Teharje - Hotel Celjska koča (via Marija and Bavč)

Access to starting point:
Teharje have a rich history. They are first indirectly mentioned in written sources as early as the 12th century. Local history is closely connected with the Counts of Celje, because people from Teharje gained enrichment. Today Teharje is headquarters of the eponymous local community, in which live about thousand inhabitants. The settlement is located on the right side of the river Voglajna, east from Celje, therefore the access is easiest on the road from Celje. The starting point of our path is located at the bridge over Voglajna, and we can park on the nearby large parking lot by the former inn, just before the secured railway crossing and before the mentioned bridge, near the large industrial halls, at the area of ironworks Štore.

Path description:
First part of our trip leads from the starting point on a marked path Pot I. Celjske čete, which is managed by PD Grmada Celje. At the starting point, there is a signpost which points us along the asphalt road which runs by the left bank of river Voglajna. After approximately 700 meters of walking on the asphalt at the crossing we go to the right on a macadam road into the forest. At the memorial plaque higher, we leave the road and we continue on a forest path uphill. After getting out of the forest, we higher get to the settlement Osenica, where a view opens up on Bavč and Grmada. We soon get to a crossing, from where from the right joins Celje mountain trail (CPP), which leads from the direction castle Stari grad. We circumvent the meadow and we continue on the asphalt road which leads higher into Pečovje. After approximately 900 meters of walking on asphalt, at a well-marked hayrack we leave it and we continue to the right on the forest road. After 500 meters of pleasant views on the nearby hills, we step into the forest, where from the right joins the path which leads from the starting point in Zvodno. To here from the parking lot there is 1 hour of walking, 3.36 km distances, 167 meters of ascent and 18 meters of descent.
We continue straight on the forest road. Soon from the left joins also the path Barbarina pot from Štore. From here further we for some time follow signposts for path Barbarina pot, and at the same time we leave the path Pot I. Celjske čete. A little higher, when we are already past two lonely homesteads, to the left a narrower forest path branches off, which soon starts ascending a little steeper. Before the crossing below Marija we also get help from some cables, more in the function of a fence than a grip. At the crossing straight upwards signs CPP (Celje mountain trail) are pointing towards Srebotnik, but we continue left at first slightly downwards past the chapel with the image of Mary carved into the wall of Srebotnik, after that slightly upwards on a wide forest path, partly logging trail. We soon reach another crossing, where we continue to the right on a hardened forest road slightly upwards and we stop following the signposts for path Barbarina pot. We follow the forest road few hundred meters to another crossing on the saddle below the southern access on Srebotnik.
To the left we can ascend on Tolsti vrh, to the right we can ascend on Srebotnik, but we continue on the forest road slightly to the left downwards on CPP, which in this part connects Srebotnik with Tolsti vrh. We follow the forest road few hundred meters to the first crossing or to the stream Hudičev potok, where the path CPP branches off to the left upwards towards Tolsti vrh. We continue to the right across the stream, where the forest road passes into an unmarked forest path. A diverse path leads us about a kilometer through the forest, until we get to a bigger crossing on the saddle on the south side of Bavč, where from the right joins the marked path from Hudičev graben towards Grmada. We continue on a wide cart track, on which we bypass less known Bavč. A little further there is another crossing, where from the right side joins the path via Suhi potok. We go in the direction of the mountain hut Celjska koča and we continue the ascent on a wide macadam road, from which soon the path branches off to the left on Tolsti vrh and Svetina. We continue on the road and we follow it all the way to the mountain hut Celjska koča, which we reach after few minutes of additional walking.

On the way: Srebotnik (700m), Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča (834m), Bavč (692m)