Socka - Kozjek (nad Socko)

Access to starting point:
Socka is a settlement in municipality Vojnik. It is located on the path between Nova Cerkev and Vitanje. It got its name after the gorge of the river Hudinja, which is called equally - Socka. To Socka we get from Celje (approx 13 km), from there we go towards the north through Vojnik, and then left through Nova Cerkev and Razdelj. We can park in the very center, where there is enough parking spots near the bus stop, inn Gostišče Koprivnik or bistro Bals.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue in the same direction towards the north, from where we came from Celje, on the asphalt road into gorge Socka, through which runs river Hudinja. The path on the asphalt road is marked and interesting. A larger part of the path, we will follow the signs towards Špičasti vrh or Strnadov travnik. Approx 1 km from the starting point on the left side of the road at the turn there is a larger parking lot, to where we can also drive and then park there. Here we leave the main road and we go across the stream vis-à-vis the parking lot, where there are a footbridge and signposts. The path continues through the forest and upwards, and we soon get to stairs, where the signs point us on the asphalt to the right. And few steps later we get to the turn-off, where we continue sharply left upwards back on a forest path towards Strnadov travnik. Few steps upwards and there is another crossing. Signs here can confuse us, but we turn right on a hardened forest path. From here on runs a diverse forest path, and blazes and signs all the time point us towards our destination. After some time, we come on the saddle between Kozjek on the left and Kislica on the right, where we continue left on Strnadov travnik uphill and we leave the marked path (we ignore signs to the right, we go in the opposite direction). We soon get to a clearing, where a beautiful view opens up towards the south and back towards Kislica. We continue to the forest and we step on a forest path slightly uphill. The forest path is getting narrower, until it vanishes. We have few more meters of ascent towards the summit on pathless terrain. The peak doesn't have much of a view, for this pleasure we descend slightly downwards on southwestern ridge to the vantage point, where a breathtaking view opens up towards the west all the way to the Alps.