Valley of stream Žep - Veliki Travnik (Turnovka)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Maribor highway, take the Šentrupert exit and follow the road ahead towards Logarska dolina. In the village Ljubno ob Savinji, a signpost for Smrekovec directs us right. The road then takes us through the village center, where we turn left again following the signs for Smrekovec. The road then brings us to Ljubenske Rastke, where at the crossroads near the church we continue left. We follow this road to the sharp right turn, in the middle of which a macadam road branches off straight ahead, which we follow to the mountain signposts for Žep, Robnik and Lovsko koča. We park on one of the smaller parking areas by the road (a more suitable space is a little higher up).

Path description:
First, with the help of a wooden footbridge we cross the Žep stream, then the mountain signposts direct us onto an initially quite overgrown and steep footpath. The path quickly enters a dense spruce forest, where it continues steeply ascending. Soon we step out of the forest onto grassy slopes, where the trail disappears. Here, a little higher on a tree, we will notice a mark that directs us straight up the slope. After a short ascent, we cross a cart track and the path brings us to the ruins of a former farmstead.
Further on, we continue on a poorly visible but marked path that ascends parallel to a somewhat wider cart track. Higher up, the path joins the cart track, which immediately splits. We continue sharply left on a somewhat steeper cart track, which higher changes into a footpath that soon brings us to a forest road, which we follow to the right. After a few minutes of walking along the road, we come out of the forest, where we see the expansive Počka planina ahead of us.
From the planina we continue ahead along the road, which quickly brings us to a junction, where we continue left in the direction of Komna and Travnik (right partisan hospital). The road, which further gently ascends, then brings us to the next junction, where we continue left towards the hunting hut Robnik.
From the hunting hut we continue south along the road, which slightly descends for a short time, then after a short ascent joins the marked path from Ljubno ob Savinji.
We continue sharply right along the marked cart track, which begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The cart track higher brings us out of the forest onto a quite overgrown clearing (the path is also like that), then turns left and brings us to a panoramic grassy ridge, from which a wonderful view opens onto Ojstrica and part of the Dleskovška planota. We continue the ascent along the edge of the panoramic grassy slope until the path brings us to a small saddle by which we notice a cross and a memorial plaque. A short descent follows and the path brings us to the shepherd's hut on Mali Travnik planina.
From the planina we continue along a wide marked path, which bypasses the summit of Mali Travnik on the right side. The path soon enters the forest, where it slightly descends, then continues with a gentle ascent. A little further, the path brings us out of the forest, where a path from a higher starting point (starting point Kolarica) joins from the right.
We continue along a pleasant gently sloping path, which after 5 minutes of further walking brings us to the mountain hut Koča na Travniku.
From the hut we continue along a gently sloping path, which continues ascending along the panoramic grassy slope of the Široka trata planina. A little above the hut we reach a junction, where a path from the Hlipovec saddle and the partisan hospital Mrzle vode joins from the right. We continue straight in the direction of Travnik (Turnovka) along the path, which continues ascending along the panoramic slope. Higher up the path enters the forest, where it crosses a belt of spruce forest, then brings us to the next junction, where yet another path from the Hlipovec saddle joins from the right. We continue straight again and after a few more steps we reach the summit of Veliki Travnik, on which a wooden observation tower stands.

On the way: Počka (Robnikova) planina (1165m), Planina Mali Travnik (1500m), Koča na Travniku mountain hut (1548m)