Kočevje - Livoldski vrh (Grajska way)
Starting point: Kočevje (464 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.633°N 14.8585°E
Path name: Grajska way
Time of walking: 1 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 530 m
Altitude difference (by path): 530 m
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Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Kočevje, and then we look for street Podgorska ulica (which from the main road branches off to the right - direction of driving towards Delnice). At the end of the mentioned street we will notice signposts and by them a nicely settled parking lot.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to a well-marked crossing, and then we continue left in the direction of the path Grajska pot (right path Kalanova pot). At first, we bypass a house, and then the path turns to the left and it ascends diagonally through a grassy slope. The path then goes into the forest, where in a moderate ascent continues on a relatively wide cart track. Higher, the cart track crosses a forest road and gradually changes into a little steeper footpath. A well-marked path higher few more times crosses the road and then it brings us to a crossing, where we continue slightly left in the direction towards Livoldski vrh and castle Fridrihštajn (right Mestni vrh and mountain hut Koča pri Jelenovem studencu). Still well-marked path higher brings us on the forest road which we follow to the left (straight castle Fridrihštajn).
After few minutes of walking on the road, we will notice a signpost, which points us left on a footpath in the direction of Livoldski vrh. At first gently sloping path quickly starts to ascend steeply on the more and steeper slope. Higher there's a steel cable for help (in dry undemanding) behind which steepness decreases and the path which still runs through the forest quickly brings us to the summit.
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