Zidani Most - Kum (through Škratova dolina (new path))

Access to starting point:
A) From Litija or Zagorje ob Savi we drive to Hrastnik, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Zidani Most. After the settlement Suhadol the road passes to the right side of the railway, and when a little further it again crosses the track, already behind the ramp but still before crossing the track, a macadam road branches off to the right, beside which the described path begins.
B) From Rimske Toplice or Radeče we drive to Zidani Most, from there we continue driving towards Hrastnik. When a little after the turn-off for Širje the road first crosses the railway track, immediately after it a macadam road branches off to the left, beside which the described path begins.

Route description:
Near the passage across the railway track we notice signs for Kum, which point us to Cicka (Cicka is a manual cableway with the help of which we get to the other side of the river Sava). When we get to the other side of Sava we first get out of Cicka, then we continue in the direction of the signs for Kum. Only a little after Cicka the path leads us past the farm Trbežnik, which we bypass on the right side. Above the farm over a small bridge we cross the stream Suhi graben, then only a little further we again cross the stream, this time without a bridge. When a little higher we again cross the stream, we step onto one of the larger Slovenian islets, because higher the stream splits into two parts and thus flows on both sides of the islet (in dry periods one part of the stream dries up, so then there is no island). We walk for a few minutes on the islet, then we leave it and continue for some time to the left of the stream. There follows a steep ascent up a steep slope, which leads us steeply above the stream. When we ascend diagonally across the mentioned slope, where especially when wet greater caution is needed so that we do not slip, we enter the less steep Škratova dolina. Further on the path leads us past an old mill, then we cross the stream a few more times. A little further the path leads us past several smaller springs, above them we soon reach a poor macadam road. There follows an ascent along the road, which leads us through Škratova dolina, most of the time ascending through the forest. Higher the forest ends and a moderately steep path brings us past the abandoned farm to an asphalt road, where we join the path from Radeče.
We follow the road to the right, from it soon a path to Nebeška gora branches off to the left. When after a further short ascent we reach the road junction, we continue sharply right (straight the old path, which leads under the overhang of the nearby homestead) in the direction of Kum. From the junction we walk for a few more minutes along the road, then the signs for Kum direct us left onto a footpath, along which we continue the ascent. There follow a few junctions, where we follow the blazes, then we step onto a macadam road, which we follow to the left. After a short ascent along the road we arrive at some kind of clearing, where we continue left in the direction of Kum (right Mežnarija and the church of St. Mary on Ključavica).
The path ahead leads us past a chapel, then only a little after it we continue right onto a poorer road, from it a few steps further left onto a cart track. With a view of the elevation Ključavica we ascend the grassy slope, then the path levels out and crosses a belt of scrub. On the other side of the scrub we descend close to the nearby house, which we bypass on the right side, then we continue the path along a poorer road, which leads us to the left of the second house. Behind the house the road widens, then we quickly arrive in the forest, where there is a marked junction.
We continue straight (left Mali Kum and Podkum) in the direction of Kum, along a path that first ascends gently, then more steeply. Higher the forest ends and the path brings us right below the summit of Kum, where we join the road that leads to the mountain hut. Along the road in a few steps we arrive at the mountain hut, a few meters further also at the church of St. Neža on the summit of Kum.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (March).

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