Golice - Vivodnik

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving on a regional road through Tuhinjska dolina. Only a little after the village Laze v Tuhinju, we will get to the gas station, by which a road branches off to the left towards the villages Golice, Češnjice v Tuhinju and Okrog pri Motniku. Here we turn left and then only a few meters ahead we park on an appropriate place by the bus stop.
B) From the highway Maribor - Ljubljana, we take the exit Vransko, and then we continue driving in the direction of Kamnik. Only a little after the mountain pass Kozjak (mountain pass between Gorenjska and Štajerska), we will get to the gas station, by which a road branches off to the right towards the villages Golice, Češnjice v Tuhinju and Okrog pri Motniku. Here we turn right and then only a few meters ahead we park on an appropriate place by the bus stop.

Route description:
From the crossroad next to the starting point, we head on the road in the direction of the village Golice, and the signposts for the mountain hut Dom na Menini planini also direct us there. The path first leads along an ascending asphalt road, then it brings us to the already mentioned village. Here, after the second house in the village, the blazes direct us right onto a somewhat steeper road, which ends after just a few meters behind the mentioned house. We continue on a marked cart track, which ascends alongside the yard, then we continue on a well-marked path that ascends over numerous pastures. Higher up, the path enters a belt of forest, and we follow it at all junctions by the signs for Menina planina (mostly they are just signposts without inscription). The path occasionally crosses a forest road, otherwise it mostly runs on cart tracks or tractor paths. After a while, the path brings us to the NOB monument, by which there is a trough with water, and here we continue sharply left on the still relatively well-marked path. Higher up, the path brings us to a somewhat wider forest road, which we just cross, and continue the ascent in the direction toward the Dom na Menini planini mountain hut (left Tuhinj, right Biba planina). Ahead, the path becomes somewhat harder to follow, but if we carefully follow the blazes, there are no major orientation problems. Higher, we reach the pasture areas of Menina planina, and we continue on a noticeably worse-marked path in the already familiar direction. A little further on, the path steeply ascends for a short time, then it almost completely levels out and leads us further over pleasant, partly grassy slopes. After a few minutes of further walking, we reach a marked junction, where the signs for Vivodnik direct us right onto a steep path, by which in two minutes we arrive at the summit, in the middle of which stands a smaller lookout tower.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dom na Menini planini ( 15 min)

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