Kočevje - Livoldski vrh (Grajska way)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Kočevje, and then we look for Podgorska ulica (which branches off to the right from the main road - direction of travel towards Delnice). At the end of the mentioned street, we will notice signposts and beside them a nicely arranged parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we walk to a well-marked junction, then continue left in the direction of Grajska pot (right Kalanova pot). First, we bypass a house, then the path turns left and ascends diagonally across a grassy slope. The path then enters the forest, where it continues in a moderate ascent on a relatively wide cart track. Higher up, the cart track crosses a forest road and gradually turns into a somewhat steeper footpath. The well-marked path higher up crosses the road a few more times and brings us to a junction, where we continue slightly left towards Livoldski vrh and castle Fridrihštajn (right Mestni vrh and mountain hut Koča pri Jelenovem studencu). The still well-marked path higher up brings us to a forest road, which we follow left (straight to castle Fridrihštajn).
After a few minutes of walking along the road, we will notice a directional sign that directs us left onto a footpath towards Livoldski vrh. The initially gentle path quickly starts to ascend steeply up the increasingly steep slope. Higher up, a steel cable assists (easy in dry conditions), after which the steepness eases and the path, still running through the forest, quickly brings us to the summit.

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