Zagrad - Hotel Celjska koča

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we go to the exit Celje - center and continue driving in the direction of Laško and Zidani Most. The road ahead leads through the center of Celje, and then brings us to a roundabout with a fountain. Here we continue "straight" (direction Laško and Zidani Most) and follow the road to the next traffic-light intersection, where we continue left, drive over the river Savinja and then at the intersection behind the bridge continue right. Further, we come to the underpass under the railway track and only a few meters ahead to the fire station in Zagrad near which we park on a larger macadam parking lot.
To the starting point we can also come from Dolenjska and Zasavje. In this case, we first drive to Rimske Toplice and then through Laško to the starting point.

Path description:
On the eastern side of the parking lot we notice the blazes, which point us to the path which at first ascends among houses and then crosses an asphalt road. Further we ascend only for a short time through the forest and then join the previously mentioned road. The road, which further gently to moderately ascends, leads us over a panoramic grassy slope from which a nice view opens up. Higher the road ends and we continue on a wide and well-made mountain path which further leads us through an indistinct valley. Higher we step on a macadam road and with the exception of some shortcuts follow it to a marked junction by which a sign is located.
We continue straight on a well-made path (left steep path to Grmada), which higher again joins the macadam road. The road then slightly descends and past Trobiš's beech tree brings us to a smaller crossroad where we continue slightly left on an ascending cart track. The wide cart track, from which soon to the left branches off the path to the mountain hut Pečovniška koča, higher changes into a macadam road which we then follow all the way to the mountain hut Celjska koča.

Trip can be extended to: Turn (Sv. Janez Krstnik) , Pečovniška koča on Grmada , Bavč , Grmada above Celje , Almin dom na Svetini ( 50 min) , Vrunčev dom na Svetini , Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča