Novi Lazi - Livoldski vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From Kočevje we go towards the border with Croatia, on the main road GII-106. After the settlement Štalcerji we turn right in the direction of Kočevska Reka, Novi Lazi. Novi Lazi is the next settlement, after the sign we turn right into the village and after 30 meters we park at Vaški dom on the right side, at the turn-off of the forest road.

B) From Ljubljana, we drive in the direction of Kočevje, after Dolenja vas we turn right at the turn-off for Grčarice and Kočevska Reka. We cross Grčarice, Gotenica and we come in Kočevska Reka. We turn left, in the direction of Kočevje, Novi Lazi are the next village, after Kočevska Reka. When we come in the settlement, behind the bus stop we turn left and after 30 meters we park at Vaški dom on the right side, at the turn-off of the forest road.

Path description:
We start on the forest road which from the local road through the settlement branches off just before the village hall. First, we slightly descend, on the right we see village pond. We then continue through the forest, at the first crossroad we stick to the right road. We continue on the forest road, and after approx 1.5 km it starts ascending left on a slope of the hill. We continue on the road to the top of the ascent. When the road flattens, on the right a logging trail branches off.

On this logging trail we continue straight upwards on the hill, we stick to the edge of a smaller valley, which is opening on the right. Logging trail then crosses a smaller meadow and turns to the right, and then for 20 meters it flattens, before it again turns to the left direction and upwards. Approx 100 more meters and we come again on the forest road.

This road we only cross, on the other side we again step on the logging trail, which right after the road splits. We can continue or on the left, or on the right logging trail. The left one ascends in zig zag, and the right one leads us straight upwards, both again join at the edge of a larger clearing. Here is always muddy, where we can notice wild animals that are feed here. From this crossroad lead several logging trails. The left one ascends on the edge of the clearing to the left side. The right one leads mostly straight. And we choose the middle one, which is slightly ascending on the slope, so that the slope is on the left side. After approx 150 meters it again slightly flattens, and then again ascends, and from the right a logging trail joins again. We turn to the left, or we can at this crossroad continue also straight upwards on pathless terrain through the forest, because approx 50 meters higher there is again forest road, so-called circular road which leads around Fridrihštajn.

When we get to the forest road, there we go to the right and round off. First from the right joins the marked path from Štalcerji. From here on, the path is marked. We continue on the road, until to the right the path branches off on Livoldski vrh. On a marked path we ascend at first on a smaller saddle, and then on the ridge to the left to the very peak, with inscription box.

Because there isn't any view from the peak, I recommend, that you descend on the ridge approx 100 more meters to the vantage point, from which we can see the entire Kočevje area.