Podevčevo - Čevo

Access to starting point:
From Varaždin we drive on the old road towards Zagreb. In the village Turčin we will just before the ascent notice a signpost for Tužno-Ivanec. Here we go right and we drive through the village Tomaševec (railway!), Doljan, Žigrovec and we come in the village Sveti Ilija. Here we will turn left uphill in the direction of Beletinec (Attention! Straight is the settlement Beretinec). From the slope after the village Sveti Ilija we descend and we continue straight until we come in the village Podevčevo. The orientation from here on is easy, because Čevo is in front of us. In the village Podevčevo we park on a parking lot in front of the inn Brk or by the football field at the beginning of the village.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue ahead by the main road which we leave at sharp the left turn (blazes on two pines), from where we continue towards the hamlet Novoselci. Here a narrower road turns right, and then it seems, that the path ends, but this isn't the case, because blazes point us to the left on a yard of abandoned farm, where the path leads us past the garden and by the fence. We soon get to a crossing, where we continue straight upwards (left - steep path past Malo Čevo).
The path ahead brings us to an interesting, but unfortunately abandoned wine cellar and a little further also into a dense forest, where the path flattens. We continue on a cart track which higher changes into a footpath, and it leads through few clearings. A little further, we get to the rock and a smaller bench next to it. Behind the bench, where almost unnoticeably joins also the path from the village Završje, the path starts ascending steeper. Higher, the path becomes even steeper, and then after some kind of U turn flattens. On this part, the unmarked path Tafrina steza branches off to the left, and we continue straight on a gentle path, where we get to a crossing, where from the south joins the path from the village Bela and the path from Grebengrad. At the crossing, we go sharply left and we ascend on the steep path, which soon again splits. We go again left (straight - shortcut) and in few hairpin turns we ascend on a steep and overgrown part. When we come near the bivouac where we can shelter in case of bad weather, the footpath again splits.
Near the bivouac there is a metal cross, bench and viewpoint Balkon, from where a nice view opens up.
From the bivouac, we continue forward and further we walk on the ridge of Čevo. In few minutes of gentle walking we get to the top of Čevo, which is situated in the forest, so there isn't any nice view.
Most appropriate descent is on the same path.