Gornji Grad - Vivodnik (via Semprimožnik and Ovčji stan)

Access to starting point:
From the Savinjska dolina or from Kamnik via the Črnivec pass, we drive to Gornji Grad, where on the arranged parking lot by the main bus station we also park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue along the main road towards Savinjska dolina. After some 10 m we come to a smaller crossroad, where signs for Dom na Menini planini direct us right onto Prod street. Immediately after the first house we arrive at a marked junction, where the path over Borovnica branches off to the right, and we continue straight in the direction of Menina planina past Semprimožnik. We continue on the road for some time, then we come to a larger chapel, behind which we continue right onto the forest road. The road quickly brings us to a smaller stream, after which it changes into a steep cart track. We continue the ascent on the marked cart track, which higher turns left and a little further brings us to a marked junction.
We continue right on the steep path (or straight on the gentle path), which past the plague marker from the 17th century after approximately 20 minutes of further walking brings us to an indistinct saddle, where the path to sv. Florjan branches off to the left (1 minute), and we continue right, where after a few steps of further walking a gentle path joins us. We continue straight on the marked path, which over steep and increasingly panoramic grassy slopes brings us to the forest road that leads to Menina planina. We only cross the mentioned road, as the signs lead us onto a grassy hayfield, through which in a few steps we arrive at Semprimožnik. Just a few meters above the farm we step back onto the road, where signs for Menina planina direct us onto a well-marked path. Further on, we ascend moderately on the cart track, which turns slightly to the right and from the edge of the forest leads us into denser forest. The path soon exceeds 1000 m of elevation and a little further brings us to parking lot no. 2 (parking lot no. 1 is located near the Semprimožnik farm).
Here we cross the road again and continue the ascent on a pleasant path, which quickly brings us to "Usranega klanca". Here the path ascends more steeply for a short time, then in a moderate ascent through the forest brings us to a junction, where the path over Borovnica joins from the right.
We continue the moderate ascent through the forest and the path quickly brings us to Prag 1170 m, from which follows a barely noticeable descent to "kopalnice". The path, which starts ascending again, quickly brings us to the next marked junction, where we have two options for continuing. We continue slightly left in the direction of Menina planina over Ovčji stan (right Menina planina over Jespo, the latter is 15 minutes longer, option for circular path). The path ahead ascends through the forest for some time longer, then, immediately after crossing the pasture fence, we step out of the forest onto increasingly panoramic grassy slopes. We traverse the mentioned grassy slopes in a traversing ascent, then join the forest road, which we follow to Dom na Menini planini.
From the hut we continue on the marked path in the direction of Vivodnik. After some 10 steps of easy walking, the path steeply ascends for a short time, then levels out and brings us to a larger grassy slope, where we encounter a direction sign with the inscription "Vivodnik - krožna pot". We continue slightly left (we can return via the right path) on a relatively gentle path, which quickly brings us into a short stretch of forest. Here the path ascends again for a short time, then brings us out of the forest, where we already see the lookout tower on Vivodnik ahead of us, which we reach after a few steps of further walking.

Along the route: Sveti Florjan above Gornji Grad (743m), Semprimožnik (812m), Prag (1170m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dom na Menini planini

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