Zidani Most - Veliko Kozje (mimo Gašperjeve koče)

Access to starting point:
From Celje, Zasavje or Sevnica we drive to Zidani Most, where we park at the parking lot next to the railway station.
The parking lot is often fully occupied, so it is often more convenient to arrive at the starting point by train or bus.

Route description:
From the railway station in Zidani Most we continue briefly along the road towards Celje, then cross the bridge over the Savinja River towards Radeče and Sevnica and the mountain signs for Veliko Kozje. Immediately after the bridge we turn left onto a narrow asphalt road that continues between the left bank of the Savinja and the railway line. We continue along the narrow road for a while, then arrive at the ecological island, where there used to be a gravel parking lot, but today it is just an expanded area by the road, which is not intended for long-term parking, but only for the time when we drop off waste. A little further on we cross the double-track railway line, and on the other side of the track we turn left.
We also continue along the narrower road, which soon forks, and we choose the right road, which rises slightly and takes us past a chapel to the next junction, where we turn right onto a gravel road, along which there are signs for Gašperjeva koča pod Velikim Kozjem.
A little further we go slightly right again, then continue the ascent along the meadow, or smaller village ski slope.
The road becomes progressively worse, and we follow it to Gašperjeva koča pod Velikim Kozjem, which has not been a mountain hut for several years.
From the hut we continue upwards towards Veliko Kozje, where we first ascend along a cart track, then turn left following the signs for Veliko Kozje. A traverse ascent to the left follows on the steep forested slope.
The path quickly reaches the side ridge of the mountain, where it turns right and takes us to a viewpoint from which we have a view towards Kum, and then we ascend along and on the mentioned ridge. Higher up there is a really short descent, the path turns right and moves to a steep slope, where special caution is needed especially in snow and wet conditions to avoid slipping, and in winter there is also increased avalanche danger in this section. A bit more traverse ascent follows and we arrive at a marked junction, where we join the marked path from Radeče that goes over Čelovnik and the unmarked path from Zidani Most that passes by Klenovška kapelica.
We continue left towards Veliko Kozje and begin to ascend towards the main ridge of the mountain, which we reach higher up along the path through the forest.
Here the path forks again, and we choose the left path, along which there are signs for Veliko Kozje - 3 minutes, although the highest point of the mountain is to the right of the junction towards Lisca and sv. Lovrenc.
If we continue left, in a few minutes of easy walking along the narrower ridge in the last section we arrive at the viewpoint with a stamping box, but if we head right it is about 5 minutes ascent through the forest to the highest point of Veliko Kozje.
In any case, it is worth climbing to both the viewpoint and the highest point of the mountain.

Zidani Most - Gašperjeva koča 1:00, Gašperjeva koča - razpotje Stena 1:10, razpotje Stena - Veliko Kozje 0:30.

Along the route: Gašperjeva koča below Veliko Kozje (436m), Razpotje Stena (829m), Razpotje na grebenu Velikega Kozja (973m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Lisca (5 h 30 min)

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