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Slovenia: STKP: Part 6

STKP stands for Slovenian Mountain Bike Route and with Nada we decided to do the part of it in Posavsko hribovje (Sava Hills) and one of the goals was to conquer the highest peak of the Zasavje region (Central Sava Region), Kum, 1220 m, where also our STKP checkpoint is. The whole route consists of 111 checkpoints and is around 1800 kilometres long with 50000 ascend meters.

Previous stages of STKP: Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5.

 

We started our MTB tour in Podkraj and soon we needed to cross the Sava river

Man powered "Cicka" helped us to cross the river

View to Lower Sava Valley

Take off site above Radeče - Prnovše - Svinjska rit - 490 m

 

Quiet places

Some smile on the way down, some on the way up

Towards Čimerno

 

Narrow asphalt road slowly and persistently took us higher and higher 

Another village - Župa

Back to proper terrain below the top of Kum

STKP marker

 

Last section

Black Mamba posing next to a strange monument

There are a number of structures at the summit, notably a church dedicated to Saint Agnes from the 17th century, mountain hut (behind the church) and a transmitter (on the left side).

The last meter

Nada and Tuši conquered Kum, 1220 m

The church at the top is a popular destination for pilgrims

 

Previously mentioned transmitter and Kamnik-Savinja Alps in the back

STKP: From Podkraj to checkpoint 109 and back to starting point - Garmin Connect

STKP logo - visit http://pzs.si/ktk/wpstkp/en/ for details

GeoCache found:
- Silent chattering on KUM, GC115H8, that received a visit by trackable items "Sanban s1", TB42DJW and "Corvette", TB29ETE and I dropped of trackable item"Max und Moritz Geocoin", TB5E24V