Teharje - Hotel Celjska koča (via Marija and Bavč)

Access to starting point:
Teharje has a rich history. They are first indirectly mentioned in written sources as early as the 12th century. Local history is closely connected with the Counts of Celje, as the people from Teharje obtained ennoblement. Today Teharje is the seat of the eponymous local community, in which about a thousand inhabitants live. The settlement is located on the right side of the river Voglajna, east of Celje, therefore the access is easiest by road from Celje. The starting point of our path is located at the bridge over the Voglajna, and parking is possible on the nearby large parking lot by the former inn, just before the secured railway crossing and the aforementioned bridge, near the large industrial halls, in the area of the former Ironworks Štore.

Path description:
The first part of our trip leads from the starting point along the marked mountain path of the I. Celjske čete, maintained by PD Grmada Celje. At the starting point there is a signpost that directs us along the asphalt road that runs along the left bank of the river Voglajna. After approximately 700 meters of walking on asphalt, at the junction we turn right onto a macadam road into the forest. At the memorial plaque higher up, we leave the road and continue on a forest path uphill. After exiting the forest higher up, we arrive at the settlement Osenica, where a view opens up to Bavč and Grmada. Soon we reach a junction, from which the Celje Mountain Path (CPP) joins us from the right, coming from the direction of Stari grad. We bypass the meadow and continue on the asphalt road that leads higher into Pečovje. After approximately 900 meters of walking on asphalt, at a neatly marked hayrack we leave it and continue right on the forest road. After 500 meters of pleasant views of the nearby hills, we enter the forest, from which a path joins us from the right that leads from the starting point in Zvodno. To here from the parking lot: 1 hour of walking, 3.36 km distance, 167 meters ascent and 18 meters descent.
We continue straight on the forest road. Soon the Barbarina pot from the direction of Štore also joins us from the left. From here onward we follow the signposts for Barbarina pot for some time, while simultaneously leaving the Pot I. Celjske čete. A little higher, after passing two isolated farmsteads, a narrower forest path branches off to the left, which soon begins to ascend somewhat more steeply. Before the junction below Marija, some cables also assist us, more as a fence than as a handhold. At the junction, the CPP (Celje Mountain Path) signs straight uphill direct us to Srebotnik, but we continue left, first slightly downhill past the chapel with the image of Mary carved into the wall of Srebotnik, then slightly uphill on a wide forest path, partly a logging trail. Soon we reach a new junction, where we continue right onto a hardened forest road slightly uphill and stop following the signposts for Barbarina pot. We follow the forest road for a few hundred meters to the next junction on the saddle below the southern access to Srebotnik.
To the left one can ascend to Tolsti vrh, to the right to Srebotnik, but we continue on the forest road slightly left downhill along the CPP, which in this section connects Srebotnik with Tolsti vrh. We follow the forest road for a few hundred meters to the first path junction or Hudičev potok, where the CPP path branches off left uphill toward Tolsti vrh. We continue right across the stream, where the forest road turns into an unmarked forest path. The undulating path leads us about a kilometer through the forest until we reach a larger path junction on the saddle on the south side of Bavč, where a marked path from Hudičev graben toward Grmada joins from the right. We continue the path on a wide cart track, on which we bypass the little-known Bavč. Somewhat further there is a new junction, where a path through Suhi potok joins us from the right. We continue in the direction of Celjska koča and continue the ascent on a wide macadam road, from which a path to Tolsti vrh and Svetina soon branches off to the left. We continue on the road and follow it all the way to Celjska koča, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.

On the way: Srebotnik (700m), Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča (834m), Bavč (692m)