Menina
Menina planina (1508 m above sea level, Gornji Grad – Bočna – Šmartno ob Dreti – Zg. Tuhinj) is a pre-Alpine karstified plateau at an altitude of 1200 - 1450 m in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. It lies between the Dreta valley (Gornji Grad) to the north, the Tuhinj and Motnik valleys to the south, the Črnivec pass to the west and the Lipa pass on the border with Dobrovlje to the east. It runs in an east – west direction over a length of more than 20 km, while in the north – south direction it widens only 10 km. The highest peak of the plateau is Vivodnik (1,508 m), where there is also a viewing tower, located 15 minutes' walk from the Lodge on Menina planina (1453 m). Menina got its name from the monks of the Benedictine monastery in Gornji Grad (today the Church of Sts. Hermagoras and Fortunatus), to which, together with the entire Upper Savinjska Valley, it belonged as a fief.
Menina has a fairly even elevation between 1200 and 1450 m. The northern slope is covered with mixed forest, on the southern slopes forest, pastures and fields interweave, while the surface at altitude is covered by extensive pastures. Menina is composed of limestone rocks and dolomite, so it is heavily eroded with dolines, potholes and basins. Near the mountain lodge is the largest pothole, Jespa.
The plateau has many karst surface micro and macro forms and a rich flora; rare Alpine flowers also grow on it. The highest peak is Vivodnik. To the east, above the Šavnice plateau, rises Goli vrh (1420 m), and to the north of the lodge is Veternik (1448 m). The finest view is from Goli vrh, from where you can even see Snežnik, the Trnovo Forest and Medvednica (its highest peak Sljeme, 1035 m) above Zagreb. (summarised from Wikipedia, accessible via: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menina_planina, on 3 Dec 2019)
