Grad - Kripta (western path)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Radenci, and then we continue driving towards Gederovci and Kuzma. From the roundabout in Gederovci we continue in the direction of Kuzma, after the settlement Pertoča we go right towards Grad. When we get to Grad, at the store Spar we continue straight and we drive a little further to the parish church of St. Mary of the Assumption, where we park on the parking lot in front of the church.
B) From Murska Sobota we drive towards Gederovci, and in Černelavci we go right in the direction of Grad. Further, we drive through a few more settlements, where at the crossroads we continue in the direction of Grad. When we get to Grad, past the store Spar we drive to the parish church in Grad, next to which we park on the parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the church, we walk to the main road and we continue by the road towards the southwest. When we walk on a sidewalk, the path leads us past the football field, and when we get to a crossroad below store Spar, we continue straight in the direction of Dolnjih Slavečev (left - castle Grad and one of the paths to Kripta).
Just some 10 steps ahead, in front of the gas station Maxen, blazes point us to the left, on a side road which at a larger decaying building turns right. Next follows a walk between the field on the left and a decaying structure on the right, where at the smaller ramp to the left a poorly trodden and often overgrown northern path to Kripta branches off, and we still continue on a wider cart track which turns slightly to the right, and still leads us by the field. The path ahead leads us between the forest on the left and stream on the right, and when we get to a marked crossing, we continue left upwards in the direction of the path Graščakova pot (signpost is from the opposite direction).
Next follows an ascent on a narrower older cart track, and at the smaller crossing, we go right as signpost of the path Graščakova pot points us to. Next follows a few minutes of a steeper ascent through the forest and we get to the top of Kripta.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in February 2021.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Grad Castle in Goričko ( 25 min)

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