Prelaz Vrhe - Source of Sotla

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Dramlje and follow the road ahead in the direction of Šentjur, Rogaška Slatina and Rogatec. In Rogatec, signs for Donačka gora direct us to the left onto a somewhat narrower road, which we then follow towards the village Žetale. On a smaller pass, right at the spot where the municipality of Rogatec ends, we will notice a somewhat larger parking lot on the right side, where we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the pass, then continue on the main road in the direction of the source of Sotla. Already after a few steps of descent on the road, at the very beginning of the village Čermožiše, signs for the source of Sotla direct us to the right onto a macadam road, which we follow for only a few dozen meters. Here we will notice a marked cart track which turns right from the macadam road and starts to ascend moderately through the forest. We continue the ascent on the well-marked cart track, which higher up brings us to a forest road, which we follow to the left; it quickly brings us to the hunting cottage (Koserjeva koča).
Immediately after the cottage we leave the macadam road, as the blazes direct us left onto a footpath which starts to ascend more steeply through dense forest. The path soon brings us to a wide ridge of Maclja, where it flattens, then continues with some shorter ascents and descents. When a nice view opens up on Donačka gora, we leave the ridge and continue slightly to the right on a cart track that starts to descend. After a few minutes of descent we come to the next junction, where we continue sharply left (slightly right to Trlično and Lipovec). Further on we gently ascend on a grassy cart track, then signs for the source of Sotla direct us right onto a path, along which in one minute of further walking we descend to the source.

Along the route: Koserjeva koča (650m)

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