Hayrack (Laška vas - Pečovje) - Vrunčev dom na Svetini (via chapel at Mary)

Access to the starting point:
The "Laška vas - Pečovje" chapel is an ideal starting point for hiking tours in the nearby hills. For many years, the trestle was a feature of the Bojanski brook gorge between Pečovje and Laška vas, which is also the route of the asphalt road. As the goat house owned by a farmer had fallen into disrepair a few years ago, the municipality of Štore rebuilt it for its visibility with the help of European funds in order to preserve the vernacular architecture. Next to the trestle there is a large parking lot where we can park our little steel horse. The starting point can be reached by car from Celje and Štorje, where you can follow the signs for Svetina. Once you have passed the area of the old part of the ironworks in Štore, leave the main road to Svetina and turn right at the turn-off towards Pečovje. Continue along the narrow asphalt road for about 1 km and you will arrive at our hut. You can also reach the starting point on foot, as the path from the Štore railway station to the hut is fully marked.

Path description:
The starting point of the trail is at the new trestle. The whole trail is marked, it is looked after by PD Železar Štore, and most of our trail is also marked with signposts of the Barbarine Trail or Svetina. At the crossroads by the trestle, follow the signpost to Svetina across Marija and continue along the asphalt road towards Pečovje. After about 200 metres, at the second crossroads, continue sharp left and slightly uphill. The asphalt road soon levels out again at the playground in Pečovje. Here is the starting point of the Barbarian Trail. After three terraced houses turn left onto a forest road, which turns into a forest path at the last farmhouse. Soon, a path branches off to the left, leading through Bojanski graben, while we continue straight up through the dense forest. Then the path from Celje/Teharij/Zvodne joins from the right, where we continue left along a forest road at weekends and then left again along a slightly narrower wooded forest path partly also logging trail higher up. The path climbs again a little steeper and there are a few ropes to help, more as a fence than as a handhold. Soon we reach a crossroads. Straight up, the CPP (Celjska planinska pot) markers direct us to Srebotnik, and we continue left, first gently downhill past the chapel with the image of Mary carved into the wall of Srebotnik, and then gently uphill along a wide forest path, partly logging trail. At the next crossroads cross the forest road and continue along the ridge following the markings and signposts of the Barbara's Way and towards Svetina. At a new crossroads, continue to the left towards Alma's house and to the right the path to Tolstem vrh. The path leads to a ridge, where there is a branch to the right down towards Svetina, and we continue straight on to Alma's home, or the Mountain Home at Svetina. Here we are offered a wonderful view to the south of the beautiful village of Svetina and the surrounding hills. Just above the lodge is a peak called Ramanca (781 m), which also offers views to the north. The Vrunec home is only a ten-minute walk further east along the ridge.

On the way: Chapel at Mary's below Srebotnik (500m), Srebotnik (700m), Veliki Bojanski vrh (627m), Almin dom na Svetini (772m)

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