Velika Kostrevnica - Kožljevec

Access to starting point:
We drive to Litija, where we continue to Šmartno pri Litiji. There we follow signposts for Gabrovka and Radeče, but only to a hamlet Bajernik in the village Mala Kostrevnica. Here at the crossroad we turn right and we follow the road to Velika Kostrevnica, where we park near the fire station.

Path description:
At the chapel before the fire station in Velika Kostrevnica we notice the first mountain signposts and signposts for Slovenian mountain bike route. From here we follow the road towards Lupinica, but only few meters, because signs soon point us on in parts quite steep and also narrow road among houses - in the first part of the path, we follow the signs for Tisje. Higher, the road flattens a little, after the end of the village Velika Kostrevnica we go also past a smaller quarry and after few minutes of additional walking, we come in the village Jelša. When we are past first few houses in the village, we cross the main road Velika Kostrevnica - Liberga, where we notice, that on this part of the path runs also the path Levstikova pot from Litija to Čatež. We continue past the butcher shop and inn on our right, where an asphalt road slowly changes into a forest path. We still walk in the direction towards Tisje or signs for hike "Pohod Tisje", and after few minutes we ascend on a panoramic ridge path. Here we walk past a bee house, few (holiday) cottages or vineyard cottages and church of St. Mohor and Fortunat, which we notice a little lower. When the macadam road, on which we walk again gets an asphalt covering, we soon go again a little left on a macadam, which leads us past next few houses on the right and changes into a narrower forest footpath. Signposts "Pohod Tisje" lead us on this well-beaten footpath mostly by the right side of the ridge and a little higher we join a wider forest path, where we turn left. Already after few steps, the path again splits - the right is marked with Knafelc blazes and leads ahead on the top of the ridge towards Tisje, and here we stop following this path and we go a little to the left on an unmarked path. At the same time we start descending a little, and further it runs all the time a little to the left side and passes on a forested ridge. The path eventually also narrows a little, but it is all the time easy to follow. On this ridge path we will soon notice, that on our left side there is quarry Draga, which is later also pointed out by warnings on the trees by the path. Above the quarry a nice view opens up on village Cerovica and surrounding hills, and we only have few meters to the top of forested Kožljevec.