Zagrad - Hotel Celjska koča

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we go to the exit Celje - center and we continue driving in the direction Laško and Zidani Most. The road ahead leads through the center of Celje, and then it brings us to a roundabout with a fountain. Here we continue "straight" (direction Laško and Zidani Most) and we follow the road to the next traffic light crossroad, where we continue left, we drive over the river Savinja and then at the crossroad behind the bridge we continue right. Further, we come to the underpass under the railway track and only few meters ahead to a fire station in Zagrad near of which we park on a larger macadam parking lot.
To the starting point, we can also come from Dolenjska and Zasavje. In this case, at first we drive to Rimske Toplice and then through Laško to the starting point.

Path description:
On the eastern side of the parking lot, we notice the blazes, which point us on the path which at first ascends among houses, and then crosses an asphalt road. Further, we are only for a short time ascending through the forest and then we join the before mentioned road. The road which is further gently to moderately ascending, leads us on a panoramic grassy slope, from which a nice view is opening up. Higher, the road ends, and we continue on a wide and well made mountain path, which then leads us through an indistinct small valley. Higher, we step on a macadam road and with the exception of some shortcuts we follow it to a marked crossing by which a sign is located.
We continue straight on a well-made path (left Grmada steep path), and which higher again joins the macadam road. The road then slightly descends and past Trobiš beech tree brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we continue slightly left on an ascending cart track. A wide cart track, from which soon the path towards the mountain hut Pečovniška koča branches off to the left, and higher changes into a macadam road, we then follow all the way to the mountain hut Celjska koča.

Trip can be extended to: Turn (Sv. Janez Krstnik) , Pečovniška koča on Grmada , Bavč , Grmada above Celje , Almin dom na Svetini ( 50 min) , Vrunčev dom na Svetini , Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča