Tošč, Mountain summit in Polhov Gradec Hills, Slovenia

Tošč is the highest summit of the Polhov Gradec Hills, reaching 1,021 m. Its broad base and gentle top gave it the name, from the Slovene tolst 'fat'. The wooded summit offers no view; the European long-distance footpath E7 crosses it.

Tošč became the highest hill in the Polhov Gradec Hills only in the mid-1970s, when the Yugoslav People's Army levelled the top of neighbouring Pasja Ravan (1,020 m) for a missile base, cutting eight metres off its height. Until then Pasja Ravan had held first place; Tošč stands at 1,021 m.

The Slovene name Tošč comes from the adjective tolst, "fat", for the mountain's broad base and gentle top; no medieval spelling of the name survives, but it likely grew from a form such as *Tolstič, "the fat one". The marked European long-distance footpath E7 runs over the summit.

Marked trails reach the wooded summit from Selo (1 h), the Kmetija Gonte farm (1 h), Topol (2 h), Trnovec (1½ h) and the Rovtar farm (1¼ h); from Polhov Gradec it is 1¾ h through Mačkov Graben or 2½ h over Grmada. The summit is tree-covered, so there is no view from the top.

The name Tošč comes from the Slovene adjective tolst, "fat", for the mountain's wide base and gentle top; no medieval spelling of the name survives, but it likely grew from a form like *Tolstič. The summit itself is tree-covered and has no view.