Liboje - Gozdnik

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Žalec and then we drive towards Arja vas. At the crossroad at the end of the village, we continue straight in the direction of Liboje. Soon after the sign that marks the end of the village Liboje we will by the road notice a mountain signpost for Liboje. Further, we drive good 100 meters to a smaller parking lot by the road, where there is the beginning of the footpath on Šmohor and Malič. The beginning of the footpath isn't marked (if we drove to water source Ramšak, we are already too far).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go left on a foot path which moderately ascends through a meadow. After few minutes of the ascent, the path crosses the macadam road, where we for the first time notice a mountain signpost for Šmohor. The path then ascends to the top of a meadow, after which it goes into the forest and after additional few minutes of walking, it brings us to a forest road, where we continue straight upwards in the direction of Šmohor. The path which still runs through the forest is becoming increasingly steep. After a good half an hour of walking, the steepness decreases and the path brings us on a cart track. And from the cart track soon signs for Šmohor point us to the left on the path which after the next short ascent brings us on the forest road, where we continue right towards Šmohor. And after few meters of a light descent, a marked footpath branches off to the left on Malič. Here as well, we continue right, at first on the road, and then on a footpath which quickly brings us to the mountain hut Dom na Šmohorju.
From Dom na Šmohorju we continue in the direction of Kal, Mrzlica and Gozdnik. The path ahead at first crosses a larger meadow, and then passes into a lane of a forest, through which it descends to the nearby road. When we step on the road, we continue in the same direction, and we walk there to the spot, where it splits into two parts. This time we continue on the left road, on which in few 10 strides we get to the church of St. Mohor.
From the church, by which there grow numerous old linden trees, we descend on a marked hiking path, and it soon returns on a macadam road. We continue on the road which on the right side bypasses the peak Pernice, and then it starts moderately descending and it brings us to a marked crossroad. From the crossroad, we go in the direction of Kal and Mrzlica and we continue on a bit narrower macadam road which past a religious symbol and a well brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight. The road then flattens and after few 10 meters brings us to the spot, where signs for Kal, Mrzlica and Gozdnik point us to the right on an ascending cart track. The path ahead leads us past NOB monument, after which we soon get to the next crossing. This time we continue right in the direction of Gozdnik (slightly left downwards Mrzlica), and we continue on a cart track to the spot, where the forest gets a little thinner. Here a narrower cart track branches off to the right, by which we soon notice blazes, and gradually it changes into a footpath. The path ahead for a short time steeply ascends, and then it flattens and gradually brings us on the ridge of Mali Gozdnik. Next follows a walk on at first a gentle ridge and then the path steeply ascends and it quickly brings us on an indistinct peak of Mali Gozdnik.
Next follows a short descent and the path brings us on a small saddle between the both peaks of Gozdnik. The path ahead gradually starts ascending steeper and steeper, and it leads on a relatively steep and mainly in wet for slipping dangerous ridge. The path higher flattens and in few minutes of additional walking brings us to the summit, in the middle of which there is a wooden bivouac.

On the way: Dom na Šmohorju mountain hut (784m), Mali Gozdnik (981m)