Zvodno - Pečovniška koča on Grmada (via Hudičev graben)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the Celje - center exit and continue driving in the direction of Laško and Zidani Most. The road leads through the center of Celje, 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 get to the underpass under the railway track and only a few meters ahead to the fire station in Zagrad. We continue straight and follow the road through the village, which higher brings us to a smaller intersection, where we notice signs for Suhi potok - right, Hudičev graben - straight. We continue straight and after a short ascent we get to the NOB monument, after which the road gradually flattens. Here we need to pay attention, because we will soon get to the beginning of the marked path which leads through Hudičev graben. We park some 10 meters lower, on one of the parking spaces by the road (there aren't many).
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:
From the starting point we continue along the road for some more 10 m, then signs for Hudičev graben direct us right onto a footpath, which first ascends gently along the fence. A little further we come to a larger meadow, where the path somewhat fades, but since we continue in the same direction there are no major orientation problems. At the end of the meadow we step onto a wide cart track, which after a few steps brings us to Hudičev potok, where there is a marked junction.
We continue in the direction of Hudičev graben (left Srebotnik) and continue the ascent along the path which runs in and along the bed of Hudičev potok stream. The gorge soon narrows and aids are pegs, staples and steel cables. Further, with the help of numerous safety features we ascend right above the stream bed, on which we can observe numerous small waterfalls.
Higher the gorge widens, the path turns somewhat to the right, where it begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. If we set out on the path in the spring months, we can observe numerous wild garlic patches during the ascent through the forest. After a few minutes' ascent the path flattens and brings us to a wide cart track along which we continue. The path ahead, which runs along an ever-widening cart track on the south side, bypasses the little-known Bavč and a little further brings us to an intersection, where the path through Suhi potok joins from the right.
We continue in the direction of Celjska koča and continue the ascent along a wide macadam road, from which soon a path to Tolsti vrh and Svetina branches off to the left. We continue along the road, but follow it only to a lonely farm. Here signs for Grmada direct us right onto the path, which ascends between the residential house and the farm outbuilding. We continue the ascent along a gentle cart track, which crosses a belt of forest and a little further brings us to Pečovniška koča.

Trip can be extended to: Hotel Celjska koča , Bavč , Grmada above Celje ( 20 min) , Almin dom na Svetini , Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča