Zgornja Bistrica (Center Vintgar) - Ančnikovo gradišče

Access to the starting point:
Drive into the centre of Slovenska Bistrica, from where you can follow the road towards Zgornja Bistrica and Bistriški Vintgar. Follow the signs for Bistriški Vintgar and park in the parking lot next to the Vintgar Centre.

Path description:
From the parking lot at Centrum Vintgar, return to the road and continue in the direction of Bistriški Vintgar. Walk along the road, or pavement, for a short time, then the path to Trem kralji (the path over Veliko Tinje) branches off to the left, and we continue along the pavement. The pavement ends and we continue along the road to the next parking area, where there are red mountain direction signs (20 minutes to get here).
Continue along the wider path leading to Bistriški vintgar, and at the point where you leave the road there are signs for Rimski kamnolom and Šmartno na Pohorju.
The path continues to climb gently, and when you cross the little bridge on the right bank of the Bistrica, the path gradually becomes a little steeper.
Before the path turns slightly to the left and passes onto a slope, we see the Rimski kamnolom on the right, and we then cross-climb up the gradually steeper slope. At this point, a path branches off slightly to the right, leading to the Šum waterfall (the path to the waterfall is about 5 minutes long and is dangerous to slip on, especially in wet conditions), and we continue along the path, which climbs steeply up the slope (there is a greater risk of falling rocks on this part, especially in spring and during and after rainfall). When the slope becomes slightly less steep, a more difficult path leading past the Šum waterfall joins us from the right, and a little further on we arrive at a marked crossroads where we leave the Bistriški vintgar.
Continue along the left path in the direction of Ančnikovo gradišče and the viewing platform (the path through Bistriški vintgar continues to the right) and start climbing quite steeply. At first, continue climbing along the nearby torrent, then through the lane raspberry groves. Higher up, you reach the wider cart track, where you go left and continue straight on at small forks.
When you reach a marked crossroads at the edge of the forest, bear left towards Ančnikovo gradišče, which you reach within a minute's walk.
From Ančnikovo gradišče, return to the last crossroads, from which head towards the viewing platform, which is approximately 3 minutes' walk away, following the increasingly scenic cart track.
Description and figures refer to the situation in July 2022.

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