Dobrič (Vedet) - Gora Oljka (by road)
Starting point: Dobrič (Vedet) (485 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3416°N 15.0575°E
Path name: by road
Time of walking: 50 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 248 m
Altitude difference (by path): 250 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Šentrupert, and then we continue driving in the direction Mozirje and valley Logarska dolina. In Letuš, immediately after the bridge over the river Savinja, we leave the main road and we continue driving right in the direction of Velenje and Šmartno ob Paki. After the bridge over the river Paka we get to the next, where we continue slightly right on a narrower road in the direction of Polzela. Towards Polzela we drive to a railway track, after that immediately behind it we continue left. A little narrower road gradually passes into a valley of Hudi potok, where it starts ascending steeper. When higher road leaves the gorge, it flattens and it brings us to two successive crossroads, where a road towards Dobrič branches off to the right (turn-off isn't marked, at the second turn-off, on the nearby residential houses we notice the blazes).
B) First, we drive to Velenje, and from there we continue driving towards Šoštanj. Through Velenje we drive on the road Partizanska cesta, but only to a roundabout near the store Hofer. From the roundabout we go on the third exit (if there wouldn't be roundabout we would turn left) and we continue driving on the road Pokopališka cesta, which leads towards the cemetery Podkraj. Only few meters before the sign, which marks the beginning of the settlement Podgorje we leave the main road and we continue driving left (turn-off isn't marked, on power pole we notice only sign with the caption Daewoo motor bike) on a little narrower road which leads us towards the dispersed settlement Veliki Vrh. The road further leads past individual houses, and we follow it to the homestead Vedet, where we notice the blazes and turn-off of the road to the left, which leads towards Dobrič and Gora Oljka.
Path description:
Both roads after few 10 strides join into one, and it brings us to the spot, where by the path, we notice a caption, that we are welcome in Dobrič. From the road soon to the right, a marked path branches off on the nearby Brezovec 617 meters (on signs we notice only signs for paths Martinova pot and Andraška pot), and we still continue on the road in the direction of Gora Oljka (path past Rogeljšek). The road few more minutes continues through the forest and then it brings us on the upper edge of the nearby meadow, from where a nice view opens up on Paški Kozjak and part of Pohorje. At the mentioned homestead, the road for some time becomes asphalted, and behind it, a marked footpath branches off to the right on Gora Oljka (turn-off of the path to the right isn't at the end of the asphalt anymore or on part, where the path is settled with logs, but few 10 meters ahead).
We still continue on the road which returns into the forest and is further ascending diagonally on a slope of Gora Oljka. After few minutes, we join a wider macadam road which leads towards the summit, and we follow it to the right. Only about a minute ahead joins the marked path from Polzela, which soon leaves the road. We still continue on the road, and there we get to a chapel and larger parking lot. At the parking lot, we return on a marked path, and it continues on the road, on which in a minute of additional walking, we get to the mountain hut on Gora Oljka and after a short ascent on the stairs also to the church of the Holy Cross, from which a nice view opens up on Posavsko hribovje, Kamnik Savinja Alps, nearby surroundings and more.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2014 (August).
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