Spodnja Rečica - Dom na Šmohorju (via Tolsto)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, take the Celje - center exit, then continue driving towards Laško and Zidani Most. When you arrive in Laško, at the traffic light opposite the gas station, turn right in the direction of Spodnja and Zgornja Rečica and Huda Jama. Further on, drive along a somewhat narrower road, which you follow in a gentle to moderate ascent to the sports field in Spodnja Rečica, or almost to the crossroad, where the road to Huda Jama branches off to the left. At the starting point, there are no suitable parking spots.
B) From Zasavje or Posavje, drive to Zidani Most or Rimske Toplice, then continue driving towards Celje. When you arrive in Laško, the signs for Spodnja and Zgornja Rečica and Huda Jama direct you left onto a somewhat narrower road, which you follow in a gentle to moderate ascent to the sports field in Spodnja Rečica, or almost to the crossroad, where the road to Huda Jama branches off to the left. At the starting point, there are no suitable parking spots.

Route description:
Between the sports field and the crossroad where the road to Huda Jama branches off to the left, we will notice a green sign for the Zlatorogova transverzala ponosa trail, which marks the beginning of the mountain path leading to Šmohor. Near the green sign we also notice the trail blazes, which direct us right onto a paved road that ascends between a few houses. For a short time we walk along the road, then the blazes direct us slightly right onto a footpath, which continues ascending parallel to the road. On the forest path at the junctions, we carefully follow the blazes, which soon bring us to a forest road that we merely cross. For a short time we continue along the cart track, then an arrow on a tree directs us sharply right onto a footpath that steeply ascends through the forest for a short time. Higher up, the path joins a wider cart track, which we follow to a smaller hamlet where we cross a wider macadam road.
We continue in the direction of the peak Tolsto and ascend further along the edge of a panoramic slope from which a nice view opens up onto Govško brdo, Babe and Ostri vrh. The path then returns to the forest, through which it steeply ascends for a short time, then joins a cart track that brings us just a little higher to a marked junction. Here we continue left in the direction of the peak Tolsto (straight ahead to Šmohor) and proceed along a gradually steeper cart track that ascends diagonally across the slopes of the aforementioned peak. Higher up the cart track narrows and gradually turns into a relatively steep mountain path, along which in about 10 minutes of further walking we arrive at the forested peak.
From the peak we continue along the marked path, which begins descending towards the nearby saddle. Before descending to the mentioned saddle, we join the path that bypasses the peak Tolsto, but we continue straight along the path that soon levels out completely and then begins ascending again. After a few minutes we join a macadam road, which we follow to the right to the first junction. From the junction, or fork, we continue left (sharply left to the church of St. Mohor, straight to Malič and Laško) along the marked mountain path, along which in 3 minutes of further walking we arrive at the mountain hut on Šmohor.

Along the route: Tolsto (780m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kamčič, Veliki Slomnik, Malič ( 40 min), Gozdnik (1 h 45 min)

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