Seljanec - Ham (via Seljanečki potok)

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Gruškovje we drive to Croatia and further we drive on Croatian highway, which we leave at the first exit. Further, we drive in the direction of Trakoščan and Ivanec. At the end of the settlement Ivanec we get to the village Ivanečko Naselje, where we leave the main road towards Varaždin and we continue in the direction of Margečan (the main road towards Varaždin we leave only few 10 meters before the railway underpass). Further, we drive through the village Salinovec, we then cross the bridge through Bednja and we pass into its gorge. When the gorge ends, we soon get to a crossroad, where we continue right into the village Margečan. When the village Margečan ends we get to the neighbouring village Seljanec, where we park on a small parking lot on street Belska ulica (we park after the blue bridge or somewhere by the main road).
B) First, we drive to Varaždin, and then we continue driving towards Zagreb. In the village Turčin we don't turn left towards the highway, but we at first continue straight through the village, and then we turn right towards the settlement Ivanec. In the village Sveti Ilija we go left and we drive to the next village Beletinec, from where we continue in the direction of Ivanovec. At the end of the village Završje we continue through the bridge over Bednja (yellow fence), and then in the village Bela we notice a trail blaze (arrow). The road then leads us by mansion Bela, after which we get to the village Seljanec.

Path description:
No matter where in Seljanec we've parked, we at first return on the main road, from where we continue towards the east. When the settlement ends we continue right on street Barunska ulica and at the end of the street we go on a cart track into the forest, where we the first time cross the stream Seljanečki potok, along which we are then ascending approximately one third of the path. The cart track then quickly brings us to a crossing, by which there is usually a lot of logs and sawdust. We continue forward on a gentle cart track which further brings us to two successive crossings of the earlier mentioned stream. Here we will by the path notice a feed site for wild animals and a turn-off of the path to the right towards the climbing area Velika Zija.
We continue on the left path, which from the cart track quickly changes into a forest footpath, and then it few more times crosses the stream. Further, the path becomes steeper and it is ascending on and by the ditch of several times mentioned stream Seljanečki potok. Above the spot, when we for the last time cross the stream we step on usually a quite muddy cart track which only a little further brings us to the next crossing, where we continue right towards the summit of Ham (slightly left - mountain hut Lujčekova Hiža na Pokojcu - 10 minutes). For some time we still continue on a gentle cart track, and then we get to a meadow, from where we again continue right into the forest (by the edge of the forest there is a bench on which we can take a rest). Here the path starts ascending steeper, and it quickly brings us to a crossing, where we can go astray, because the arrow is poorly drawn. We continue left, even though it seems, that it is more logically right. When a little further we get to the next crossing, we continue upwards on an even steeper path, which is then ascending on the southwestern slope of Ham. When the steepness decreases we will step on abandoned mountain pasture Velika Raven (in the past a cattle was grazing on the mountain pasture, today the mountain pasture is abandoned and overgrown).
We continue on a marked cart track into the forest, which again becomes quite steep. Higher, the blazes from the cart track point us on a marked footpath which for some time flattens, and then it brings us on a steeper and partly rocky slope, where mainly in wet there is a slightly greater danger for slipping. When we higher get to the ridge of Ham, the path flattens, and in a minute or two of additional walking, we get to the top.
The peak is covered with a forest, so for the view we have to continue from the peak to the right to the nearby vantage point, from which a nice view opens up on Ivanščica, Ravna gora and Hamec, in very good visibility we can see even Kamnik Savinja Alps.