Dolina potoka Žep - Veliki Travnik (via partisan hospital)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Šentrupert and we follow the road ahead towards the valley Logarska dolina. In the village Ljubno ob Savinji signpost for Smrekovec points us right. The road then runs through the center of the village, where we turn left again following the signs for Smrekovec. The road then brings us in Ljubenske Rastke, where at the crossroad near the church we continue left. We follow this road to the sharp right turn in the middle of which a macadam road branches off straight which we follow to a smaller parking lot at the end of it.

Path description:
From the parking lot at an old mill over a small bridge we cross the tributary of the stream Žep and then we ascend on a cart track which is ascending by the stream Žep. After few minutes of walking, we will notice a footpath which turns sharply right and for a short time steeply ascends. After a short ascent, the path brings us out of the forest on a smaller clearing on which stands log cabin Planinc.
We continue slightly left on a worse cart track, that starts gently ascending parallel with a torrent gully, which we notice right below. Cart track then eventually crosses the mentioned torrent and right after it, it brings us to a crossing. We continue on the right cart track which at first crosses slopes towards the right, and then in numerous zig-zags starts ascending steeper. Higher, we get to a forest road which we follow to the left, and it quickly brings us to a crossroad.
We continue left in the direction of partisan hospital and cottage on Travnik, on an ahead marked cart track which mostly only crosses the slopes. Cart track later changes into a macadam road which we follow only to a spot, where it crosses a torrent stream.
Immediately after the stream we notice a steep marked cart track which ascends by the stream and then goes into the forest. We continue the ascent on a cart track which after few additional minutes of walking through the forest brings us to the partisan hospital Mrzle vode.
From the hospital we continue in the direction of Travnik on increasingly steep and poorly visible path. Higher, the path crosses two successive forest roads and then returns into the forest, where it continues relatively steeply ascending. Higher, the steepness decreases and from the right joins the path from the saddle Hlipovec.
We continue left on a pleasant forest path, which is further only slightly ascending. A little further, the path brings us to the next crossing, where we continue right in the direction of Veliki Travnik or Turnovka (left mountain hut Koča na Travniku) on the path which is still ascending through the spruce forest. After additional 10 minutes we step out of the forest, from where a view towards the summit opens up. We continue right (left mountain hut Koča na Travniku) and in few 10 strides of additional walking, we reach the peak of Veliki Travnik.

On the way: Partizanska bolnica Mrzle vode (1226m)