Tremerje - Kamčič (on the ridge of Mali Slomnik)

Access to starting point:
Tremerje is a settlement between Celje and Laško. From the direction of Celje on the way to Laško before the inn Hochkraut at the crossroads we turn right towards Tremerje. In the opposite direction of the turn at the crossroads there is a bridge over the Savinja, where on the other side of the Savinja is the Celje central wastewater treatment plant, financed from European funds, as shown on the bulletin board. From the direction of Laško at that crossroads we turn left. Immediately after the turn the settlement is marked with the sign "Tremerje". We continue on the main road into the left bend, then straight through the settlement approx. 1 km towards the south, until we reach a large parking lot on the left side right next to the railway. Near the parking lot on the opposite side of the road there is a sign for the Žerdonerjeva planinska pot to "Veliki Slomnik". Continuing further by car no longer makes sense anyway, because approx. 300 meters ahead the flat part of the road ends; formerly there was the Tremerje underpass, which was flooded several times.

Path description:
From the parking spot we head along the asphalt road further south towards Laško approx. 300 meters, all the way to the former well-known Tremerje underpass, which years ago "paralysed and frayed the nerves" mainly due to frequent floods and too narrow passage. Before the underpass and before the last homestead at the crossroads we leave the asphalt road and turn right upwards towards the west onto the forest macadam road on an unmarked path. The road winds about 100 meters in the gorge between the Malški graben stream on the left and homesteads on the left and right. At the last homestead we leave the macadam road and continue upwards in the same direction on the cart track into the forest. First quite soon to the right, where a view of the Savinja opens up, then left back in the west direction, where we slowly transition onto the fairly level ridge of Mali Slomnik. Throughout we follow the well-compacted cart track in pleasant forest, over some good kilometre a little further from the power line, past the indistinct summit of Mali Slomnik, then another good 500 meters along the ridge, until we reach the path junction from where the marked path from the same starting point in Tremerje joins from the left side, which mainly follows the road.
From here we continue on the marked path towards Dom na Šmohorju. First on a forest path, also partly cart track, which we now follow more steeply upwards. After a few minutes we reach a junction, where we turn sharply left upwards and join the macadam road coming from the right from Liboje and running below the "libojska stena" of Veliki Slomnik. We follow the macadam road upwards only a few meters to the first junction, where we continue slightly to the right downwards on the macadam road, thereby leaving the marked path towards Šmohorju.
We follow the road only a few dozen meters, then continue on the first cart track that branches off to the right downwards. Soon we arrive at the saddle on the south side of Kamčič, where we continue in the same direction towards the ridge. Kamčič has on its back five less distinct protrusions, among which the middle one is the highest, lying closer to the southern saddle than to the northern precipitous wall. When walking along the ridge, views open up here and there on the neighbouring hills. From the top of Kamčič we can descend back to the starting point on the same path, but it is worth continuing another 15 minutes to the end of the Kamčič ridge, where a wonderful view opens up on the top of the rocky northern precipitous wall, after which it probably got its name. The view is practically in all directions on the surrounding hills and valleys, most strikingly the view on the quarry in Liboje, which has already deeply dug into the eastern ridge of the neighbouring Kotečnik. From the viewpoint a shorter descent towards the east to Liboje is also possible.

On the way: Malič (936m), Dom na Šmohorju (784m), Veliki Slomnik (609m)

Trip can be extended to: Kotečnik