Črnivec - Vivodnik

Access to starting point:
From Kamnik we drive towards Gornji Grad or vice versa. When we come on the mountain pass Črnivec we park on a parking lot by information boards. Parking in front of the nearby inn is only for guests.

Path description:
From the mountain pass Črnivec we go on a macadam road in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Menini planini. The road at first bypasses guesthouse Črnivec, and then starts gently ascending over the slope, which was 13/7/2008 damaged by storm with strong winds. After few minutes of walking, the road entirely flattens and brings us into a smaller valley, where we get to a well-marked crossroad. We continue straight on the left road in the direction of tourist farm Toman, and the road leads past some smaller wooden cottages. At the last cottage the road again splits, and this time we continue on the upper right (left downwards farm Toman), on which also signs for Menina planina point us to. The road which starts ascending steeper, passes into a dense forest, and after few minutes we need to pay attention, because blazes will point us slightly right on a marked footpath which is ascending parallel with the road. We soon return on the road or wide cart track, and it leads over a short panoramic slope. A little higher we get to a crossing of cart tracks, where we continue straight on a relatively steep cart track. Cart track quickly flattens and then starts even slightly descending. When after a short descent, we get to a smaller left turn, we will notice blazes, which point us on a parallel footpath which is ascending through a dense forest. We continue on the mentioned footpath, on which in few 10 strides we get to a cross with an inscription book.
From the cross, we for some time continue on an overgrown path, and then we step on a cart track which we follow to the right. Cart track or wide footpath then gradually brings us to a grazing fence, behind which we step on a grazing area of the nearby mountain pasture. The path ahead continues with some shorter ascents and descents and through pastures and through the forest brings us to the eastern edge of the mountain pasture Planina Ravni, where there stands a shepherd hut.
From the mountain pasture Planina Ravni we continue in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Menini planini and mountain pasture Planina Travnik. The path ahead slightly ascends and quickly passes into the forest, through which then for some time continues. A little further, we join a wide cart track, on which we soon come out of the forest. When we come out of the forest, we step on the western part of the mountain pasture Travnik, over which we then walk to the shepherd hut on the other side of the mountain pasture. To there leads us poorly visible footpath which crosses the mountain pasture.
From the cottage, we continue past nearby cross and bell, behind which marked path turns to the right. Next follows a pleasant walk on the path which is at first gentlly and then moderately ascending over an ample pastures. Higher, the path goes into the forest, where gradually starts descending. The path soon again starts ascending and it brings us to a macadam road which we follow to the right. Few minutes we walk on the mentioned road, and then blazes point us to the right on a footpath which moderately ascends through a dense forest. Higher, we once again cross the road which gradually brings us on pastures of Menina planina. With some shorter ascents and descents we continue on a pleasant path, which after a little longer descent joins also the path from Gornji Grad (path past Jespa).
We continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Menini planini, on the path which crosses a lane of a forest and then it brings us to the parking lot near already mentioned mountain hut. From the parking lot, we continue through a meadow and the path, from which a nice view opens up on chain of Kamnik Savinja Alps, quickly brings us to the mountain hut Dom na Menini planini.
From the hut, we continue on a marked path in the direction of Vivodnik. After a few 10 strides of easy walking, the path for a short time steeply ascends, and then it flattens and brings us on a larger grassy slope, where we run into the signpost with the caption "Vivodnik - krožna pot (circular path)". We continue slightly left (on the right path we can return) on a relatively gently sloping path, which quickly brings us in a short lane of a forest. Here the path for a short time ascends again, and then it brings us out of the forest, where in front of us we already notice a lookout tower on Vivodnik, which we reach after few steps of additional walking.

On the way: Planina Ravni (1075m), Planina Travnik (1180m), Dom na Menini planini mountain hut (1453m)