Kozolec (Laška vas - Pečovje) - Babni vrh (Vladimirjeva pot)

Access to starting point:
The hayrack "Laška vas - Pečovje" is an ideal starting point for hiking tours in the nearby hills. The hayrack was for a long time a characteristic of the gorge of the Bojanski potok stream between Pečovje and Laška vas, along which an asphalt road also runs. A few years ago, the hayrack owned by the farmer miserably decayed, so the Municipality of Štore, due to its recognizability, erected a new one with the help of European funds in order to preserve vernacular architecture. Next to the hayrack there is a large parking lot, where we can park our steel horse. We can thus reach the starting point by car from Celje and Štore, following the signposts for Svetina. Once we have passed the area of the old part of the ironworks in Štore, we leave the main road to Svetina and turn right at the junction towards Pečovje or Laška vas. We continue along the narrow asphalt road for approx. 1 km and we are already at our hayrack. We can also reach the starting point on foot, as the path from the Štore railway station to the hayrack is fully marked.

Route description:
The start of the path is at the new hayrack. First we follow the marked path to Planinski dom na Svetini (Almin dom). At the junction by the hayrack, in accordance with the signposts, we head up the asphalt road into the hill to Žlajfa, where the road turns into a forest path which is solidly marked. The ascent through the forest is nice, it runs in a moderately steep gully between Mali Bojanski vrh on the left and Veliki Bojanski vrh on the right. When we come out of the forest onto the meadow between both peaks, slightly higher we step onto the macadam road in Zaroviši, where from the left comes the path from Šentjanž, from the right the path from Bojanski graben, straight uphill the path continues towards Planinski dom na Svetini. We continue straight, first a few steps on asphalt, then left through a short section in the forest, then a few steps again left on macadam, and then right through the yard of the homestead between the tower silo, house and stable. This is followed by continuing straight uphill towards the south into the pasture-meadow area, after approx. 140 meters we turn left at the junction onto a cart track, leave the marked path towards Svetina, and head towards the distant forest to the east. As an orientation point for the junction we notice a concrete well located left beside the path. Soon we leave the meadow and enter the forest. The path alternately runs for some time through the forest, and for some time also through the meadow at the edge of the forest. When we come among the houses, soon after a short section on macadam we encounter a signpost for the XIV. Division trail. Here we continue left, but only a few steps to the edge of the forest, where we continue right right along the edge of the forest on a pleasant clearing, where nice views open up onto the surrounding peaks. At the end of the clearing we turn slightly left onto a path into the forest, which soon joins a cart track coming from the right. We continue on the cart track, where soon a view opens towards the eastern hills, right there a little before the forest we leave the cart track and head onto a narrow path which leads slightly right uphill towards the summit. A few more steps along the moderately gentle ridge and we are on Babni vrh.

Along the route: Vrunčev dom na Svetini (780m), Almin dom na Svetini (772m), Veliki Bojanski vrh (627m), Mali Bojanski vrh (600m), Turn (Sv. Janez Krstnik) (513m), Veliki vrh above Svetina (807m)

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