Prebold - Žvajga (northern peak) (western path)

Access to starting point:
We leave Štajerska highway at the Šentrupert exit, and then we follow the signs for Prebold. In the center of Prebold, at the red hiking signposts, the described path begins, and we park at one of the parking lots in the center of the settlement, by the kindergarten, the primary school, or the cemetery.

Route description:
From the center of Prebold, we follow the signs for Žvajga, vineyard cottage Šmiglova zidanica, Dom pod Reško planino, Reška planina, and Adijev bivak on Reška planina, initially walking through the central part of the settlement, where at crossroads we follow the blazes, and the path leads us past Hotel Prebold, the NOB monument, and Prebold mansion, with the blazes gradually leading us onto road Tovarniška cesta. We continue alongside the industrial zone, then the blazes guide us left into the forest, through which we walk for a few minutes before returning to the road, which we follow to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue toward Reška planina (right vineyard cottage Šmiglova zidanica), bypassing some houses on the right, and a few times higher up we cross a road or briefly continue along it.
The fairly well-marked path then bypasses the last house in this area on the right and transitions to grassy slopes, where slightly higher up we reach a path branching left toward linden tree Dežnikarjeva lipa.
We continue straight (left Dežnikarjeva lipa, two minutes) and return to the forest, with the path ahead ascending diagonally. After a few minutes of diagonal ascent, we reach the marked crossing on the saddle at Počivalnik, where we go left in the direction of Žvajga and Prebold (right Reška planina and Tolsti vrh).
Homestead Počivalnik we bypass on the left side, then return to the forest, where we continue walking on a cart track. When the path flattens a few minutes ahead, we go left onto a footpath, by which we notice a sign for a stamp (straight to Prebold, the path that bypasses the peak with the stamp), and then along the western to northwestern ridge, we reach the northern peak of Žvajga in a few minutes.
Starting point - saddle at Počivalnik 0:50, saddle at Počivalnik - Žvajga 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2025.

Along the route: Dežnikarjeva lipa (431m), Preval pri Počivalniku (574m)

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