Samoborsko gorje & Žumberačko gorje: Oštrc – Plešivica – Okić

Country: Croatia
Mountain: Samoborsko & Žumberačko gorje
Length: 38,5 km
Elevation gain: 1700 m
Maximum elevation
:  779 m
Technical difficulty: 5/5
Download GPS Track: Oštrc_Plešivica_Okić_Cyclotrail
Date of ride: 24.04.2021.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes

Last couple of weeks we spent most of our exploring mtb rides near Samobor. I’ve seen many interesting trails in these hills above Samobor. This weekend Andrej and I decided to visit Oštrc, Okić and Pleševica and connect them with as much as possible trails staying away from paved road. We parked in Samobor, and from there went for Rude, and followed unpaved road for mountain hut Ivica Sudnik . From there we continued with steep technical trail to Oštrc. After little refreshing in the hut beneath Oštrc we continued to Braslovlje with steep spiral trail which looks like little canal. It is very fun to ride. After this first descent we continued with paved road to Žumberak. After reaching house Poljica ( there you can eat or drink) we continued on paved road and after 2 km we turned left for unpaved road which later becomes very very steep. On the junction to peak Plešivica we turned left and from there pushed our bikes for second descent that ends again at house Poljica. Then again we continued with the same paved road and turned on unpaved road after 2 km, but this time on the junction we went right.
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MTB Samoborsko gorje: Japetić – Oštrc – Old town Lipovec

Country: Croatia
Mountain: Samoborsko gorje
Length: 42 km
Elevation gain: 1450 m
Maximum elevation
:  840 m
Technical difficulty: 4/5
Download GPS Track: Samoborsko gorje_Japetic_Oštrc_Lipovec_Cyclotrail
Date of ride: 28.03.2021.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes

This time we decided to visit Japetić, Oštrc and old town Lipovec. For ascent on Japetić we choose probably easiest way by paved road, and then descended on the side were peregliders  go into the air. This is first of our three descents, and it ends near “Šoićeva kuća” (Šoić House). From there we went to Oštrc, and for ascent we used unpaved road which later becomes technical singletrack, we managed to pedal all the way beneath “Ptičji vrh” (“Bird peak”) and from there descended with Hofman put (Hofman trail), and then after  1 km we connected to the same trail that we used for ascent and went for Željezničar hut.
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Samoborsko gorje – Japetić & Oštrc

Country: Croatia
Mountain: Samoborsko gorje (Samobor hills)
Length: 35,5 km
Elevation gain:  1180 m
Maximum elevation: 839 m
Tehnical difficulty: 3/5
Download GPS Track: Samoborsko gorje_Japetić & Oštrc_Cyclotril
Date of ride: 08.10.2019
Suitable for E-bike: Yes (if e-bike has push assistance)

I looked in my folders on computer and found out that I rode year before at the same month on Samoborsko gorje. This route is similar with the year before, but with few modifications. The most important one is that now I rode with friends. The second modification is that i visited Samoborsko gorje with my new bike (which showed as big improvement considering the old bike) , and the third modification is that after reaching Japetić peak we went straight to Oštrc without visiting Pleševica and Okić. We parked our cars at supermarket Konzum near stadium and from there followed the paved road (about 12 km) to Šoićeva kuća (Šoić house) and started ascent to peak Japetić.
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