Kebelj - Dom na Osankarici (via Sveti Trije Kralji)

Access to the starting point:
Take the Oplotnica exit (to get here from the Štajerska motorway, take the Slovenske Konjice or Slovenska Bistrica - south), then first follow the signs for Osankarica, then for the settlement Kebelj. When you arrive in Kebelj, turn left out of the centre of the settlement towards the cemetery, then park next to it.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road leading along the upper north side of the cemetery, and when the road ends after about 50 m, turn right along the marked path (Oplotnica on the left).
The way ahead leads along the waymarked cart track, which turns right before entering the forest and continues along the edge of the forest, and from the above-mentioned cart track, waymarks direct you left onto the narrower cart track, which continues through the forest. Follow the markings through the forest, and when the path turns slightly to the right, after a short crossing, a second path from the settlement Kebelj joins us from the right.
Go left here and you will quickly reach the ruins of Kebeljski or Zajčev Castle.
Go around the ruins on the left and follow the signs to the nearby asphalt road, where you go straight up. Just a little further on, the asphalt road turns right, and the path to Osankarica (the Kebelj Transversal Route) branches off to the left. Leave the asphalt road just a little further on, where the signs for the Black Lake direct you to the left into the forest. There is a short climb through the forest, and then past numerous rubbish bins we reach a nearby homestead (there is also a warning for a vicious dog from the opposite direction). At the homestead, the road becomes asphalt and we quickly return to the slightly wider asphalt road, which we continue to climb. After a few minutes, the signs direct us left onto the grassy cart track, which we climb along the edge of the forest, and higher up, we pass a house and rejoin the asphalt road, which leads us to the next marked crossroads.
Continue to the right in the direction of Treh Kraljev and Črni jezero (left Črno jezero - the path past Kos) and follow the road to the crossroads near the NOB monument.
From the crossroads, turn right towards the access road, and at the sign for the cul-de-sac, turn left onto the marked footpath which continues through the forest. It takes about 20 minutes to climb through the forest, following the signs, and then you reach a road, which you follow for about 10 steps to the right, where you reach the Hotel Jakec, above which is the Church of St. Three Kings.
From the Church of the Three Kings, continue in the direction of the Black Lake and the Urška Trail and quickly reach the nearby ski slope, which you continue along for a short distance and then cross (when the ski slope is open, the ski run and the ski lift cross higher up - above the ski lift and the ski slope). The way forward takes us past the ARSO weather station, and we continue to follow the markings, and after a few minutes on the connecting ski trail we reach another ski slope, which we also cross (up Veliki vrh, next to the ski slope). Then we cross the ski lift and another ski slope, and then the trail comes into the forest, where after a few minutes of further walking we reach a cross, next to which there is a teaching board of the Urška Trail (Urška's Trail). The way forward descends slowly and leads us to a marked crossroads, where we choose the left path (straight Šumik and Ruška koča), where we continue in the direction of Osankarice and Črnega jezera. Continue to descend gently to moderately and follow the markings. When the descent ends, you will reach a crossroads near Černý jezero.
Continue straight on (left Oplotnica - the path past Kos) and in a few steps you will reach the lake.
Follow the path in the direction of Osankarica, bypassing the lake on the right, and after crossing a small stream, the path enters the forest and continues along a wood-paved path. The path initially continues without major changes in elevation, but after a while it begins to visibly descend. Follow the paved path, which is a slip hazard in wet conditions, all the way to the parking lot near Dom na Osankarici. From the parking lot, cross the road and climb up to Dom na Osankarici, which burnt down in 2021.
Kebelj - Hare's Castle 0:20, Hare's Castle - St. Trije Kralji 1:20, St. Three Kings - Black Lake 0:50, Black Lake - Osankarica 0:15.
Description and images refer to the situation in April 2022.

On the way: Kebelj castle (Castle Zajec) (813m), Nadgrad (851m), Sveti Trije kralji (1181m), Črno jezero on Pohorje (1196m)

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