Gorjane (Železno) - Svete gore (through Osredek pri Podsredi)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Sevnica - Krško road, head towards Brestanica, then follow the signs for Podsreda. Before starting to descend towards Podsreda, in the settlement of Gorjane, we reach the Železno pass, where the described trail begins at the Gorjane bus station. There are no suitable parking spaces at the starting point.
b) Drive to Podsreda, then follow the signs for Krško, Sevnica and Brestanica. Before starting to descend towards Brestanica, in the settlement of Gorjane, we reach the Železno pass, where the described trail begins at the Gorjane bus station. There are no suitable parking spaces at the starting point.

Route description:
From the bus station, head onto a side road marked for Grad Podsreda and Ekološka kmetija Krivec, where the trail leads past a few houses, and at the next intersection, go straight towards Grad Podsreda. The road then moderately ascends, later passing a cross and one house, then continues through the forest for a while. Higher up, the road levels out and brings us to a marked intersection, from where we continue straight towards Grad Podsreda (right to Krško and Brestanica).
A slight transverse descent through the forest follows, and we arrive at a well-maintained rest area near the chapel of St. Florian, from where we have a nice view of Grad Podsreda.
Continue along the road and within a few more minutes of walking, we reach the castle, where there is a stamping box on the outer side of the wall and a stamp above it.
Bypass the castle on the right side and continue the ascent on the asphalt road, which leads past two parking lots, then ascend through the forest to a marked junction, where we go right towards Pišec, Bizeljsko and Veliki vrh (left to Svete gore).
Just a little further from the junction, we leave the forest, where on a large meadow the road turns left and forks again.
This time, choose the left road, along which Knafelc's markers continue (straight Slovenian mountain bike trail), and which soon returns to the forest. A transverse ascent through the forest follows; when the forest ends on the left, a view opens to the nearby Rigelj, the peak with antennas, and we quickly ascend to a marked junction, where the trail from Zavetišče v Pečicah joins from the right, specifically the trail past the Švajger farmstead.
The trail continues with nice views along the pastures of the Pusti Vrh hamlet, then temporarily returns to the forest. When we leave the forest, with views of Veliki vrh, the highest peak of the Orlice range, we walk to a junction in the middle of the Preska hamlet, where we go left towards Bizeljsko and Svete gore (straight to Veliki Špiček and Veliki vrh). The trail continues on a narrower asphalt road, which we follow to its end, i.e., the farmstead at the end of the road.
East of the farmstead, we quickly return to the forest, continuing on a path that gradually begins to descend, lower down it is partially overgrown in places, and there are also some fallen trees across the path. Later, the path levels out, descending easily to the junction at the sign.
At the junction, there is also an information board Bukovi gozdovi Orlice, which we bypass on the left side (sharply left to Grad Podsreda and Podsreda, right unmarked forest road leading to the Kerin monument), then continue on the gravel road heading northeast. We continue through the forest for a while, then at the first or last house in the village of Zagaj, we reach the asphalt road, which we follow.
The trail continues with nice views of Veliki Špiček, and in the Vrhovnica hamlet, a marked trail from Bizeljsko joins from the right.
Continue straight, also straight at the next intersection, then through the forest to the Svete Gore pass, where we join the trail from the direction of Bistrica ob Sotli and the Bizeljska vas crossing.
Here, go slightly left, then ascend to the top of Svete gore either left on the footpath or straight on the steep road. In both cases, it is just over five minutes to the top, but it is definitely worth making a loop.

Starting point - Turnič 0:30, Turnič - Grad Podsreda 0:15, Grad Podsreda - junction past Grad Podsreda 0:10, junction past Grad Podsreda - junction at Marofu 0:05, junction at Marofu - Pusti Vrh 0:20, Pusti Vrh - Preska 0:15, Preska - Sign 0:45, Sign - Vrhovnica 0:30, Vrhovnica - Svete Gore pass 0:20, Svete Gore pass - Svete gore 0:10.

Description and photos refer to the condition in March 2026.

Along the route: Turnič (496m), Podsreda castle (475m), Razpotje za Gradom Podsreda (524m), Razpotje na Marofu (544m), Pusti Vrh (634m), Preska (625m), Tabla (500m), Vrhovnica (473m), Preval Svete Gore (455m)

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