Pravdan - Vrtače (via Zgornje Palovče)

Access to starting point:
A) From the roundabout on Kamnik bypass road we go to the exit in the direction of Volčji Potok, and then still before Arboretum Volčji Potok we turn left on the road in the direction of Rudnik pri Radomljah. Further, we drive past the golf field Arboretum, and when we reach the priority road in Rudnik pri Radomljah, from the crossroad we continue right. The road leads us also past Glamping OB ROBU GOZDA and Galerija Repanšek, and then we get to municipal border between municipalities Kamnik and Domžale. Here we park on an appropriate place by the road.
B) We drive to Radomlje, where at the roundabout in the middle of the settlement, we go to the exit towards the settlement Rova. And good 100 meters ahead from the church in Radomlje, we turn left on street Opekarniška ulica. Further, we drive straight and follow the signs for Rudnik, and we park at the municipal border between municipalities Domžale and Kamnik.

Path description:
From the starting point, where we notice the first blazes we continue on a cart track which from the road branches off towards the northeast. For some time we are gently to moderately ascending through the forest and then the path passes on an indistinct forested ridge, on and by which we for some time continue. Higher, the path from the ridge turns right and it ascends diagonally to a crossing before the tourist farm Čeh.
From the crossing, we continue left in the direction of Trebelno pri Palovčah and we continue on a slightly ascending macadam road.
On the slopes of Grdavov hrib we go right and we still continue on the road. We walk on the road for quite some time, or to the spot where from an indistinct small valley the cart track branches off to the left, on which we continue the ascent (we can also continue on the road, but it soon ends and to the settlement Trebelno pri Palovčah we then need to ascend through fields). We continue on a distinct cart track, on which we walk until we reach an asphalt road.
On the asphalt road, we continue right, and then we quickly get to a crossroad, where the road from the settlement Trebelno pri Palovčah joins. We continue on the main road which past the chapel brings us to the village Zgornje Palovče. Through the village we are ascending to a wooden cross, where we turn sharply to the left on a quite steep road, on which we go past few more houses, and behind the houses we continue on a cart track, and there we ascend to a smaller saddle, where we go right on a beaten footpath which with nice views on Kamnik Savinja Alps ascends to the hunting observatory. At the hunting observatory, the path goes slightly left and a little higher it passes into the forest, through which we continue to an indistinct peak.
The starting point - Čeh 0:30, Čeh - Zgornje Palovče 0:55, Zgornje Palovče - Vrtače 0:20.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (December).

On the way: Čeh (481m), Zgornje Palovče (657m)