Dom Frata - Hunting lodge Dobrnič

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Obrežje we go to the exit Mirna Peč, and then we continue driving to the mentioned settlement. In Mirna Peč we reach the main road Novo mesto - Trebnje, we only cross it and we continue driving in the direction of Dobrnič. After Mirna Peč the road for some time steeply ascends, and then it brings us to a smaller crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards the settlements on Globodolsko polje. We continue left (straight - Dobrnič) and we descend to Gorenji Globodol. We continue driving also through Srednji and Dolenji Globodol, and then the road slowly returns into the forest. In the forest, at the first crossroad we continue sharply right (straight - Suhor and Novo mesto), and then on the macadam road we drive all the way to the mountain hut Dom Frata, by which we park.
B) From Novo mesto, we drive to Prečna, and from there we continue driving towards Dom Frata and Ajdovec. A little further, where a road towards Kuzarjev Kal branches off to the right, we continue straight, and we go straight also at the next crossroad, where a road branches off to the right towards Mirna Peč. Next follows few more crossroads, and we follow the signs for mountain hut Dom Frata. We park on a parking lot by the mentioned mountain hut.
C) First, we drive to Žužemberk, and from there we continue driving towards Straža. Soon after the Žužemberk from the main road we continue slightly left, on a narrower road in the direction of Dolnji Ajdovec. Further, we drive through Sadinja vas pri Dvoru, Mali Lipovec, all the way to Gornji and Doljni Ajdovec, and from there we follow the signs for mountain hut Dom Frata. After the village the asphalt ends, and then on the macadam road we descend to the mentioned mountain hut, where we park.
D) From Bela krajina or Straža we drive to the settlement Soteska, from where we continue in the direction of Žužemberk. Still before the end of Soteska we go slightly right (unmarked) on the road which starts ascending on a slope. Further, we drive through the settlement Drenje. When we get to Veliki Lipovec we go right, and after Doljni konec we go left in the direction of the mountain hut Dom Frata. When we get to the mentioned mountain hut, we park on a parking lot at the mountain hut.

Path description:
From the mountain hut Dom Frata we continue on the road which on the eastern side bypasses the hut and is at first slightly ascending towards the north. The road soon turns more to the left, and after few minutes of ascent brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue right on a footpath in the direction of Ostri vrh (straight on the road - Ajdovec). Next follows a short ascent through a lane of a forest and then we reach another road which we follow to the right, and we walk there only few 10 strides, because then signs for Ostri vrh point us to the left on a footpath. The path only a little after that, when it leaves the road, crosses a larger clearing, and then it starts considerably ascending, at first through a clearing, and then through the spruce forest. Higher for some time a view opens up a little towards Gorjanci, and then the path flattens. Next follow few crossings, where we follow the blazes, and the path which continues through the forest, further leads occasionally upwards, and occasionally also a little downwards. Later, the path passes into a dense lane of bushes, through which it is nicely cutted, and then it returns into a mixed forest. The path ahead leads us past the hunting observatory, and behind it we quickly reach the road which leads from Rdeči Kal towards Hunting lodge Dobrnič. We follow the mentioned road to the right, and there in a minute of additional walking, we get to the mentioned hunting lodge.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (November).

Trip can be extended to: Dom Frata , Ostri vrh (above Globodol) ( 15 min)