12956

Slovenia: GeoCaching Afternoon: Čemšenik Castle Path: Part 1

With Nada we decided to find 28 GeoCaches that are placed on Čemšenik Castle Path. On our first attempt we found 11 of them. Some information about the trail from GeoCaching site:

With a length of over 12 km and the right amount of diverse and interesting fusion of past and present Čemšeniška grajska pot is a journey through the hinterland of Lavrica, suitable for both recreational and Sunday hikers, who want to educate in addition to recreation as well. The route is circular, also suitable for mountain bikers and lasts 3-4 hours of moderate hiking. Trail leads you through 28 geocache points, mostly the woods and partly on the asphalt and macadam; we recommend hiking boots and poles.

Circular trail Čemšeniška grajska pot encircles Lavrica on its hilly hinterland. Hikers will certainly ask themselves why the name Čemšeniška grajska pot, because trail encircles Lavrica? The name of the trail is closely related to the history of Lavrica. Once the current Lavrica was composed of four hamlets and villages: Sela, Srednja vas, Daljna vas and on the other side of the Dolenjska cesta road, practically on the moor, a hamlet Babna Gorica. All these villages, with a part of Orle, were in the Middle Ages connected to the settlement called Čemšenik, which was mentioned for the first time in 1330 in a document of the Czech king and the duke of Carinthia, Henry IV. Corinth.

The first part of the trail runs through the urban part of Lavrica. From the parking lot we go back to Dolenjska cesta, where the path turns towards Ljubljana and goes past the primary school and the firehouse to Ogrinova house. From there the trail rises steeply out from Lavrica, past former Srednja vas towards Eržen and then continues through the woods to the hamlet Hrastarija. We come to Orle somewhere in the middle of the village and we turn to the right. After leaving Orle, the trail continues past the WWII monument to abandoned quarry. The trail begins to ascend gradually, where you come to the top of Molnik past "grmada". From there the trail begins to descend to the largest highway cut in Slovenia, crosses highway and leads us towards the hamlet Lisičje, more known for its hunting manor with the same name, which stands at the beginning of the hamlet. From there the trail continues through the forest on almost straight ridge to the Šeparjev hill, from which we can have a nice view on Lavrica and Ljubljana Moor. From there we descend to the parking lot, from where we started.

You can get a detailed and complete description of the trail here, including points of interests (only in Slovene). We will take a hike through the trail in reverse order, as in the detailed description.

Document of the Henry IV. Corinth

Almost half of the trail and 11/28 GeoCaches found

GeoCaches found:
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #01, GC4M3CG
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #02, GC4M3D2
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #03, GC4M3DE
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #04, GC4M3DN
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #05, GC4M3H6
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #06, GC4M3HN
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #07, GC4M3HY
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #08, GC4M3JD
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #09, GC4M3JM
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #10, GC4M3KB
- [Trail] Čemšeniška grajska pot #11, GC4M3KK
All caches also received a visit by Trackable Item "Millicoma River (OR)" Red Jeep Travel Bug, TB1NVPG.