Tirosek (Nova Štifta) - Vivodnik

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, then continue driving towards the mountain pass Črnivec and Gornji Grad. When we are almost in the valley of the river Dreta, we turn sharply right in the direction of Šmiklavž, Tirosek and Nova Štifta. Further we drive through Šmiklavž, and we at the first crossroad after the mentioned settlement turn left onto the road in the direction of Menina planina 13.8 km (the sign by the road is currently fallen and lies in the grass - data August 2011). Along the road which goes higher into the forest, we then park at a suitable place.
B) From Vransko or from the Savinjska valley we drive to Gornji Grad, then continue driving towards the mountain pass Črnivec and Kamnik. Only a few kilometers after Gornji Grad, still before the road starts to ascend steeply, signs for Šmiklavž, Tirosek and Nova Štifta direct us left onto a somewhat narrower local road. Further we drive through Šmiklavž, and we at the first crossroad after the mentioned settlement turn left onto the road in the direction of Menina planina 13.8 km (the sign by the road is currently fallen and lies in the grass - data August 2011). Along the road which goes higher into the forest, we then park at a suitable place.

Path description:
When the road enters the forest, we soon arrive at a crossroad where a road towards the farm Gluk branches off to the right, and we continue straight ahead and still moderately ascend through the forest. Only a little higher, a marked path from Šmiklavž joins us from the left side (we can also start the path in Šmiklavž, but the path from there to the road is harder to follow and entirely overgrown in several places). We continue along the road for a short time, then the blazes direct us right onto a footpath, along which we first ascend through the forest and higher through a partly "abandoned" orchard to the farm Vrtačnik (to here also possible by road).
Here we continue right and immediately after the house we leave the road and continue left across the pasture fence onto a cart track. The cart track first ascends somewhat towards the left, then when it turns right, it splits into two parts. At the fork we continue on the left cart track, thus straight on the worse and somewhat higher also quite overgrown cart track. Further we ascend transversely along the mentioned cart track, and we follow it to the right bend. In the middle of the bend, we will notice an arrow on a tree that directs us onto the mountain path, which then ascends transversely through dense forest. Higher the path levels somewhat and crosses a forest road that leads to Menina planina and planina Travnik. We continue through the forest for a short time and then cross the road again, the difference being that now we cross the road that leads only to planina Travnik. Higher we join the road and ascend along it, with ever nicer views, to the shepherd's hut on planina Travnik.
From the hut we continue past the nearby cross and bell, behind which the marked path turns right. A pleasant walk follows on the path, which first gently then moderately ascends across vast pastures. Higher the path goes into the forest, where it gradually starts descending. The path soon starts ascending again and brings us to a macadam road, which we follow to the right. We walk a few minutes along the mentioned road, then the blazes direct us right onto a footpath that moderately ascends through dense forest. Higher we cross the road once more, which gradually brings us to the pastures of Menina planina. With a few shorter ascents and descents we continue along the pleasant path, to which after a somewhat longer descent the path from Gornji Grad also joins (path past Jespe).
We continue right in the direction of Dom na Menini planini, on the path that crosses a belt of forest, then brings us to the parking lot near the already mentioned mountain hut. From the parking lot we continue across the meadow and the path, from which a nice view opens onto the chain of Kamniško Savinjskih Alp, quickly brings us to Dom na Menini planini.
From the hut we continue along the marked path in the direction of Vivodnik. After a few dozen steps of easy walking, the path steeply ascends for a short time, then levels and brings us to a larger grassy slope, where we encounter a signpost with the inscription "Vivodnik - krožna pot". We continue slightly left (we can return via the right path) along a relatively gentle path that quickly brings us into a short belt of forest. Here the path ascends again for a short time, then brings us out of the forest, where ahead of us we already see the lookout tower on Vivodnik, which we reach after a few more steps.

On the way: Vrtačnik (705m), Planina Travnik (1180m), Dom na Menini planini mountain hut (1453m)