Čatež - Bajturn (Zaplaški hrib) (on north slope)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Novo mesto we go to the exit Trebnje east, and then we continue driving in the direction of the settlement Velika Loka. After the settlement Zidani Most we get to the settlement Štefan pri Trebnjem, where we continue sharply left in the direction of Zaplaz. After few kilometers of a partly winding road we get to Čatež, where the road on Zaplaz branches off to the left, and on the main road, we descend a little and then we park on a large parking lot between the culture house Kulturni dom Čatež and the fire station.
B) From Trebnje or Mokronog we drive to Mirna, and from there we drive towards Litija. Towards Litija we go to the sharp right turn, and from there we continue left in the direction of Cirnik and Selska Gora. After Cirnik the road gradually starts descending. When we descend to a river Mirna we at first cross the bridge, and then at the crossroad we continue left. After the crossroad, the road slowly starts ascending, and then it brings us to the settlement Čatež, where we park on a large parking lot near the Culture house Čatež.
C) We drive to Šmartno pri Litiji, and from there we continue driving towards Gabrovka. After the settlement Moravče pri Gabrovki, after the transformer we turn slightly right in the direction towards the gas station. Further, we drive through the valley of river Mirna. When after the turn-off for Gornje Ravne the road turns right, it leaves river Mirna and starts ascending towards Čatež. When we get to Čatež we park on a large parking lot between the fire station and Culture house Čatež.

Path description:
From the parking lot, near of which there is also the end of the path Levstikova pot from Litija to Čatež, we at first ascend to the parish church of St. Mihael in Čatež, and from there behind the church we continue right and at the inn Gostilna Tončkov dom, we return to the main road which we reach at the marked crossroad. We continue the ascent on the main road which leads us past the bus stop and the tourist map, and after good 100 meters we continue right, on a steep road in the direction of Zaplaz. The road quickly flattens and it turns left, where it brings us to the edge of the forest, where there is a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue right towards Zagrič (further on the road Zaplaz), on a cart track which passes into the forest. Through the forest, the path continues without large changes in altitude, and then it splits into two parts. On a poorly marked crossing, slightly to the left continues an ascending path which leads on Zaplaz, and we continue on the bottom path which still continues without large changes in altitude. Even a little further, we get to a marked crossing "Pri Panju", where the path branches off to the left towards the chapel with healing water, and we continue straight in the direction of Bajturn.
We continue through the forest, on the path by which there is a larger number of signposts of Forest teaching trail. In few shorter ascents a little later we join another cart track which we follow to the right (if we would continue left we could come on Zaplaz). The forest path then after few minutes of additional walking brings us to a water storage, after which we turn to the left and then we in few minutes ascend to the summit of Bajturn.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (March).