Izlake - Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave Štajerska highway at exit Trojane, and then we follow the signs for Izlake and Zagorje. Next follows some descent, and then we get into the valley of the stream Orehovica. Further, we drive through the mentioned valley, and when we get to the settlement Izlake, only few meters after the road sign, which marks the beginning of the settlement, we turn right and we park on a parking lot by the former spa Medijske toplice, today is open only Bar And Lounge Carpe Diem.
B) We drive to Moravče, and then we follow the road towards Izlake. When we reach the main road Zagorje ob Savi - Izlake, we continue left towards Izlake, before the end of the settlement Izlake we turn left on a parking lot in front of the former spa Medijske toplice.
C) From the road Litija - Hrastnik, we drive to the settlement Zagorje ob Savi, and then we follow the signs for Izlake. When we get to Izlake we drive through the settlement on the main road, before the end of the settlement, we turn left and we park on a parking lot by the former spa Medijske toplice.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the former spa Medijske toplice we continue towards the center of Izlake, then on the pedestrian crossing we carefully cross the main road and we continue on the road which from the main branches off by the store Tuš market Ajda.
We continue in the direction of Čemšeniška planina and we continue to walk on the asphalt road which is ascending gently, at first still past houses, and then past several meadows and individual houses. A gentle road which leads us by the stream Lesji potok eventually brings us to a crossroad, where to the left the road branches off towards the part of the hamlet Brde, we still continue straight and the valley of the stream Lesji potok we leave at the spot, where a mountain signpost from the road points us sharply to the left on a marked footpath. After a shorter diagonal ascent, the path turns sharply right, and few minutes higher crosses a cart track. The path ahead leads through the forest and gradually widens into a cart track which brings us out of the forest. Next follows few minutes of panoramic walking and we already reach the village Čemšenik, where on few successive crossings we carefully follow the blazes. In a little larger crossroad in the middle of the village we go left, so that we on the right side bypass office of Pošta Slovenije and store Andrej, and on the left the parish church of the Assumption of Mary.
A little further, at the smaller crossroad we go sharply right in the direction of the blazes and organic products Pr jezični Alenki. Steep road then leads us past the mentioned farm, and at the water storage, the asphalt ends. We continue on the macadam road, and at the nearby crossroad, we go left. The macadam road only a little further we leave and we continue right on a marked footpath which starts ascending steeper through the forest. Higher for a short time, we again step on the road, and from there we soon go slightly left on a footpath which leads us past a smaller source. Higher, we cross also a little larger clearing, when we return into the forest, from the right also the marked path from Zagorje or Kisovec joins.
We continue in the direction of Čemšeniška planina and we are diagonally quite steeply ascending. The diagonal ascent ends, when we reach the ridge of Čemšeniška planina, and at the mentioned spot we join also the path from Trojane or Prvine.
We go right and we continue the ascent on a gently sloping macadam road which a little higher we leave and we continue slightly right on a marked footpath which leads us with nice views on hills of Zasavsko and Posavsko hribovje with the highest Kum, and in the distance we can also see Snežnik. A little further, we cross also a lane of a forest, and the path then flattens and crosses a steep grassy slope, where when there is ice, it is quite dangerous for slipping, otherwise the path is wide and technically undemanding. A little before the mountain hut we cross also the route of a cargo cableway, and then with nice views, we walk to the mountain hut.
From the mountain hut, we continue towards the east or on the path in the direction of Krvavica. After the panoramic part, the path passes into the forest and continues on a gentle ridge of Čemšeniška planina, and after few minutes it splits. We choose the slightly right path in the direction of the cottage Zajčeva koča (slightly left - Vransko and Tabor) and we are still slightly to moderately ascending. At first, we go past the hunting observatory, and then in few minutes we ascend to a smaller saddle, where there is the inscription box.
A little before the inscription box we go left and in a minute of additional walking, we ascend on Črni vrh, which is the highest peak of Čemšeniška planina.
Izlake - Čemšenik 1:25, Čemšenik - Dom na Čemšeniški planini 1:20, Dom na Čemšeniški planini - Črni vrh 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (February).

On the way: Čemšenik (631m), Koča na Čemšeniški planini mountain hut (1120m)