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title: "Melocík–Greguše–Kasárne: a ridge route"
description: "A ridge route (12.1 km) from Melocík over the Greguše settlement and the Čierna voda saddle to Kasárne. Waymarks, map and height gain."
url: "https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne"
lang: "en"
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# Melocík - Greguše - Kasárne

Ridge route • red → blue → red • moderate 

On foot

A ridge route from the Melocík restaurant on the Makov road to the [Kasárne](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-kasarne) 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](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-greguse).

Part of a long-distance route [Beskydsko-javornícka magistrála](https://www.makov.sk/cestovny-ruch/beskydsko-javornicka-magistrala/)

- **Length:** 12,1 km
- **Time:** 3 h 55 min
- **Elevation:** ↑ 401 m · ↓ 256 m

Route along the waymarks

**The line follows the waymarked paths from OpenStreetMap.** In the field, still follow the waymarks, which can change.

### Take the route with you on your phone

Mapy.com shows the way between the points along waymarked paths. It also offers navigation and an offline map.

[Open in Mapy.com](https://mapy.com/fnc/v1/route?mapset=outdoor&routeType=foot%5Fhiking&start=18.5080266%2C49.343337&end=18.3780594%2C49.3278155&waypoints=18.4551661%2C49.3363938;18.4466672%2C49.3353338;18.404383%2C49.335152)

1. Melocík start • 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.
2. U Gregušov 4,5 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 settlement](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-greguse) - The 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.
3. The Nad Zápačou junction 5 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.
4. The Čierna voda saddle 9 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.
5. [The Kasárne settlement](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-kasarne) - 12 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 Kasárne  
From the settlement the [border ridge route](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec) runs south to [Stratenec](https://zpusteven.cz/en/stratenec) (Ztracenec in Czech) with its three crosses and lookout tower, and north over [the Tripoint](https://zpusteven.cz/en/trojmezi) to the Bumbálka saddle.

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Source: [Melocík–Greguše–Kasárne: a ridge route](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne) - zPusteven.cz. When citing, please link to the page.