Završje Podbelsko - Čevo (Tafrina staza)

Access to the starting point:
From Varaždin, take the old road to Zagreb. In the village of Turčin, just before the climb, you will see a signpost for Tužno-Ivanec. Here, turn right and pass through the villages of Tomaševec (railway line!), Doljan, Žigrovec and then arrive in the village of Sveti Ilija. Here you will turn left up the hill towards Beletinec (Caution! Straight ahead is the town of Beretinec). After Sveti Ilija, descend the bank and continue straight ahead to Beletinec, where at the end of the village you will turn again in the direction of Završje Podbelsko. Then drive through the village of Filipići and you will be in Završje, where you will see tourist signs. Take the worse road and park at the beginning, or drive a little further and park at the small shelter (as Čevo is quite popular, the limited parking is often busy).

Path description:
From the starting point, cross the bridge on the Bednja River and turn right to the west, where the path leads you past an interesting spring that pours into the Bednja River (when you return from the trip, or at the beginning, it's a nice refreshment).
We continue on the less well-trodden cart track, which quickly splits into two parts, where we go slightly right (logically it seems to be left, which merges with ours at a higher level). Continue along the river, passing a hunting observation post a little further on. The way ahead takes us through a short lane of woods, and then we quickly arrive at a crossroads, where another path from the village of Završje Podbelsko joins us. At the crossroads, which is not marked, you will see a lone bayto to the right and part of the fence of the little bridge on Bednja to the right. Continue south to the left and you will quickly reach the forest where the cart track, which you usually walk on, is quite muddy. After about two minutes, leave the cart track and continue uphill on a rather steep path which leads along the western slope of Čevo. As you climb up this steep section, you will see some old faded markings, and the trail becomes higher and the forest thins out. Further on, the path becomes steeper again, and we join the "right" marked path leading to Čevo at a higher altitude.
Walk along the marked path for about 5 minutes, and when the path flattens out, you will reach a clearly visible crossroads, from which you continue along the unmarked path.
Continue on the well-trodden unmarked path, which continues along the ridge of Čevo. The way forward leads us through low forest, and higher up, through a slightly rockier world, where the path leads us past a natural window. At the nearby Balkon lookout point, we return to the marked path, from where we have a nice view to the north (there is a small bivouac nearby, the inside of which is locked, and we can bucket up under the shelter in case of rain). From here to the top, we have a few minutes of easy trail.
There is no view from the summit due to the forest, but the summit has a stamp, and the registration book is now at the Malo Čevo lookout point.
The trail is named after "Tafr", who was the first person to run the trail in less than 30 minutes. The route is slightly more difficult in the lower part.

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