Dolina potoka Žep - Planina Mali Travnik

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor take the exit Šentrupert 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 intersection 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 which we follow to the mountain signposts for Žep, Robnik and Lovska koča. We park on one of the smaller parking lots by the road (more appropriate space is a little higher).

Route description:
First, with the help of a wooden bridge we cross the stream Žep, after that the mountain signposts direct us onto at first quite overgrown and steep footpath. The path quickly passes into dense spruce forest, where it continues steeply ascending. We soon step out of the forest on grassy slopes, where the footpath vanishes. Here we will a little higher, on a tree notice a blaze, which directs us up the slope straight upwards. After a short ascent, we cross the cart track and the path brings us to the ruins of former farm.
Further, we continue on a poorly visible but marked path, which ascends parallel with a somewhat wider cart track. Higher, the path joins the cart track, and it immediately splits. We continue sharply left, on a somewhat steeper cart track which higher changes into a footpath, and it soon brings us to a forest road which we follow to the right. After a few minutes of walking on the road, we come out of the forest, where in front of us we notice the ample Počka planina.
From the mountain pasture, we continue ahead on the road, and it quickly brings us to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Komna and Travnik (right partisan hospital). The road which further gently ascends, then brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue left towards the hunting cottage Robnik.
From the hunting cottage, we continue towards the south, on the road which for a short time slightly descends, and after a shorter ascent joins the marked path from Ljubno ob Savinji.
We continue sharply right on a marked cart track which starts ascending steeper through the forest. Cart track higher brings us out of the forest on quite overgrown clearing (such is also the path), and then turns left and brings us on a panoramic grassy ridge, from which a wonderful view opens up on Ojstrica and part of Dleskovška planota. We continue the ascent by the edge of panoramic grassy slope, all the way until path brings us to a smaller saddle by which we notice a cross and memorial plaque. Next follows a short descent and the path brings us to shepherd cottages on the mountain pasture Mali Travnik.

Along the route: Počka (Robnikova) planina (1165m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Mali Travnik ( 5 min), Koča na Travniku ( 20 min), Veliki Travnik ( 45 min)

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