Teharje - Hotel Celjska koča (via Marija and Bavč)

Access to the starting point:
Teharje has a rich history. They are first mentioned indirectly in written sources as early as the 12th century. The local history is closely linked to the Counts of Celje, as the Teharcans acquired nobility. Today, Teharje is the seat of the eponymous local community, which is home to around a thousand inhabitants. The town lies on the right side of the river Voglajna, east of Celje, so the easiest access is by road from Celje. The starting point of our route is at the bridge over the Voglajna, and parking is possible in the nearby large parking lot next to the former guesthouse, just before the protected railway crossing and the aforementioned bridge, near the large industrial halls, in the area of the former Štore Ironworks.

Path description:
The first part of our excursion leads from the starting point along the marked mountain trail of the I. Celje Troop, which is looked after by PD Grmada Celje. At the starting point, there is a signpost pointing the way along the asphalt road that runs along the left bank of the Voglajna River. After about 700 metres of walking on the asphalt at the crossroads, turn right onto the macadam road into the forest. Leave the road at the memorial monument higher up and follow the forest path uphill. After leaving the forest higher up, you will arrive in Osenica, where you will have a view of Bavč and Grmada. Soon you will reach a crossroads where the Celjska planinska pot (CPP), leading from the route of Stary grad, joins from the right. Go around the meadow and continue along the asphalt road leading higher up to Pečovje. After about 900 metres of walking on the asphalt, leave the asphalt at a neatly marked trestle and continue to the right along the forest road. After 500 metres of pleasant views of the nearby hills, enter the forest, where the path leading from the starting point in Zvodne joins from the right. From the parking lot, it is a 1-hour walk, 3. 36 km distance, 167 metres ascent and 18 metres descent.
Continue straight ahead on the forest road. Soon the Barbara's path from the route of Štor joins us from the left. From here on, follow the signposts for Barbara's Path for some time, while leaving the Path of the I. Celjska čete. A little higher, when we have already passed two isolated farmhouses, a narrower forest path branches off to the left, which soon starts to climb a little more steeply. Before the crossroads below Marija, we are also helped by a few ropes, more as a fence than as a handhold. At the crossroads, the CPP (Celjska planinska pot) signs point us straight up to Srebotnik, and we continue left, first slightly down past the chapel with the image of Mary carved into the wall of Srebotnik, and then slightly up along a wide forest path, partly logging trail. Soon reach a new crossroads, where continue right on the paved forest road slightly uphill and stop following the signposts for Barbara's path. Follow the Gozdnik road for a few hundred metres to another crossroads at the saddle below the southern access to Srebotnik.
To the left you can climb Tolsti vrh, to the right you can climb Srebotnik, but we continue on the forest road slightly to the left down the CPP, which in this part connects Srebotnik with Tolsti vrh. Follow the Gozdnik road for a few hundred metres to the first crossroads of the trail, or Hudičevski brook, where the CPP trail up to Tolstý vrh branches off to the left. Continue right across the stream where the forest road becomes an unmarked forest path. The undulating path leads us through the forest for about a kilometre until we reach a major fork in the path at a saddle on the south side of Bavč, where the marked path from Hudičův grabno towards Grmada joins from the right. Continue along the wide cart track, bypassing the little-known Bavč. A little further on is a new crossroads where the path through the Dry Stream joins from the right. Continue in the route Hotel Celjska koča and continue the ascent along a wide macadam road, from which the path to Tolsti vrh and Svetina soon branches off to the left. Continue along the road and follow it all the way to Hotel Celjska koča, which is reached after a few minutes of further walking.

On the way: Srebotnik (700m), Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča (834m), Bavč (692m)

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