Starting point: Lipa (721 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2614°N 14.8937°E
Time of walking: 55 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 281 m
Altitude difference (by path): 281 m
Map: Zgornja Savinjska dolina 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Celje we go to the exit Vransko. We continue driving on the old road in the direction of Ljubljana, but only to a spot, where the road towards Vransko branches off to the right. On the west side of Vransko we will notice a road which goes towards the village Prapreče and Vologa. The road that starts ascending steeper we follow through the village Vologa to a saddle Lipa, where we park on one of the parking lots.
Possible is also access from the valley Zadrečka dolina.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a macadam road in the direction of Smolnik and Menina planina. Moderately steep road which all the time runs through the forest, after good 10 minutes of walking, it brings us to a marked crossroad, where we continue left. The road ahead slightly flattens, and then it continues by crossing the slopes of Smolnik. Eventually we will by the road notice signs for Smolnik, which point us sharply right on in the summer time quite overgrown cart track. We follow the mentioned cart track few 10 strides, and then blazes point us to the left on a steep footpath which is further ascending on and by an indistinct ridge. Higher, the path flattens, and then in few minutes of additional walking brings us on with a forest covered peak of Smolnik.
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