Dolina potoka Žep - Mali Travnik

Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway, take the Šentrupert exit and follow the road towards Logarska dolina. In the village Ljubno ob Savinji, the sign for Smrekovec points to the right. The road then takes you through the centre of the village, where you turn left again after the Smrekovec sign. The road then leads to Ljubenske Rastke, where you turn left at the crossroads near the church. Follow this road to a sharp right turn, in the middle of which a macadam road splits off straight ahead, which you follow to the mountain signs for Žep, Robnik and Lovsko hut. Park in one of the smaller parking areas along the road (a more suitable space is slightly higher up).

Path description:
First, cross the Žep stream with the help of a wooden bridge, and then the mountain signs direct you to the initially quite overgrown and steep footpath. The path quickly passes into a dense spruce forest, where it continues to climb steeply. Soon we emerge from the forest onto grassy slopes, where the path disappears. Here, a little higher up, you will see a marking on a tree that directs you straight up the slope. After a short climb, cross cart track and the path will lead you to the ruins of a former farm.
Continue along the poorly visible but marked path, which climbs parallel to a slightly wider track. Higher up, the path joins the cart track, which immediately splits. Continue sharp left along the slightly steeper cart track, which turns into a footpath higher up, and soon leads to a forest road, which you follow to the right. After a few minutes' walk along the road, we emerge from the forest, where we see the vast Počka mountain pasture in front of us.
With mountain pasture we continue on the road, which quickly leads us to a crossroads where we continue left in the direction of Komno and Travnik (right partisan hospital). The road, which continues to climb steeply, then leads us to the next crossroads, where we continue left towards the hunting lodge Robnik.
From the hunting lodge, continue south along the road, which descends gently for a short time and then, after a short climb, joins the marked path from Ljubno ob Savinja.
Continue sharp right along the marked cart track, which begins to climb steeply through the forest. Cart track leads us higher out of the forest to a rather overgrown clearing (this is also the path), and then turns left and leads us to an overlok grassy ridge, from which we have a wonderful view of Ojstrica and part of the Dleskovská plateau. The ascent continues along the edge of the grassy slope until the path leads to a small prevala, at which you can see a cross and a memorial plaque. A short descent follows and the path leads us to the shepherd's hut at mountain pasture Mali Travnik.
From mountain pasture, continue slightly to the left of the marked path leading to the hut at Little Travnik. Slightly to the left of this path, you will see a less well-trodden path which begins to climb the undefined and gently sloping southern ridge of Mali Travnik. Follow this less visible and unmarked path from mountain pasture onwards all the way to the summit, which is reached after a 5-minute walk from mountain pasture.

On the way: Počka (Robnikova) planina (1165m), Planina Mali Travnik (1500m)

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