Zaplaz - Bajturn (Zaplaški hrib) (on ridge)

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, turn right, leaving the Mirna River and start climbing 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 straight ahead (with the healing water chapel on the right and Bajturn on the northern slope), passing the nearby farmhouse on the right. Behind the house, cart track immediately leads us to a beautiful lookout point, from which we have a beautiful view towards Dolenjska and the surrounding hills. Further on, cart track turns into a forest and climbs moderately along a ridge, and we notice a large number of information boards along the way. Slightly beyond the weather forecasting stone, at a small crossroads, continue slightly left (if you continue slightly right, you join the path on the northern slope), and the gently sloping path, which even descends slightly at times, leads you past a creche and a hunting lodge. At the crossroads behind the crossing, go slightly right and climb steeply. When the path returns to the ridge, it turns left and lays down. From here it is only a few minutes of gentle ascent and the forest path leads us to a wooded summit.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2016 (March).

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