Zagrad - Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča (Po vrheh)
Starting point: Zagrad (240 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2117°N 15.2626°E 
Path name: Po vrheh
Time of walking: 1 h 40 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 594 m
Altitude difference (by path): 600 m
Map:
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 religious symbol is situated.
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.
From Celjska koča we continue to the right (western) side of the local ski slope, and then we go on a footpath in the direction of Tolsti vrh. The path ahead leads us on a mushroom learning path, which we follow approximately 20 minutes or to the spot, where we come to a marked crossing, where the path from Laško joins. We go left and we continue the ascent in the direction of Tolsti vrh on the path which soon brings us by the upper part of the ski slope Celjska koča. We continue on a marked path, which after a shorter steep ascent brings us to a pleasant vantage point with a bench.
We continue through the forest and after a good minute of additional walking, we step on a forested Tolsti vrh.
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