Dolina Zaplaninščice - Koča na Čemšeniški planini

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway, take the Trojane exit and then continue along the parallel old road towards Vransko. After a few kilometres downhill, you will see signs for Zaplanina, which will direct you to the right onto a narrower local road. The road first crosses a stream and then leads under a motorway viaduct. This is also the best place to park. Parking is also possible higher up in a suitable place along the road.
b) From the motorway Maribor - Ljubljana take the exit Vransko and then continue along the parallel old road towards Trojany. Before the road starts to climb steeply, you will notice signs for Zaplanina, which direct you left onto a narrower local road. The road first crosses a stream and then leads under a motorway viaduct. This is also the best place to park. Parking is also possible higher up in a suitable place along the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the asphalt road, which climbs first gently and then moderately along the valley of the Zaplaninščica stream. The road continues past a few houses and then reaches a small crossroads, where you continue along the road on the left. The route continues along the asphalt road, and we climb to the next crossroads at the foot of Šmarnega ridge and with a view of Čemšeniška mountain pasture. Here we continue straight towards the Podlesnik farm (right Zaplanina), and the macadam road leads us through the forest for some time. After a few minutes, the forest ends and the road turns to the right, leading to Podlesnik Farm. Here the road leads us between houses (beware of the big dog!) and, after the first house on the left, turns sharp left onto cart track, which continues to climb across the grassy slope. The reasonably well-marked cart track climbs in 15 minutes to a nearby dirt road, which is followed to the left. The way ahead leads us past a signpost marking the beginning of the municipality of Tabor, and we walk along it to the Presedlje prevala, where there is a chapel and, on a tree next to it, a mountain signpost.
Here we continue to the right (straight down Tabor, Krvavica and Zajčeva koča) and walk to the nearby NOB monument. At the monument or grave, the trail, which continues along the cart track, turns slightly to the left and then climbs crosswise over a grassy slope with a view. The marked path soon turns right and enters the forest, through which it quickly climbs to the next forest road. Follow the road to the left and then, just after the ramp, continue along the upper right-hand road, which ascends in a few minutes to where the signs for Čemšeniška mountain pasture direct you sharp right onto a slightly steeper footpath. The path continues to climb through the forest and leads us in a few long detours to a marked crossroads below Črnim vrh.
Here, continue right in the route Koča na Čemšeniški planini (left Črni vrh for 5 minutes) and continue the ascent along the path, which climbs crosswise to the right. Higher up, the path changes to cart track and gradually starts to descend. The path ahead leads to the NOB monument, after which it starts to descend a little more steeply. Follow this path, which descends gently through the forest, all the way to the mountain pasture hut at Čemšeniška.

On the way: Presedlje (740m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)

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