Melocík - Greguše - Kasárne
Ridge route • red → blue → red • moderateOn foot
A ridge route from the Melocík restaurant on the Makov road to the Kasárne settlement, where it joins the border ridge route. It crosses meadows with views of the Malá Fatra and the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and passes the turning to the log cottages and the bell tower in the Greguše settlement.
Part of a long-distance routeBeskydsko-javornícka magistrála
- Melocíkstart • 785 m a.s.l.
red waymarks • below Čerenka
From the Melocík restaurant on the road between Bytča and Makov the red waymarks climb to the ridge and run below the summit of Čerenka. The meadows open out to both sides: the Malá Fatra to the south, the Moravian-Silesian Beskids to the north. In winter a groomed cross-country ski trail runs this way.
- U Gregušov4,5 km from the start
red waymarks • along the ridge
From here the red waymarks carry on along the ridge to the Nad Zápačou junction.
detour • +0,6 km +11 min there and back • 895 m a.s.l.
The Greguše settlementThe waymarks run above the settlement; from the junction a side path drops below the ridge to the log cottages and the bell tower at Gregušovci; return the same way. - The Nad Zápačou junction5 km from the start • 960 m a.s.l.
blue waymarks • over Čemerka
At the junction the waymarks turn blue. They lead over the summit of Čemerka (1,052 m), the highest point of the route, and drop to the Čierna voda saddle in the Hričovec nature reserve, where the route joins the red border trail.
- The Čierna voda saddle9 km from the start
red waymarks • joining the border ridge route
The last section climbs over ridge meadows to the Kasárne settlement - the only place on the route with a car park, a bus stop and somewhere refreshments can be bought.
The Kasárne settlement12 km from the start • 950 m a.s.l.A settlement on the Javorníky ridge that Moravia and Hungary disputed for five centuries. It is named after the barracks of 1833, in which soldiers stopped people fleeing a cholera outbreak in Hungary; walks to Veľký Javorník (1,071.5 m) start here.variant • red waymarks • along the border
Where to go on from KasárneFrom the settlement the border ridge route runs south to Stratenec (Ztracenec in Czech) with its three crosses and lookout tower, and north over the Tripoint to the Bumbálka saddle.