Matrafüred - Kékestető (zelena pot)

Access to the starting point:
From Budapest, head east on the motorway towards Nyiregyhaza. After about 90 kilometres, leave the motorway at the Gyöngyös/Matrafüred exit. Continue into Gyöngyös, then at a marked junction continue north towards Matrafűred. When you arrive in Matrafraførd, turn left into the first street (Beke ut) and park.

Path description:
The route starts at the main crossroads in Matrafuered, where there is also a sports and mountaineering base (Hegyes sportok bazisa) and a bus stop (Palyaudvar). Go downhill and you will see the first markings at the electricity pylon. The path that will lead us to our destination is marked with a green line.
The trail goes into the forest and after a few metres go right over a small bridge over the Somor stream (in a straight direction the blue cross and blue triangle trails continue). Our path returns a little to the south and then, after the resting place, starts to climb steeply on rocky ground through thinned forest. When you reach the entrance to the forest, the path flattens out and transitions to the wider cart track, which leads to a wider forest road, which you initially just cross, then walk along for a while, or until you reach the Csepegő spring. Here you will cross the Csurgo stream and then turn north (straight on the red trail via Peresberec).
Our path climbs quickly at first, but then the forest thins out and there will be a long lane of low and compacted forest on the right. After some walking we are back in the forest, where we go along the Csurgo stream (there is also one cairn along the way, marking the spring of the Beka kut), and after crossing it the path starts to climb more steeply. Further on, we will cross a wider forest cart track, and then our route will turn westwards.
At this point, where the path turns westwards, a steep dip and a scree field of white stones can be seen through the forest, which is interesting.
Around the bend you will reach the source of the Csurgo stream (named after Lajos Kossuth), and then you will climb very steeply up the slope. After the initial slope, the path will turn north again, where you will cross another cart track. The steepness then eases, and the path leads to a crossroads where it joins the path marked Green Cross (this leads from the summit of Negyeshatar). We are now at the Valyus kut spring, with the Vadasz Kunyho (hunting lodge) shelter ahead.
From here on the trail is less steep, and characteristically it crosses the forest cart track four times. Higher up, the trail passes under the indistinct rocks of Pezső kő, the second highest peak in Hungary. There is also the Pezső kut spring, which can be quickly overlooked.
From the spring, the path finally lays and within a few minutes of further walking leads us to a crossroads where we join the red trail that branched off at the Csepegő spring.
After the crossroads, the path leaves the wider cart track and turns left onto a narrower path (you will see a guesthouse on the right side of the path). The narrower path then leads into the lane of the spruce forest and finally onto the asphalt path next to the fence of the sanatorium.
When you reach the crossroads, cross the road and go through the woods again. At the next crossroads go in the direction of the sanatorium, but only for a minute and then left on the steps that lead to the TV tower fence. Here the blue trail from Matrafüred joins us. Another minute's walk and we are at the sculpture on the highest peak in Hungary.

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