Zgornja Polskava - Šum Waterfall (Polskavski vintgar)

Access to starting point:
a) We leave the Ljubljana - Maribor highway at the Slovenska Bistrica north exit, then follow the signs for Slovenska Bistrica. When we reach the old Celje - Maribor road, we turn right and drive to the center of the Zgornja Polskava settlement, where the described path begins near the fire station. We park at one of the parking lots in the settlement.
b) We leave the Maribor - Ljubljana highway at the Fram exit and follow the signs for Fram. When we reach the old Maribor - Celje road, we turn left and drive to the center of the Zgornja Polskava settlement, where the described path begins near the fire station. We park at one of the parking lots in the settlement.

Path description:
From the spot where we parked, we first walk to the fire station Zgornja Polskava and continue on a side road that runs along the stream Polskava. The gentle road that leads us through the settlement splits at the inn Kalan.
We continue slightly to the right in the direction of the path through Polskavski vintgar or the cottage Ruška koča na Arehu (to the left is the village Kočno and a shorter path to Sveti Trije Kralji), where we initially pass a few more houses, then the gentle road continues through meadows and forest, following the blazes at crossroads. When the asphalt ends, the road becomes somewhat steeper and transitions into a narrower part of the gorge named Polskavski vintgar. Here we mostly ascend diagonally through the forest, and when the road turns from northeast to southwest, we soon notice a blaze on the right that directs us downward to the right, onto a footpath that leads to the waterfall Šum.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2024.