Žička kartuzija - Babček (via crossing Podgranček)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Tepanje and follow the road ahead towards Draži vasi and Žiče. In Žiče, turn right in the direction of Špitalič and Žička kartuzija. At the Carthusian monastery, there are enough parking spots available for safe parking.
B) From Frankolovo through Črešnjice and the settlement Sojek to Žička kartuzija.
c) From Poljčane through Loče, Žiče and Špitalič to Žička kartuzija.

Route description:
After a short tour of the interesting surroundings of Žička kartuzija by the oldest Slovenian inn Gastuž, beginning operations in the distant year 1467, we continue across the bridge over the stream Žičnica on a macadam road upwards in the direction of Straža na Gori, or Dramlje. After about two hundred meters we continue left on a narrower forest road, while the previous road continues in a sharp right bend. We follow the road through the forest section and soon reach a meadow plateau. Again a section through the forest and we reach the junction. Far to the left to the homesteads according to sources named Hudin and Macuhek, right upwards is the direct forest path to the junction Jankar or Babček. We continue on the middle variant to the junction Podgranček at an altitude of 460 meters, which we reach after about good two hundred meters.
At the junction, a little further there is a homestead, where we continue sharply right upwards on the marked hiking path for a few tens of meters on a meadow path, which soon turns into a typical forest hiking path. From the right, the direct path to the junction Jankar or Babček rejoins. We follow the path higher and with good markings reach the asphalt road and junction Jankar. We continue sharply left on the asphalt surface. Soon on the left by the path there will be an old structure of a typical homestead from decades ago. We follow the asphalt road higher, soon a short descent follows and from the right the path from St. Ursula (Dramlje) joins, also junction Babček at an altitude of 553 meters. We continue higher, right by the path, actually the road, stands a smaller hayrack. From here we already see the destination, we descend a few meters down, left by the path is another homestead and right by the road we reach the summit Babček with height 575 meters. Indistinct summit, also a water facility practically on the summit and some views, mainly towards the north and east, reward the path.
The path measures around 3000 meters, 245 positive elevation meters and 75 negative elevation meters.

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