Built by members of the Grmada Celje mountaineering club between 2003 and 2006, the Pečovnik hut's wooden design is intended to blend in with its surroundings. Offering a pit stop to the south east of Grmada's summit, it's a lovely spot to unwind. It's open during weekends and public holidays.
The hut was built as a replacement building on the site of Kumr's former homestead by the mountaineers of the Grmada Celje Mountaineering Association. The cottage is located on the south-eastern slope of Grmada mountain above Celje. The construction of the cottage lasted from 2003 to 2006, when it was officially opened to visitors. The entire cabin is built of wooden logs in a typical ancient forestry style and fits very nicely into the environment, where it is surrounded by the forests themselves.
The "Poplar" hayloft, which stands in the immediate vicinity of the hut, bears the venerable year of its creation in 1885. In 2003, mountaineers bought it in the nearby village of Šentjaž pri Svetina. By moving it to its current location next to the cottage, it was saved from certain decay. Alpinists attached an 8 m high climbing wall to the front of the hayloft.
The camping area called "Vipota Camp" offers space for dozens of tents. A log cabin called "Bavč" bivouac, which has electricity, water and refrigerators, serves as an auxiliary facility to the camp. Around the bivouac there are tables and benches for 60 seats, which serves as an outdoor dining area.
In the nearby walls of Grmada, there is a climbing area from 4 to 7 levels of difficulty. The climbing area in Srebotnik has the most difficult route even 8-.
View:
From the clearing in front of the cottage to the west, there is a beautiful view of the Savinja part of the Posavina Hills from Malič with Šmohorje, Gozdnik, Mrzlica, Kotečnik, Kamnik, Golava and the Dobroveljska plateau. In the background, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps are clearly visible from Menina planina to Raduha. A unique view opens across the hop-painted lower Savinjska valley with Žalec and the Celj basin with Vojnik. Towards the northeast we can see Stenica and part of the Paško Kozjak with Zreško Pohorje and Rogla in the background, and Konjiška gora with the famous Stolpnik. The view to the north and south is closed by nearby Grmada and Tolsti vrh.
I think it's also worthwhile to mention hike through Hudičev Graben (Devils Gourge) just 20 minutes away. And on the Trail from Zagrad you passed little house where writter and traveler Alma Karlin lived after WW2 with her friend Teja Gamelin. She was actually a century before modern hikers and influencers. She travel around the world in aprox 1920 to 1924 with her Erika (a model of type writting machine 😊). Google for her books!
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