Zvodno - Bavč (via Suhi potok)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Maribor motorway, take the Celje - center exit and continue driving in the direction of Laško and Zidani Most. The road leads through the center of Celje, then brings us to a roundabout with a fountain. Here we continue "straight" (direction Laško and Zidani Most) and follow the road to the next traffic-light intersection, where we continue left, drive over the Savinja River and then at the intersection behind the bridge continue right. Further, we reach the underpass under the railway track and only a few meters ahead to the fire station in Zagrad. We continue straight and follow the road through the village, and higher it brings us to a smaller intersection, where we notice signs for Suhi potok right, Hudičev graben straight. At the intersection, we park near the bus stop.

Route description:
In Zvodno, at the crossroad at the bus stop in accordance with the signposts we continue right in the direction of the Pečovniška koča cottage on Grmada (and Suhi potok - once there was a visible inscription on a concrete retaining wall), straight on asphalt goes the path to Hudičev graben, from where we can also ascend to Bavč. We follow the macadam surface or forest road for a few hundred meters. At the marked junction we continue left and slightly upwards along the forest path or the bed of Suhi potok stream. Further on, once again slightly to the left (right leads to an abandoned quarry) and we follow the hiking forest path upwards, where we bypass the quarry on the left side. The path is well trodden and marked. It winds pleasantly along the bed of Suhi potok stream higher into the area between Bavč on the left side and Grmada on the right side. Soon we reach a junction, continue left along Bavč (right goes the path to the Pečovniška koča cottage on Grmada). We join a macadam road coming from the right. We continue upwards along the road and after some time we reach a junction, where we turn sharply left in the direction from which the path from Hudičev graben towards the Pečovniška koča cottage is coming. A few hundred meters more and we reach a larger path junction at the hunting observatory. We continue left onto the ridge of Bavč (slightly less left downwards goes the marked path into Hudičev graben, straight goes the unmarked path towards Srebotnik). We continue northwards along the ridge of Bavč and soon arrive at our destination along an unmarked path.

Along the route: Pečovniška koča na Grmadi (620m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Hotel Celjska koča, Srebotnik, Grmada above Celje ( 5 min), Tolsti vrh above Celjska koča

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