Črni kal - Blegoš (via Prva ravan)
Starting point: Črni kal (1103 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1724°N 14.1243°E
Path name: via Prva ravan
Time of walking: 1 h 20 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 459 m
Altitude difference (by path): 459 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Gorenja vas. Before we get to Gorenja vas, at the traffic light crossroad we turn right in Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, we then follow the signs for settlement Javorje. An ascending road higher brings us in the mentioned village, after that on next crossroads we follow the signs for Blegoš. Further, we drive on narrower, but still asphalt road. After the settlement Gorenja Žetina asphalt ends, and to Črni kal, where there is a larger parking lot and a crossroad of multiple roads, separates only few minutes of a diagonal ascent.
B) From Žiri, Sovodenj or Horjul we drive to Gorenja vas, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. A little after Gorenja vas, at the traffic light crossroad we turn left in Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, we then follow the signs for settlement Javorje. An ascending road higher brings us in the mentioned village, after that on next crossroads we follow the signs for Blegoš. Further, we drive on narrower, but still asphalt road. After the settlement Gorenja Žetina asphalt ends, and to Črni kal, where there is a larger parking lot and a crossroad of multiple roads, separates only few minutes of a diagonal ascent.
C) From Železniki we drive towards Podbrdo, and then before the settlement Zali Log we turn left in the direction of Davča. On few 100 meters distant crossroad, by the confluence of the rivers Davča and Muštrova grapa, we continue on the left road which higher leads through the hamlet Potok, behind it, before we cross Matevžkova grapa, we continue sharply left, on the road, on which we diagonally ascend to the parking lot on Črni kal.
D) From Petrovo Brdo or Sorica we descend to Podrošt, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. After the settlement Zali Log we turn right in the direction of Davča. On few 100 meters distant crossroad, by the confluence of the rivers Davča and Muštrova grapa, we continue on the left road which higher leads through the hamlet Potok, behind it, before we cross Matevžkova grapa, we continue sharply left, on the road, on which we diagonally ascend to the parking lot on Črni kal.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the nearby NOB monument, and then we continue on the road in the direction of Blegoš over Prva ravan. Soon after the sign, the road once again splits, and we continue straight (right mountain hut Koča na Blegošu), on the road over which there is a gate. We continue on a macadam road which is closed for public traffic, and which is ascending diagonally. On smaller right turn short path to the vantage point and NOB monument branches off to the left, and we continue on the road, from which occasionally a nice view opens up on surrounding mountains, mainly on Koprivnik and Mladi vrh. When the road flattens, we get to Prva ravan, where from the left join also marked paths from Jelovica and Čabrače.
Here at the marked crossing we continue right, on a footpath in the direction of Blegoš. After a short ascent, we get to the next crossing, where the path towards the mountain hut Koča na Blegošu branches off to the left.
From the crossing, we are few minutes ascending through the forest and then we cross a grazing fence and the path passes on the upper grassy slope of the mountain, where continues to moderately to steeply ascending. A little below the summit, we run into old forts from times of Rapallo border, and the path then turns a little towards the left and with increasingly beautiful views, which reaches all the way to Triglav, brings us on an ample peak.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (September).
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