Dolina potoka Žep - Mali Travnik

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, a signpost for Smrekovec directs us to the right. The road then takes us through the centre of the village, where we turn left again following the signs for Smrekovec. The road then brings us to Ljubenske Rastke, where at the junction near the church we continue left. We follow this road to the sharp right turn, in the middle of which a macadam road branches off straight ahead, which we follow to the mountain signposts for Žep, Robnik and hunting cottage. We park on one of the smaller parking areas by the road (a more suitable space is a little higher).

Route description:
First, with the help of a wooden bridge we cross the stream Žep, then the mountain signposts direct us onto an initially quite overgrown and steep footpath. The path quickly passes into a dense spruce forest, where it continues to ascend steeply. Soon we step out of the forest onto grassy slopes, where the trail disappears. Here, a little higher on a tree, we will notice a mark that directs us straight up the slope. After a short ascent we cross the cart track and the path brings us to the ruins of a former farm.
Further we continue on a poorly visible but marked path that ascends parallel to a somewhat wider cart track. Higher the path joins the cart track, which immediately splits. We continue sharply left on a somewhat steeper cart track, which higher turns into a footpath that soon brings us to a forest road, which we follow to the right. After a few minutes of walking along the road we come out of the forest, where ahead of us we see the expansive Počka planina.
From the mountain pasture we continue ahead along the road, which quickly brings us to a junction where we continue left towards Komna and Travnik (right partisan hospital). The road, which further ascends gently, then brings us to the next junction, where we continue left towards the hunting cottage Robnik.
From the hunting cottage we continue south along the road, which slightly descends for a short time then, after a short ascent, joins the marked path from Ljubno ob Savinji.
We continue sharply right along the marked cart track, which begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The cart track higher brings us out of the forest onto a quite overgrown clearing (the path is too), then turns left and brings us to a panoramic grassy ridge from which a wonderful view opens onto Ojstrica and part of the Dleskovška planota. We continue the ascent along the edge of the panoramic grassy slope until the path brings us to a small saddle where we notice a cross and memorial plaque. A short descent follows and the path brings us to the shepherd hut on the mountain pasture Mali Travnik.
From the mountain pasture we continue slightly left of the marked path leading towards the hut on Travnik. Slightly left of the mentioned path we will notice a less trodden trail that begins to ascend along the indistinct and gentle south ridge of Mali Travnik. We follow this poorly visible and unmarked trail from the mountain pasture onwards all the way to the summit, which we reach after 5 minutes of walking from the mountain pasture.

Along the route: Počka (Robnikova) planina (1165m), Planina Mali Travnik (1500m)

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