Tošč Explained

Tošč should not be confused with Tosc (peak).

Tošč
Elevation M:	1021
Map:	Slovenia
Label Position:	right
Location:	Slovenia
Range:	Polhov Gradec Hills
Coordinates:	46.0972°N 14.3214°W

Tošč (1021m (3,350feet)) is the highest hill in the Polhov Gradec Hills.^[1] The neighbouring hill Pasja Ravan (1020m (3,350feet)) used to be the highest before Yugoslav Army reduced its height by eight meters in the 1970s.

Name

Like nearby Toško Čelo, the name Tošč is ultimately derived from the Slovene adjective Slovenian: tolst 'fat', referring to the mountain's wide base and gentle summit. No medieval transcriptions of the name are known, but it probably developed from a form such as *Tolstič 'the fat one'.^[2]

Routes

• 1h from Selo
• 1h from Kmetija Gonte farm
• 2½h from Polhov Gradec over Grmada
• 2¼h from Topol over Grmada
• 2h from Topol
• 1¾h from Polhov Gradec through Mačkov Graben
• 1¼h from Rovtar Farm
• 1¾h from Mihelčič Lodge at Govejek
• 1½h from Trnovec

External links

• • Tošč on Geopedia
• Tošč on Hribi.net Routes and photos (slo)

Notes and References

1. Marjan . Jenko . Pasja Ravan ni več najvišja! . Slovenian . Pasja Ravan Is Not the Highest Anymore! . Planinski Vestnik . January 2006 . 72.
2. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 432.