Trbovlje - Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina)

Access to starting point:
From regional road Hrastnik - Litija, at the traffic light crossroad on the periphery of Trbovlje we turn right, or left if we come from Ljubljana and we drive to the center of Trbovlje. We continue driving in the direction of Prebold, but we follow the road only to Gornje Trbovlje, where at the traffic light crossroad, we continue left on the road Cesta Tončke Čečeve, by which we then also park on one of the parking lots (during the working days, the parking lots are reserved for employees in nearby companies).

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road by which we've parked, and then at the smaller crossroad at the chapel, we continue left on a narrow and ascending road (by the crossroad we notice signs for Sveta planina / Partizanski vrh). The road ahead leads past few houses, and then passes on grassy slopes, on which we ascend to the last house.
Behind the last house, we look for a marked cart track which is further ascending by the edge of the forest. Higher, a moderately steep cart track passes into a lane of bushes, and then it brings us to an abandoned house, after which we go on an asphalt road. We follow the mentioned road to the right, and it quickly brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Sveta planina. Further, we ascend past few houses, after that from the left joins the path which starts at the lower part of Trbovlje.
We continue on the more and more panoramic road which meanwhile already lost the asphalt covering and we follow it to the "last" house in Planinska vas. We continue the ascent on a wide and well-marked cart track which at first leads by the edge of the forest and then when we bypass on the right side few houses, it passes into a little more dense forest. Higher, the cart track brings us by the edge of extensive and steep grassy slopes, from which a nice view opens up on the western part of Posavsko hribovje. A little further, the path turns sharply to the right and passes into a dense forest, through which it is ascending diagonally. Higher, we again step out of the forest, where in front of us we already notice the church of the Holy Mary and a little further inn Gostilna Planina. From the inn we continue straight (sharply right - the summit of Sveta planina 2 minutes) and on the road we descend to a smaller crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of Čemšeniška planina (right - Mrzlica and Podmeja). We continue on the road which is diagonally descending on at first still panoramic slope. The road then passes into the forest and it brings us to a crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe. Further on the left side we cross the slopes of the peak Javor, and then we get to a crossroad, in the middle of which there is NOB monument. Here we continue straight and past the church of St. Lenart in few minutes we walk to the mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe.
From the mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe we go on a worse road in the direction of Čemšeniška planina. For a short time, we walk on the road, and then we turn right on a steeper cart track which gradually passes into the forest. Higher, we leave also a wide cart track, because signs for Čemšeniška planina point us slightly right on the path which almost entirely flattens. Next follows few minutes of crossing, and then the path turns slightly to the right and brings us out of the forest on a panoramic slope. Here the path turns left and starts descending on a moderately steep grassy slope. Lower, we get to homestead Gunet, where we also step on the road.
When we get to the road, we continue right and after few steps, we get to the next crossing.
Here we go straight and we continue on the road which on the left side bypasses Gunetova glava (926 meters). On the other side of the mentioned summit we reach a panoramic saddle, and the road here turns to the left, and we walk there only 100 meters and then signs for Čemšeniška planina point us sharply right on a cart track which at first crosses a lane of a forest and then for some time brings us on a panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens up towards Krvavica. Here the cart track on which we for some time continue turns to the left and then gradually changes into a little steeper footpath. The footpath higher splits into two parts, and we can choose if we will continue on a quite steep and poorly maintained marked hiking path, or on a little less steep parallel path "Lojzova pot", which is newly made and marked with light blue dots. Higher both paths join, and the path gradually flattens and brings us by the edge of a steep ridge. We continue on the right less steep side of the ridge which then flattens and descends to a crossing at the inscription box.
Here we continue straight (right downwards - Vransko) and then at the next crossing, which is situated only few steps further right (straight downwards - mountain hut Koča na Čemšeniški planini). The path ahead leads us past the spot, where used to be the old mountain hut and past the hut of amateur radio operators. The peak which we reach without problems is located only few steps above the mentioned hut of amateur radio operators.

On the way: Sveta planina / Partizanski vrh (1011m), Planinski dom Vrhe (887m)

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Čemšeniški planini ( 15 min)