Pod Hlipovcem - Veliki Travnik (Turnovka) (strma pot)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Maribor highway, take the Šentrupert exit and follow the road ahead towards Logarska dolina. In the village Ljubno ob Savinji, the signpost for Smrekovec directs us right. The road then takes us through the center of the village, where we turn left again following the signs for Smrekovec. The road then brings us to Ljubenske Rastke, where at the crossroad near the church we continue left. The ascending road brings us higher to the hamlet of individual farms, and we follow it in the direction of the partisan hospital and Komna (on signposts Kamen). The road, which has meanwhile already become macadam, brings us higher to a crossroad, where a road closed to traffic branches off sharply to the right, which leads to the saddle Hlipovec. We park at a suitable place near the crossroad, where there is also a marked parking lot and next to it hiking direction signs.

Route description:
From the parking lot, just before the intersection, head right following the signs for Hlipovec and Dom na Smrekovcu. After a few dozen steps, reach the road closed to public traffic that leads towards the saddle Hlipovec, which we follow for a few steps to the right, then arrive at the path fork.
Here from the road, head left in the direction of Koča na Travniku and Veliki Travnik (straight ahead along the road to Dom na Smrekovcu and saddle Hlipovec) and begin to ascend along the forest clearing. Higher up, the clearing turns into a hiking path, which gradually turns somewhat more to the left and flattens out. On the level section, join the path that leads over the saddle Hlipovec, we go left and quickly reach the next fork.
The marked path towards Koča na Travniku continues straight, we head slightly right following the signs Turnovka tower. Just a little further, reach a cart track, along which we ascend to a somewhat less noticeable junction, where from the cart track head slightly left onto a trackable but quite steep pathlet (it is possible to continue along the cart track and then higher on the ridge left), which leads us with beautiful views on the surrounding mountains. Just below the summit the path enters the forest, we then quickly ascend to the viewpoint tower on Veliki Travnik i.e. Turnovka.
Description and images refer to the state of July 2025.

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