Hruševka - Vivodnik

Access to the starting point:
a) First, drive to Kamnik, then continue along the Tuhinj valley. We then drive through Vrhpolje, Soteska, Srednja vas, Loke and Potok. At Potok, the road to the spa Snovik branches off to the left, and we follow the main road for a few 100 m or until we reach a place where the signs for Hruševka direct us left onto a narrower local road. Follow the road up to the centre of the village, where the signs for the St Nicholas Trail point you down to the right. Here the road first descends slightly and then begins to climb gently along the Podbrešek brook. After a short climb, we reach the "last" house in the village, and we park a few 10 m earlier, in a convenient place along the road.
b) From the motorway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Vransko and then continue along the parallel old road towards Ljubljana. At the end of Vransko, you will come to a junction where you turn right towards Tuhinjska dolina. Continue through Motnik, Špitalič, Cirkuše, Laze, Šmartno and Buč. After the village Buč, signs for Hruševka direct you to the right onto a narrow local road. Follow this road up to the centre of the village, where the signs for the footpath to St. Nicholas direct you down to the right. Here the road first descends slightly and then begins to climb gently along the Podbrešek brook. After a short climb, we reach the "last" house in the village, and we park a few 10 m earlier, in a convenient place along the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, turn sharp right in the direction of the footpath to St Nicholas. The path first climbs through the lane of a forest, then leads to the edge of the pastures, from where you have a beautiful view of the surrounding area. The path, at first a little more overgrown, returns to the woods and then passes a log cabin, after which it crosses another lane of scrub. Beyond the scrub, the path widens to cart track, which turns sharp left and leads into a dense forest. Walk along cart track for a short distance, and then the markings direct you to the right on an increasingly steep footpath. This rather steep path, which climbs through the forest all the way, is then followed all the way to the Church of St Nicholas on Gora, from which a beautiful view opens up.
From the church of St Nicholas we continue along the macadam road in the direction of Prevala. The road first starts to descend slightly, and then leads us to a place where a short footpath branches off to the left downhill towards a nearby small well, and we continue to follow the road as it starts to climb gently. After a short climb, the road leads us to a small preval, where a marked footpath branches off to the right towards Prevala. We focus on the above-mentioned path, which descends slightly, then passes to a ridge called V grebenih.
Here the path becomes quite steep and continues along and along the ridge, which is quite steep in places and in some places a little exposed (especially in wet conditions, there is a risk of slipping in some parts). Higher up, the path becomes more steep and leads us from the ridge to the edge of a large and overgrown clearing. Here the path turns left into the forest and descends gently to the nearby forest road, which is followed to the left. Follow the road for some time and then reach a crossroads with a cross in the middle of the road. From the crossroads, follow the marked cart track towards Prevala, which is a 40-minute climb away. Cart track continues to climb relatively steeply through the forest, crosses an old clearing at a higher level, then lays down and leads to a less well-marked crossroads.
At the point where cart track turns left, a marked footpath continues in a straight direction, climbing moderately at first and steeply through the forest. Follow this path, which is also overgrown with raspberries in the last part before Prevala, as far as the Prevala pass, which offers a fine view. From Prevala continue northwards and start descending over the view slopes of the upper part of the mountain pasture Levels. After a short descent, descend to the wider cart track, follow it to the right and after some 10 steps further walk reach the shepherd's hut on the above-mentioned mountain pasture.
From the mountain pasture level continue in the direction of Dom na Menini planini and mountain pasture Meadow. The path continues gently uphill and quickly passes into forest, through which it continues for some time. A little further on, join the wide cart track, which also soon leads out of the forest. Once out of the woods, enter the western part of mountain pasture Meadow, which is then crossed to a shepherd's hut on the other side of mountain pasture. A less visible path crossing mountain pasture leads there.
From the hut, continue past the nearby cross and bell, after which the marked path turns to the right. A pleasant walk follows along the path, which climbs gently at first and then moderately over open pastures. Higher up, the path enters the woods, where it gradually begins to descend. The path soon begins to climb again and leads to a macadam road, which you follow to the right. Walk along the road for a few minutes and then the signs direct you to the right on a footpath which climbs moderately through the dense forest. At a higher level, cross the road once more, which gradually leads to the Menina mountain pasture pastures. With a few short ascents and descents we continue on a pleasant path which, after a slightly longer descent, is joined by the path from Gornji Grad (the path past Jespe).
Continue to the right in the direction of Dom na Menini planini, following the path which crosses a strip of forest and then leads to a parking area near the aforementioned mountain lodge. From the parking lot, continue across the meadow and the path, from which a fine view of the Kamnik Savinja Alps chain opens up, leads quickly 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 strip of woodland. Here the path climbs again for a short time, then leads us out of the forest, where we can already see the lookout tower on Vivodnik in front of us, which we reach after a few steps of further walking.

On the way: Sveti Miklavž na Gori (757m), Prevala (1163m), Planina Ravni (1075m), Planina Travnik (1180m), Dom na Menini planini mountain hut (1453m)

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