Zgornja Bistrica (Center Vintgar) - Ančnikovo gradišče

Access to starting point:
We drive to the center of Slovenska Bistrica, from where we go on the road in the direction of Zgornja Bistrica and Bistriški Vintgar. We further follow the signs for Bistriški Vintgar, and we park on the settled parking lot at Center Vintgar.

Path description:
From the parking lot at Center Vintgar we return to the road and we continue in the direction of Bistriški Vintgar. For a short time, we walk on the road or sidewalk, and then a path branches off to the left towards Trije kralji (path via Veliko Tinje), and we still continue on a sidewalk. Further, the sidewalk ends, and we continue on the road to the next parking lot, where there are red hiking signposts (to here 20 minutes).
We continue on a wider path which leads towards Bistriški vintgar, and at the spot where we leave the road there are signs for Roman quarry and Šmartno na Pohorju.
The path ahead is still gently ascending, and when over a small bridge we get to the right bank of Bistrica, the path becomes gradually slightly steeper.
Before the path turns a little to the left and passes on a slope, on the right we notice Roman quarry, and then we are ascending diagonally on an increasingly steep slope. On the mentioned part slightly to the right a footpath which leads towards the waterfall Šum branches off (to the waterfall leads a little less than 5 minutes long footpath which is mainly in wet on a shorter part dangerous for slipping), and we still continue on the path which is diagonally ascending on a steep slope (on this part mainly in spring time during and after the rain there is a greater danger of falling stones). When the slope becomes a little less steep from the right joins also the demanding path which leads via waterfall Šum, and a little further we get to a marked crossing, where we leave Bistriški vintgar.
We continue on the left path in the direction of Ančnikovo gradišče and panoramic platform (to the right continues the path through Bistriški vintgar) and we start quite steeply ascending. At first, we are still ascending by the nearby torrent, and then through a lane of raspberry bushes. Higher, we reach a wider cart track, where we go left, and further at smaller crossings we continue straight.
When we get to a marked crossing at the periphery of the forest we go left in the direction of Ančnikovo gradišče, to which we get into a minute of additional walking.
From Ančnikovo gradišče we return to the last crossing, from which we go in the direction of panoramic platform (razgledna ploščad), and to there we have for approximately 3 minutes of more and more panoramic walking on a wider cart track.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in July 2022.