Zvodno - Srebotnik (via Hudičev graben)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Maribor, take the exit Celje - centre and continue in the direction of Laško and Zidanega Most. The road takes you through the centre of Celje, and then leads you to a roundabout with a water meter in front of the Savinja River. Here, continue "straight on" over the first bridge (towards Laško and Zidani Most) and follow the road to the next traffic lights, where you turn left over the second bridge over the Savinja. Just after the bridge, turn right at the junction. After about 500 metres, you will come to an underpass under the railway line (with a large parking lot on the right and the starting point in Zagrad), drive through it and continue straight on past the fire station in Zagrad. Follow the road through the village, and higher up in Zvodno it leads to a small crossroads by the bus station, where you will see signs and signposts for Grmada to the right, Hudičev graben to the right, and the parking lot 1. 2 km to the right. Continue straight towards the new parking lot (2020) and the road gradually becomes flatter and narrower. The new parking lot - our starting point is just off the road in front of the fish farm. Here we can park and start our excursion along the paths that lead either past St Mary's, through Hudičev graben or through the Dry Stream. The starting point can also be reached from Dolenjska and Zasavje. In this case, first drive to Rimske Toplice and then through Laško to the second bridge described above, from where you continue as described.

Path description:
From the starting point, the signs for Hudičev graben direct us first a few steps back along the road in the direction of Celje, then sharp left south on cart track into the forest, which climbs gently. "After a few steps, Cart track leads to the beginning of Hudičův grabno, where the first crossroads is marked. Today, continue straight ahead in the direction of Hudičův gráven (left Srebotnik through the village Pečovje) and continue the ascent along the path that runs along and along the bed of Hudičovski potok. The trail is marked throughout. The gorge soon narrows and we are helped by rungs, crampons and ropes. Next, with the help of a number of fixed safety gear, we climb just above the stream bed, where we can see a number of waterfalls. Higher up, where the gorge widens and the fixed safety gear end, we reach the next crossroads. If we turn slightly to the right, we can reach Bavč, Grmada, Pečovnik Hut . . . , but today we will head steeply upwards to the left towards the west ridge of Srebotnika. After an initial steep slope, we arrive at a crossroads on the ridge, where we have a view of the Old Castle. If we had continued straight ahead on the unmarked path, we could have bypassed Srebotnik on its northern side, but we will continue on the marked path to the right along the western ridge of Srebotnik steeply upwards towards the east. After an initially steep slope, the trail lays down a little after a while, and then we come to a new crossroads where the trail from the southern approach to Srebotnik joins us from the right. The latter path is also part of the Celjska mountain trail. Continue straight up the ridge. There are only about 200 metres to the top, and in the last part of the path the steepness increases again, and the path is protected below the top by a rope. At the top, we are greeted by a beautiful view of practically all sides of the sky, a Slovenian flag, a registration book, a bench and a stamp. A few steps to the south-west, it is also possible to approach the exposed part of the viewing cliff.

On the way: Bavč (692m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Mali Bojanski vrh, Pečovniška koča na Grmadi, Veliki Bojanski vrh, Celjska koča, Grmada nad Celjem, Almin dom na Svetini ( 35 min), Vrunčev dom na Svetini ( 30 min), Tolsti vrh nad Celjsko kočo ( 40 min)

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