Gornji Grad - Vivodnik (via Semprimožnik and Ovčji stan)
Starting point: Gornji Grad (436 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,295°N 14,8068°E |
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Name of path: via Semprimožnik and Ovčji stan
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 1072 m
Altitude difference po putu: 1072 m
Map: Zgornja Savinjska dolina 1:50.000
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Access to the starting point:
From the Savinja Valley or from Kamnik via the Črnivec Pass, drive to Gornji Grad, where you can park in the parking lot next to the main bus station.
Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the main road towards Savinjska dolina. After a few 10 m you will reach a small crossroads, where the signs for Dom na Menini planini direct you to the right onto Prod. Just after the first house, we come to a marked crossroads, where the path through Borovnica branches off to the right, and we continue straight on towards Menina mountain pasture past Semprimožnik. Continue along the road for a while and then you will come to a larger chapel, after which you will turn right onto a forest road. The road quickly leads to a small stream, after which it turns into a steep cart track. The ascent continues along the marked cart track, which turns left at a higher altitude and leads us a little further to a marked crossroads.
Continue right along the steep path (you can also go straight along the gentle path), which after about 20 minutes of further walking leads us past a 17th century plague marker to an undistinguished precipice, where the path to St Florjan branches off to the left (1 minute), and we continue to the right, where after a few more steps of further walking we join the gentle path (1 minute). Continue straight ahead on the marked path, which leads us over steep and increasingly scenic grassy slopes to the forest road leading to Menino mountain pasture. The road is only crossed, as the signs lead us to a grassy hayfield, over which we arrive at Semprimožnik in a few steps. Just a few metres above the farm, we rejoin the road, where the signs for Menino mountain pasture direct us to a well-marked path. Continue moderately up the cart track, which turns slightly to the right and leads us out of the forest edge into a more dense forest. The path then soon passes 1000 m above sea level and leads us only slightly further on to parking lot No 2 (car park No 1 is located near the Semprimožnik farm).
Here we cross the road again and continue our ascent along a pleasant path which quickly leads us to the 'Usranega klanca'. Here the path climbs steeply for a short time, then a moderate ascent through the forest leads us to a crossroads where the path across Borovnica joins us from the right.
We continue our moderate ascent through the forest and the path quickly leads us to Prag 1170 m, from which there is a barely noticeable descent to the "bathroom". The path, which starts climbing again, quickly leads us to the next marked crossroads, where we have two options for continuing. Continue slightly left in the direction of Menina mountain pasture via Ovčji stan (right Menina mountain pasture via Jespo, the latter is 15 minutes longer, possibility of a circular route). The way ahead climbs through the forest for some time, and then, just after crossing the grazing fence, we emerge from the woods on to the grassy slopes, which are increasingly more and more scenic. Cross these grassy slopes in a cross-climb and then join the forest road, which you follow to the Doma na Menini mountain pasture.
From the house, continue along the marked path towards Vivodnik. After some 10 steps of easy walking, the path climbs steeply for a short time, then lays down and leads us to a larger grassy slope, where we come across a direction sign with the inscription "Vivodnik - circular path". Continue slightly to the left (we can return to the right path) along a relatively gently sloping path, which quickly leads us into a short lane of woodland. Here the path climbs again for a short time, and then leads out of the forest, where we can already see the lookout tower at Vivodnik in front of us, which is reached after a few steps of further walking.
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Discussion about the trail Gornji Grad - Vivodnik (via Semprimožnik and Ovčji stan)
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| Vitaja9. 03. 2018 |
Sva šla 17. 2. Krasno vreme, kar zahtevna pot, ker je prejšnji dan snežilo in ga je dosti zapadlo, zato sva potrebovala gor 4 ure. Ampak se je splačalo. Nazaj je šlo hitro, dol sva bila v 2 urah. Ponoviva, ko skopni. 
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