Sv. Duh pod Olševo - Gladki vrh (Olševa) (General)

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Country:	Slovenia
Mountain range:	Karawanks
Trailhead:	Sv. Duh pod Olševo (1232 m)
Destination:	Gladki vrh (Olševa) (1849 m)
Trailhead latitude/longitude:	46.439 / 14.6638
Destination latitude/longitude:	46.448 / 14.6983
Difficulty:	Easy marked route
Recommended equipment:	Hiking poles Hiking shoes Water Snack

From Ljubljana, take the motorway towards Gorenjska and turn out at the exit for Vodice. Continue on the main road as far as Kamnik, where you follow the signs for Celje / Gornji Grad / Kamn. Bistrica. The road will soon flatten out and lead us right next to a forest and a steep hill on our right. There will be two successive semaphore-controlled crossroads. At the first one, continue straight on, and at the second one turn left for Kamn. Bistrica and Velika planina. The road will lead you to a roundabout, at which you take the first exit. Continue driving along the main road for a longer distance, past Strahovica, Črna pri Kamniku, Podlom, Kališča, Podvolovjek, to the village of Luče, where you turn left at the crossroads, towards Solčava. The road will then lead us to Solčava, and we will continue along it to Podolševa. Here, look out for a major fork, where a signpost for Sv. Duh will direct you to turn left. Continue along the road, which crosses a larger bridge and leads to the Rogar farm, where you park.

Continue on foot along the track behind the farm. The path soon turns into the forest. From here on it starts to climb a little more and soon reaches a macadam road, which we just cross and continue walking through the forest, this time on flatter terrain. When you reach the signpost marking the national border, the path starts to climb steeply again and turns several times. There are educational boards along the way, as the historical site of Potočka zijalka is located along the route. Once you reach Potočka zijalka, continue along the path, which becomes a little more difficult and is consequently protected by stiles and wedges. The more difficult branch takes only a few minutes, and is then replaced by a forest track, which soon leads to a marked fork. Continue straight ahead on the path, which turns left and leads to another more difficult spur, protected by a stile. We descend the gorge and then continue walking along a flatter path which ascends just before the main peak of Olševa - Govca, which is also an intermediate peak to our destination. From here we continue along the path, which first descends slightly, then lays down and turns left. We then continue along a slightly flatter path until we reach a crossroads, where another path joins from the left. We continue straight ahead on the path, which begins to climb slightly again and soon leads us to our destination.

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