Ceršak - Gradišče Novine

Access to starting point:
We leave the Maribor–Graz highway at the Šentilj exit, then at the intersection in Šentilj we continue straight towards Sladki Vrh, and from the nearby roundabout we also follow the signs for Sladki Vrh. Follows some ascent, somehow at the top of the ascent, before the road starts visibly descending, we turn left in the direction of the settlement Ceršak. Follows driving to the mentioned settlement, where we park on the parking lot at the sports field, or we can also park on some other appropriate parking lot in the settlement.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we return some 10 steps back and head to Ceršak street, where at a few crossroads we follow the blazes. We quickly arrive at a smaller children's playground, where we notice red mountain signposts, and we head to Vojaška cesta, by which there are signs for Šentilj and Brloge. The path first leads between individual houses, then the settlement ends and along the macadam road we arrive at a smaller hamlet, which ends with a decaying JLA karavla, where a playground park is arranged.
We bypass the building on the left side, then the path transitions into the forest through which we gradually start to descend more steeply. Lower, we reach a wider cart track, which we follow for some steps to the right towards the Mura River, soon we go left onto another cart track. We leave the wider cart track after some steps and continue slightly right on the path that continues along the channel of the Mura River. We continue along the water for a short time, then the blazes lead us left into the forest, where we first cross a small bridge, then we steeply ascend along a fenced path. We steeply ascend for some minutes, after the bench the steepness starts to decrease, when we reach the forest logging trail we go left. Follows some traversing to the left, then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue straight (sharply right the Gradišče ridge, where there are numerous educational panels of the Keltska pot). Just a little further from the junction we arrive at the logbook box of Gradišče Novine on the Šentiljska pot.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2022.

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