Laško - Malič (on eastern ridge of Malič)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Celje - center, and then we continue driving towards Laško and Zidani Most. When we come to Laško, at the traffic light opposite the gas station, we turn right in the direction of Spodnja and Zgornja Rečica and Huda Jama. We park on one of the parking lots near the fire station Laško.
B) From Zasavje or Posavje we drive to Zidani Most or Rimske Toplice, and then we continue driving towards Celje. When we come in Laško, signs for Spodnja and Zgornja Rečica and Huda Jama point us to the left. Here we continue left and then we park on one of the parking lots near the fire station Laško.

Path description:
At the fire station Laško we notice a marked path which leads from the railway station Laško towards the mountain hut Dom na Šmohorju which is managed by PD Laško. First half of our trip leads on this marked path, and then it continues on partly marked footpath.
From the above described starting point, where it is possible to park in front of apartment blocks, the path at first leads past the fire station Laško slightly uphill, and after few 10 meters we get to a smaller chapel, by which we notice mountain signposts for Šmohor, Malič, Mrzlica and Kal. Here we continue on an ascending road, and then blazes point us on stairs between the residential houses. The path continues through a meadow, and then past a cross into a lane of a forest. We soon step on a macadam road, on which with nice views on Malič and other parts of Posavsko hribovje we past the chapel ascend to the asphalt road. The mentioned road, we follow in the direction of Malič, further past the turn-off towards the farm Primož. In a smaller hamlet higher the asphalt ends. We continue on a marked macadam forest road which slowly turns into a cart track. It soon brings us out of the forest to the next farm. In accordance with signposts for Šmohor we continue through the farm on a cart track which ascends between the grazing fences, and then passes into the forest and splits into two parts. On the lower left cart track continues a marked path towards Šmohor, and we leave the marked path and we continue on the right cart track which only few ten meters higher joins the macadam road which we follow to the right. The road further leads past two farms, all the way to the crossing before the homestead Zamalič (or Malšek), where from the right joins the path from Tremerje. To here approximately 1 hour of walking.
We follow the signpost for "VRH" (peak) and "hvala ker hodite po stezi" (thanks for walking on the path), and we bypass the homestead. On the top of the clearing by the edge of the forest we get to beautiful views on surrounding hills, there is also a pleasant cottage for gnomes and a bench. We again step into the forest, where a diverse path on hairpin turns mainly in the direction of north-northeast brings us to the eastern ridge of Malič. Here we turn sharply to the left in the direction of west and we step on the ridge, where the steepness and difficulty of the path increase a little. On the ridge upwards we notice old blazes from the 70s, and to the left towards Laško at first shy views opening up. At an altitude 802 meters we get to a beautiful panoramic point with a table and bench. A view towards the east reaches the entire surrounding hills above Savinja. We continue on the ridge, where the steepness starts decreasing. Few more minutes and we are on the top of Malič, which unfortunately doesn't have much of a view, but there is quite a large telecommunication tower. To here from the starting point approximately 4.9 km.
Stamp of the peak is located in the mountain hut Planinski dom Šmohor.