Tirosek (Nova Štifta) - Vivodnik

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving towards the mountain pass Črnivec and Gornji Grad. When we almost get into a valley of river Dreta, we turn sharply right in the direction of Šmiklavž, Tirosek and Nova Štifta. Ahead we drive through Šmiklavž, and at the first crossroad after the mentioned settlement we turn left on the road in the direction of Menina planina 13.8 km (a sign by the road is currently fallen and is located in grass - data August 2011). By the road which goes higher in the forest, we then park on an appropriate place.
B) From Vransko or from the valley Savinjska dolina we drive to Gornji Grad, and then we continue driving towards the mountain pass Črnivec and Kamnik. Only few kilometers after Gornji Grad, still before the road starts ascending steeply, signs for Šmiklavž, Tirosek and Nova Štifta point us to the left on a little narrower local road. Ahead we drive through Šmiklavž, and at the first crossroad after the mentioned settlement we turn left on the road in the direction of Menina planina 13.8 km (a sign by the road is currently fallen and is located in grass - data August 2011). By the road which goes higher in the forest, we then park on an appropriate place.

Path description:
When the road passes into the forest, we soon get to a crossroad, where a road towards the farm Gluk branches off to the right, and we continue straight where we are still moderately ascending through the forest. Only a little higher, from the left side joins the marked path from Šmiklavž (we can also start in Šmiklavž, but the path from there and to the road is hard to follow and on many spots entirely overgrown). A short time we still continue on the road, and then blazes point us to the right on a footpath, on which at first through the forest, and higher through partly "abandoned" orchard we ascend to the farm Vrtačnik (to here possible also on the road).
Here we continue right and immediately after the house we leave the road and we continue left over a grazing fence on a cart track. Cart track at first ascends a little towards the left and then when it turns to the right, it splits into two parts. At the crossing, we continue on the left cart track, so we continue straight on a worse and a little higher also quite overgrown cart track. Ahead we are ascending diagonally on the mentioned cart track, and we walk there to the right turn. In the middle of the turn, we will on a tree notice arrow, which pointing on the mountain path, which is then ascending diagonally through a dense forest. Higher, the footpath flattens a little and crosses a forest road which leads on Menina planina and mountain pasture Planina Travnik. A short time we still continue through the forest and then we again cross the road, difference is that now we cross the road which leads only to the mountain pasture Planina Travnik. Higher, we join the road and there with increasingly beautiful views we ascend to shepherd cottages on the mountain pasture Planina Travnik.
From the cottage, we continue past nearby cross and bell, behind which marked path turns to the right. Next follows a pleasant walk on the path which is at first gentlly and then moderately ascending over an ample pastures. Higher, the path goes into the forest, where gradually starts descending. The path soon again starts ascending and it brings us to a macadam road which we follow to the right. Few minutes we walk on the mentioned road, and then blazes point us to the right on a footpath which moderately ascends through a dense forest. Higher, we once again cross the road which gradually brings us on pastures of Menina planina. With some shorter ascents and descents we continue on a pleasant path, which after a little longer descent joins also the path from Gornji Grad (path past Jespa).
We continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Menini planini, on the path which crosses a lane of a forest and then it brings us to the parking lot near already mentioned mountain hut. From the parking lot, we continue through a meadow and the path, from which a nice view opens up on chain of Kamnik Savinja Alps, quickly brings us 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: Vrtačnik (705m), Planina Travnik (1180m), Dom na Menini planini mountain hut (1453m)