Lipa - Zavetišče na Biba planini

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Celje take the exit Vransko. Continue driving along the old road in the direction of Ljubljana, but only to the point where the road to Vransko branches off to the right. On the west side of Vransko you will see a road heading towards the village of Prapreče and Vologa. Follow the road, which then starts to climb steeply, through the village of Vologa to the Lipa Prevala, where you park in one of the car parks.
Access from the Zadrečka valley is also possible.

Path description:
From the parking lot, follow the dirt road in the direction of Smolnik and Menina mountain pasture. After a moderately steep road, which passes through the forest the whole time, after a good 10 minutes' walk we reach a marked crossroads, where we continue to the left. The road gently slopes further and then continues crossing the slopes of Smolnika. After a while, you will see signs for Smolnik (sharp right), and we continue on the macadam road, which gradually starts to descend. A little further on, the marked path intersects a longer bend and then returns to the road, where it starts to descend more steeply. A small climb follows, and then the road descends to the isolated Jeseničnik farm, where the path from the village of Vologe joins us on the left.
Continue through the courtyard, then at the outbuilding continue right on cart track. Cart track then ascends diagonally to the left, crossing a grassy hayfield which offers a fine view of the Posavje hills. As the path enters the forest, it turns sharp right and then climbs slightly steeper to reach a less well maintained forest road. Slightly further on, a wide cart track road branches off from the above-mentioned road, slightly to the left, and after a few minutes' further walking this road leads us to the extensive grassy slopes called Slopi.
Here we see a lonely house on the right-hand side, and we continue in the same direction and walk across the less visible cart track to the middle of the grassy slope. Here we come across a slightly wider cart track, which we follow to the right, descending gently to a small hamlet. Here, cross a pasture fence and join a road which you follow westwards. The road then passes the hamlet on the right and, after a few steps, leads to a crossroads at which stands a small cross. At the cross, continue straight on (towards Biba), but follow the road to the left, which slowly starts to climb. After a short, steep climb, the road leads us into the forest, and the markings here direct us to the right on a steep footpath. This footpath soon crosses the wide cart track, and then continues along the rather overgrown and already abandoned cart track. Higher up, join the wider cart track, which you follow until you come out of the forest (as cart track has a few forks, follow the markings carefully). Once out of the forest, the trail turns right and after a few minutes of further walking leads to the macadam road leading to Menino mountain pasture. The ascent continues along the above-mentioned road, which initially offers beautiful views of the surrounding hills. The relatively slippery road then leads us past Limovska planina, and we follow it to a point where signs direct us to the right, over a pasture fence, onto a footpath. The footpath immediately turns left and quickly leads us along the edge of the forest to the shelter at Biba mountain pasture.

On the way: Slopi (974m), Limovska planina (1265m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Dom na Menini planini ( 45 min), Vivodnik (1 h)

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