Zaplaz - Bajturn (Zaplaški hrib) (on north slope)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Novo mesto motorway, take the exit Trebnje East and then continue driving towards Velika Loka. After the settlement of Zidani Most, you will reach the settlement of Štefan pri Trebnjem, where you will take a sharp left in the direction of Zaplaz. After a few kilometres on a partly winding road, you reach Čateža, where the road to Zaplaz branches off to the left. Continue left towards Zaplaz and continue along the steep road, which quickly leads to a parking area near the Church of the Mother of God.
b) From Trebnje or Mokronog, drive to Mirna and from there drive to Litija. Towards Litija, drive to a sharp right turn, and from there turn left towards Cirnik and Selska Gora. After Cirnik the road gradually starts to descend. When you reach the river Mirna, first cross the bridge and then turn left at the crossroads. After the crossroads, the road slowly starts to climb and then leads to the settlement Čatež, where you turn right in the direction of Zaplaz. After a short steep drive, you will reach the Church of the Mother of God in front of which you park in a large parking lot.
c) Drive to Šmartno pri Litiji, and from there continue to Gabrovka. After Moravče pri Gabrovki, after the transformer, turn slightly right towards the petrol station. Continue along the valley of the river Mirna. After the turnoff for Gornje Ravne, it turns right, leaving the Mirna River, and begins to climb towards Čatež. In Čatež turn right towards Zaplaz. After a short steep drive you reach the Church of the Mother of God in front of which you park in a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot at Zaplaz, continue westwards to reach a marked crossroads at the end of the parking lot.
Continue right towards the chapel with healing water (straight ahead Bajturn along the ridge), which is quickly reached. From the chapel, climb steeply up a well-surfaced path, and the path quickly flattens out and turns to the right. The path leads past a lookout point, from which a beautiful view of Kum opens up. From the lookout point, descend a short distance and then reach a crossroads, where you continue to the left (you can take the right path down to Čatež).
Continue through the forest, following the path along which there are a large number of forest trail signs. After a few short climbs, a little later you join another cart track, which you follow to the right (if you had continued to the left you could have reached Zaplaz). After a few minutes of further walking, the forest path then leads to a water tower, after which you turn quite a bit to the left and then climb to the top of Bajturna in a few minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2016 (March).

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