Zagrad - Hotel Celjska koča (below the peak Vipota)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Celje Centre for the route Laško or Zidani Most. First, cross the first bridge directly under the centre of Celje over the Savinja River. A little further down in the village of Polule, at a semaphore-controlled junction, turn left over the bridge over the Savinja and immediately after the bridge turn right at the junction. Immediately before the underpass for Zagrad, park in the parking lot on the right.
b) From the route of Zidanega Most or Laško, turn right at the traffic lights at the Polule junction and continue to the parking lot as described above.

Path description:
From the parking lot continue to the crossroads, left for Zagrad/podvoz and follow the asphalt road to the right or straight on in the direction of Tremerje, direction sign. After a few hundred metres turn left and under the railway underpass immediately climb through Pečovnik along the stream bed. Somewhere up to a height of three hundred metres, asphalt and then right onto a forest path, a sign on a tree Vipota and soon to one of the tallest trees in Slovenia, a 50 metre high Douglas fir.
Follow the path higher up. The pleasant path is a steady climb and soon reaches a crossroads. Continue left, while the path goes right up over Vipota Peak.
The path becomes a bit steeper, no longer so steep and soon you reach the Ivankovič crossroads in an idyllic clearing below Vipota, partly following the path along a small stream/rivulet. The view to the right, to the idyllic homestead below the Vipota peak and also the peak itself slightly in the background is of course visible. A few steps further on, the path from Tremerje joins the village. Continue upwards towards the direction sign Hotel Celjska koča with a timer of 1 hour.
Follow the undulating path through the forest, which also goes slightly up and down. There are also a few tens of metres on asphalt and then again on a forest mountain path. Soon you will reach the chapel on the downhill and continue the ascent towards Celjska hut. Higher up, the path becomes a bit more level, turns into a forest road, where the path to Tolsti vrh (the path along the peaks) branches off to the right. Continue straight ahead, slightly downhill, and at a small forestry roadblock you will reach an asphalt road. Continue straight ahead for a few hundred metres on the asphalt surface and in a gentle ascent you will reach the trail's destination - Hotel Celjska koča, a modern building above Celje.
The length of the route from the starting point in Zagrad is about 5 kilometres, 500 positive vertical metres and 80 negative vertical metres.

On the way: Vipota (532m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Turn (Sv. Janez Krstnik), Pečovniška koča na Grmadi, Bavč, Grmada nad Celjem, Almin dom na Svetini, Vrunčev dom na Svetini, Tolsti vrh nad Celjsko kočo

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