Planina pri Sevnici - Sveti Križ (above Planina pri Sevnici) (via Pravljični gozd)
Starting point: Planina pri Sevnici (588 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,10116°N 15,41185°E |
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Name of path: via Pravljični gozd
Time of walking: 28 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 142 m
Altitude difference po putu: 160 m
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Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Sevnica (to get here from Radeče, Mokronogo or Krško), then take the road in the direction of Planina pri Sevnici. When you reach the Petrol station located near Planina pri Sevnici, turn right in the direction of Montpreis and park in the large asphalt parking lot next to the cemetery just after the intersection.
b) Drive to Šentjur (to get here from Celje, the Štajerska motorway exit Dramlje or Šmarij pri Jelšah), then follow the signs for Kozje and Mountain pasture near Sevnica. At the end of Šentjur go right towards Planina pri Sevnici (slightly left Kozje and Podsreda). Continue mostly uphill, then when the road levels out and you see a Petrol station on the right hand side, located in the immediate vicinity of Planina pri Sevnici, go left towards Montpreis and then just after the crossroads park in the cemetery parking lot.
Path description:
From the cemetery parking lot, follow the asphalt road uphill to Montpreis, where you will see the first signs for the Holy Cross. Bear right (left access on the road), passing the company, and then follow the narrow asphalt road to a small crossroads, at which there is a sign.
Here the normal path continues to the left, and we continue straight ahead and descend to a slightly wider road, where we go left up (right to return to the main road). A few steps further on, we reach the village of Doropolje, and signs for St. Križ and the fairy forest direct us to the left onto a footpath. Continue through the fairy forest, and when you leave the forest area, join the normal path, which you will reach below the first station of the Stations of the Cross.
Continue along the stations of the cross, each serpentine path offering a better view. Higher up, the path turns left and quickly climbs up a grassy slope to the Church of the Holy Cross, situated on a 730 m high hill.
Description and pictures refer to March 2022.
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