reško planino, Gradišče and vineyard cottage Šmiglova zidanica (slightly left - Vrhe, Sveta Planina, Čemšeniška planina and Krvavica), where soon after the crossroad we notice a notification, that we are in the area of a brown bear. The path ahead continues on the asphalt road and at first on the left side bypasses Nacetov vrh (828 meters), and then also on the right side Jamškov vrh (811 meters).
When we reach the saddle between Jamškov vrh and Reška planina, from a marked crossing we continue left towards Reška planina along the ridge, past Šmiglova zidanica and Grajska vas (slightly right Dom pod Reško planino).
Next follows a few minutes of a diagonal ascent on an asphalt road, where we first bypass a nearby homestead on the right side; in approximately 15 minutes, we reach a crossing at the saddle Čeren, where we continue sharply right on a ridge path towards Reška planina (slightly right Strnik, Tolsti vrh, Šmiglova zidanica, and Grajska vas, straight on a drivable road towards Tabor and Grajska vas).
The path ahead leads us along the western ridge of Reška planina, ascending moderately at first, then more steeply. We soon reach the indistinct peak Popelova skala, followed by a short descent along and beside the ridge, where additional caution is needed in some spots due to the considerable steepness of the slopes. Further along, the ridge becomes less steep, and in a gentle ascent, we reach the indistinct peak of Reška planina, recognizable by the inscription on a tree.
Description refers to conditions in September 2020 and January 2025, and pictures are from various periods.

On the way: Preval Čeren (781m), Popelova skala (Kukel) (875m)