Celje - Srebotnik (on Celje mountain trail)

Access to starting point:
Celje, the third largest Slovenian town accessible from several sides. You park somewhere between the railway station and the bridge through river Savinja in the direction of Laško. The problem could be, because the parking lots are mainly payable... if you come by train, these problems fall away.

Path description:
We start at the bridge over Savinja at the sign with panorama image of Celje hills. The entire path is also the initial part of CPP - Celje mountain trail. In the first part we walk on the path between the river Savinja and the railway track to the confluence of the rivers Voglajna and Savinja. We continue over a bridge and under the railway track to the right and further on the path Pelikanova pot on castle Stari grad.
From the castle we continue left steeply uphill past the inn and we follow a well-hardened path through the settlement Osenca. Soon a mountain path branches off to the left towards the settlement Teharje. We continue on the asphalt path through the settlement Pečovje and we follow the turn-offs mainly to the right, which are very well marked with signposts.
In the forest part, from the left joins also the mountain path from Štore. We continue on the forest road by two or three houses/holiday cottages and then once again left on a little narrower forest path partly also a cart track. The path is again a little steeper ascending and on the left side there are also some steel cables, more in the function of a fence than grip.
We soon reach the crossing. We continue straight upwards, there is also a sign CPP or caption Srebotnik, while to the left leads the path to the chapel with the image of Mary carved into a wall of Srebotnik and higher on Svetina, Tolsti vrh, Veliki vrh... The path on Srebotnik is steep and somewhere on the halfway passes into a typical ridge path. Few ten meters before the peak, in bad conditions there can be demanding, mainly because of possible slipping, therefore the caution is recommended. We soon reach the peak with a bench, inscription box and with views, which reward the decision to go on this tour.

On the way: Stari grad na Grajskem hribu (407m)