Podsreda - Bivak Lovske družine Pišece (skozi Osredek pri Podsredi)

Access to starting point:
We drive to the center of the settlement Podsreda, where we park at one of the parking lots in the town center. We can also park on the outskirts of the settlement near the cemetery, sports field or fire station.

Route description:
From the center of Podsreda, we follow the signs for Grad Podsreda, where after the NOB monument we carefully cross the main road, then continue along a side road that continues south. A gentle descent follows past a few houses, then the road forks, and we choose the slightly right road, along which there are signs for Grad Podsreda (left Levstikov mlin).
A little further on, in front of the nearby house, we go slightly right from the road onto a cart track that climbs parallel to the road and transversely climbs above the aforementioned house. On this section, we get a nice view towards Stara sveti gora from the path, and the path then enters the forest, where we follow the well-maintained Grajski poti. In the lower part of the path, the path leads us over a few wooden bridges, then fairly frequent ascents on stairs follow. Higher up, the path, along which there are numerous information boards, levels out temporarily, then mostly continues on a cart track that climbs transversely through the forest to the left. When we are already quite close to the castle, we reach a small valley where the castle pond is located, a little further on the path forks.
We continue straight (sharply right leads the path to Florjanovi kapelici and from there further to Grad Podsreda or to Zavetišče v Pečicah) and then climb along the fence to Grad Podsreda.
We bypass the castle on the right side, above the castle we reach an asphalt road and follow it left towards Veliki vrh and Svete gore.
We continue the ascent along the asphalt road, which leads us past two parking lots, then we climb through the forest to a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Pišec, Bizeljski and Veliki vrh (left Svete gore).
A little further from the junction, we leave the forest, where on a larger meadow the road turns left and forks again.
This time we choose the left road, along which Knafelčeve markacije continue (straight Slovenska turno kolesarska pot) and which a little further returns to the forest. A transverse ascent through the forest follows, when the forest on the left ends, a view opens to the nearby Rigelj, the peak with antennas, on the left side, and we quickly climb to a marked junction, where the path from Zavetišče v Pečicah joins from the right, namely the path past the Švajger farm.
The path ahead leads us with nice views along the pastures of the hamlet Pusti Vrh, then we temporarily return to the forest. When we leave the forest, with views of Veliki vrh, the highest peak of the Orlice range, we walk to a junction in the middle of the hamlet Preska, where we continue straight (left another path to Svete gore) to a branch towards Veliki vrh one minute away.
We continue straight along the road (also possible right over Veliki vrh, but the path is somewhat longer and poorly marked in places), which bypasses the Šulc farm on the left side, where there is the PPKB stamp (Planinska pot Krško - Brežice).
We continue for a few more minutes along the meadows, then the road enters the forest and gradually turns south, where we quickly reach the pass under Šuljcev breg, where there is also a marked junction.
From the marked junction, we continue left onto the marked footpath in the direction of Velike bukve, Pišec and Bizeljski (sharply left forest road by which continuation to Svete gore is possible, slightly left forest road that continues parallel to our marked path, straight Kerinov spomenik, 1 minute). The path ahead leads through the forest with some shorter ascents and descents and initially runs right of the road, later crosses it and continues for a while left of the road, then for a while along it. When we reach a kind of pass, we leave the road and continue left onto the marked path, which climbs gently, moderately a little further through the forest. Higher up, the path brings us near the highest point of the Intermedija peak, where we go left and in a few steps reach the top of Intermedija.
We continue along the marked path, which begins to descend through the forest, a few minutes lower we return to the road, along which we continue in a gentle ascent to Bivak Lovske družine Pišece.

Podsreda - Grad Podsreda 0:40, Grad Podsreda - razpotje za Gradom Podsreda 0:10, razpotje za Gradom Podsreda - razpotje na Marofu 0:05, razpotje na Marofu - Pusti Vrh 0:20, Pusti Vrh - Preska 0:15, Preska - Kerinov spomenik 0:20, Kerinov spomenik - Intermedija 0:30, Intermedija - Bivak Lovske družine Pišece 0:10.

The description and photos refer to the condition in March 2026.

Along the route: Podsreda castle (475m), Razpotje za Gradom Podsreda (524m), Razpotje na Marofu (544m), Pusti Vrh (634m), Preska (625m), Kmetija Šulc (625m), Kerinov spomenik (614m), Intermedija (662m)

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