Starting point: Črnotiče (389 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.5519°N 13.8933°E
Time of walking: 1 h 20 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 60 m
Altitude difference (by path): 150 m
Map: Primorje in Kras 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Highway Ljubljana - Koper we leave at exit Kastelec, and then we follow the signs for Podgorje. From the road towards Podgorje we soon turn right in the direction of the settlement Črnotiče, at the church in Črnotiče we turn to the right road which behind the houses becomes a macadam. We drive a little further, and then we get to a smaller crossroad, where to the right continues the road to the railway station Črnotiče, and on the left we notice a football field. We park near the crossroad on an appropriate place.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the left road which leads us by the football field, and a little further we get to a crossroad, where we go right (left we return in the village). The path ahead leads us through the underpass under the railway track, and through meadows in few minutes we get to a marked crossroad, where the path branches off to the left towards Marija Snežna na Gradišcah, and we continue on the road. On the road, we are then slightly ascending, and higher we get to a small saddle, where we cross a marked path Črni Kal - Marija Snežna.
We continue on the road which starts descending (left Marija Snežna, right transmitters and Črni Kal), after "lost" 50 altitude meters road flattens. The road then brings us to a larger meadow and a field, where we for some time leave it and we continue on a footpath which on the left side bypasses the nearby field (if we overlook the mentioned turn off at the nearby crossroad we continue left). We soon return on the road, and we walk there through a small valley and we are lightly ascending. Higher, the road stops ascending, and then it starts descending. And after few steps of descent we reach a marked path Podpeč - Praproče, and we follow it to the right.
Next follows crossing of a grazing fence and a short descent. Forest then at first gets thinner, and then it is replaced by panoramic karst meadows. Next follows some more panoramic walking on Kraški rob, and then we reach an indistinct peak Zjat, from where a nice view opens up on Podpeč and surrounding hills.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (April).
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