Gornji Grad - Vivodnik (via Semprimožnik and Ovčji stan)

Access to starting point:
From the valley Savinjska dolina or from Kamnik through mountain pass Črnivec, we drive to Gornji Grad, where on a settled parking lot by the main bus stop we also park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue by the main road towards the valley Savinjska dolina. After few 10 meters we come to a smaller crossroad, where signs for mountain hut Dom na Menini planini point us to the right on street Prod. Immediately after the first house we come at the marked crossing, where the path over Borovnica branches off to the right, and we continue straight in the direction of Menina planina past Semprimožnik. For some time we still continue on the road, and then we come to a bigger chapel, behind which we continue right on the forest road. The road quickly brings us to a smaller stream, after which it changes into a steep cart track. We continue the ascent on a marked cart track which higher turns to the left and a little further brings us to a marked crossing.
We continue right on the steep path (possible also straight on a gentle path), which past the plague column from 17th century after approximately 20 minutes of additional walking brings us on an indistinct saddle, where the path branches off to the left towards St. Florjan (1 minute), and we continue right, where after few steps of additional walking joins the gentle path. We continue straight on a marked path, which over steep and more panoramic grassy slopes brings us to a forest road which leads on Menina planina. The mentioned road, we only cross, because signs lead on a grassy meadow, through which in few steps we get to Semprimožnik. Only few meters above the farm we again step on the road, and there signs for Menina planina point us on a well-marked path. Further, we are moderately ascending on a cart track, and it turns slightly towards the right and from the edge of the forest leads in more dense forest. After that, the path soon exceed altitude of 1000 meters and only a little further brings us to the parking lot number 2 (parking lot number 1 is located near the farm Semprimožnik).
Here we again cross the road and we continue the ascent on a pleasant path, which quickly brings us to "Usrani klanec". Here the path ascends steeper for a short time, and then in a moderate ascent through the forest brings us to a crossing, where from the right side joins the path over Borovnica.
We continue moderate ascent through the forest and the path quickly brings us on Prag 1170 meters, from which follows barely noticeable descent to "kopalnica" (bathroom). The path which again starts ascending, quickly brings us to the next marked crossing, where we have two options to continue. We continue slightly left in the direction of Menina planina over Ovčji stan (right Menina planina over Jespa, the latter is 15 minutes longer, option for circular path). The path ahead is for some time still ascending through the forest, after that immediately after we cross a grazing fence we step out of the forest on the more and more panoramic grassy slopes. Mentioned grassy slopes we walk in a diagonal ascent, and then we join the forest road which we then follow to the mountain hut Dom na Menini planini.
From the hut, we continue on a marked path in the direction of Vivodnik. After a few 10 strides of easy walking, the path for a short time steeply ascends, and then it flattens and brings us on a larger grassy slope, where we run into the signpost with the caption "Vivodnik - krožna pot (circular path)". We continue slightly left (on the right path we can return) on a relatively gently sloping path, which quickly brings us in a short lane of a forest. Here the path for a short time ascends again, and then it brings us out of the forest, where in front of us we already notice a lookout tower on Vivodnik, which we reach after few steps of additional walking.

On the way: Sveti Florjan above Gornji Grad (743m), Semprimožnik (812m), Prag (1170m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Menini planini