Zvodno - Bavč (via Hudičev graben)

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 leads us through the center of Celje, and then before Savinja brings us to a roundabout with a fountain. Here we continue "straight" over the first bridge (direction Laško and Zidani Most) and we follow the road to the next traffic light crossroad, where we continue left over the second bridge over Savinja. Immediately behind the bridge at the crossroad we continue right. After approx 500 meters we get to the underpass under the railway track (on the right side there is a large parking lot and the starting point in Zagrad), we go through it and we continue straight past the fire station in Zagrad. We follow the road through the village, and higher in Zvodno it brings us to a smaller crossroad at the bus stop, where we notice signposts for Grmada right, Hudičev graben straight, parking lot 1.2 km straight. We continue straight towards the new parking lot (2020), and the road gradually flattens and narrows. New parking lot - our starting point is located just by the road before the fish farm. Here we can park and we go on a trip on paths, which lead past Marija, or through Hudičev graben, or through Suhi potok. To the starting point, we can also come from Dolenjska and Zasavje. In this case, we at first drive to Rimske Toplice and then through Laško to the above described second bridge, from where we continue in accordance with the description.

Path description:
From the starting point signposts for Hudičev graben point us at first on the road past the supporting wall back towards Celje, and already after few steps sharply to the left on a cart track which leads into the forest. We follow the cart track about 100 meters to a crossing just before the ditch, where the path branches off to the left towards Pečovje, Marija, Srebotnik..., and we continue in the direction of gorge Hudičev graben. We continue the ascent on the path which runs on and by the riverbed of the stream Hudičev potok. The gorge soon narrows and we get help from iron spikes, stemples and steel cables. Ahead with the help of numerous fixed safety gear we are ascending right above the riverbed of the stream, on which we can notice numerous waterfalls. Higher, the gorge widens, where we get to a crossing. To the left steep path on Srebotnik branches off, and we continue to the right, where we leave the riverbed of the stream Hudičev potok and we start ascending steeper through the forest. If we will go on the path in spring months, we will during the ascent through the forest notice numerous sites of wild garlic. After a pleasant ascent through the forest, the path flattens and brings us on a wide cart track on the saddle south before Bavč. Here we turn right towards the north, we leave the marked path and on the ridge of Bavč on an unmarked path we get to our destination.

On the way: Srebotnik (700m)

Trip can be extended to: Pečovniška koča on Grmada , Hotel Celjska koča , Srebotnik , Grmada above Celje , Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča