Žička kartuzija - Babček (via crossing Podgranček)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Tepanje and follow the road towards Draža vas and Žičy. In Žiča, turn right towards Špitalič and Žička Carthage. There are ample parking spaces next to the Carthusian Carriage House for safe parking.
b) From Frankolovo via Črešnjice and Sojek to Žiča Carthausia
c) From Poljčane via Loč, Žič and Špitalič to Žička Carthausia.

Path description:
After a short visit to the interesting surroundings of the Žička Carthusian Church near the oldest Slovenian inn Gastuž, which started its operation in 1467, we continue over the bridge over the Žičnica stream along the macadam road up towards Straža na Gori, or Dramlje. After about 200 metres, turn left onto a narrow forest road, while the previous road continues round a sharp right bend. Follow the road through the wooded area and you will soon reach a meadow. Again through the forest and reach a crossroads. Far left to the homesteads called Hudin and Macuhek, right up is a direct forest track to the crossroads Jankar and Babček respectively. We continue along the middle variant to the crossroads Podgranček at 460 metres, which is reached after some two hundred metres.
At the crossroads, a little further on, there is a homestead, where we continue sharp right up the marked mountain path for a few tens of metres along a meadow path, which soon turns into a typical forest mountain path. From the right, the direct path for the crossroads Jankar or Babček rejoins. Follow the trail higher and, if well marked, reach the asphalt road and the Jankar crossroads. Continue sharp left on the asphalt surface. Soon the old construction of a typical farmhouse from decades ago will be on the left side of the path. Follow the asphalt road higher, soon followed by a short descent and the path from St. Ursula (Dramlje) will join the Babček crossroads on the right at 553 metres. Continue higher, on the right side of the path, actually the road, there is a small hut. From here you can already see the destination, descend a few metres, to the left of the path is another farmhouse and to the right of the road you reach the summit of Babček at 575 metres. An inconspicuous peak, including a water feature practically at the top and some views, especially to the north and east, reward the route.
The route is about 3000 metres long, 245 positive vertical metres and 75 negative vertical metres.

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