Žekovec - Boskovec (via Verbučeva planina)
Starting point: Žekovec (500 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,3565°N 14,931°E |
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Name of path: via Verbučeva planina
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 1087 m
Altitude difference po putu: 1100 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
First, go to Mozirje, where you will go in the route "Golte" at the roundabout. After a 4 km drive, you will arrive in the village of Žekovec at the bottom station of the Golte cable car and park there.
Path description:
The route starts where the one-way road turns left downhill. You can also start on the left path over Zagradiško pušo, as the two paths merge after about 20 minutes. We go right between the houses on the upper asphalted road, which ends quickly and the path turns left up into the forest. A little higher up, you will come to a forest road, which you follow for about 100 m, and then turn left along the path. Soon the path rejoins the road, where the two paths join.
Continue up the middle unmarked steep path. This part of the path is shared by cyclists. A little higher up, this path rejoins the road and the marked path. Continue along the road until you reach a cross on the right-hand side of the road. At the cross, the path turns left up into the wods. Just below the cross there is a spring with drinking water. A little higher up, cross the road twice more, go past another cross and come out on the road again. The marked trail goes left through a meadow, and we go right along a dirt road to the asphalted road to Golte. Follow this road for about 100 m and then turn right into the forest. This part of the path is also shared by cyclists. Soon we cross the dirt road again and continue on the marked path. When you reach the farm, go right. Pass the farm on the left, past the buildings and up a slightly more grassy road. Just above the farm, cross the road again and follow the path up to the right. The path climbs steadily through the forest until you reach the forest road, which ends there. There are three forest roads logging trail. Take the middle one. After about 100 m, go left and the path climbs steeply and steadily up to Verbuč's mountain pasture. When you get to the fence, there is always a little camouflaged 20 m long path on the left, 20 m lower down in front of the fence, to the hunting observation post, from where you have a nice view of the valley.
The steepness eases away from the fence. The hunting lodge can be seen on the bottom left. Go through the wods twice for a short time and then see a hunting lodge in a pasture. Go left alongside it and continue left or right to a log cabin, which can be seen straight ahead at the end of the pasture. This part of the path is flat. Before the log cabin, turn left up the forest road. When this road leads to a small clearing, turn right along the path. Soon you will come to a crossroads, and from there it is only a few minutes to the top. There is a lookout tower at the top, which gives us a nice view. You can return to the valley by following the route of approach or by following the Severjeva path, which turns right into the forest just below the clearing, to the Mozirska hut. There, you can decide whether to walk down or take the gondola down to the valley. Do not pass the viewpoint on this trail. In the summer season, you can see the alpinetum at Mozirska koča.
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