Grant - Mali Raskovec (via Rodica)

Access to starting point:
From Podbrdo we drive towards Tolmin or vice versa, but only to the village of Koritnica. In Koritnica we will notice a sign for the village Rut, which directs us right (from Tolmin sharply left). We then follow the mostly ascending road to the mentioned village, where there is also a smaller crossroads. We continue left towards the village Grant, to which we arrive after approximately 1 km of additional driving. In the village there are no organized parking spaces, so we park at a suitable spot nearby.

Path description:
At the end of the village Grant we look for the continuation of the marked path, which continues on a rougher road or cart track. Further on there are some junctions, where we follow the otherwise rare blazes, and we quickly ascend above the village. Higher we leave the nearby pasture, then we ascend to a wider macadam road, which we cross, and continue the ascent through the forest. The quite steep path, along which the blazes become more frequent further on, higher crosses another forest road. Above the road the path turns slightly to the left, then it starts to ascend quite steeply. Higher the steepness eases a bit, then we join a wider cart track path, which we follow to the left, along which we soon arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Rodica (straight to Koča na planini Razor and Geološka pot).
After the junction named Mladinska koča we start ascending along a well-preserved mule track, which after a few minutes turns sharply to the left, then for quite some time ascends diagonally to the left, first still through the forest, then through dwarf pines. During the diagonal ascent the path leads us also across some gullies, the crossings over them are not demanding, as the path is wide all the time. With nice views on the Idrijsko and Cerkljansko hribovje, at the right serpentine we approach completely the summit of Jehlc, which we see in front of us all the time during the crossing. At this serpentine the pathless approach to the mentioned summit continues straight ahead (the last part before the ridge is demanding), we continue on the marked path, which continues further on the mule track. Two serpentines higher a still easier approach to the aforementioned summit branches off to the left, we continue ascending through dwarf pines. A little higher we reach the ridge that stretches from Jehlc to the main ridge of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore, the path withdraws from it several times, once to the left, another time to the right side. Higher dwarf pines are replaced by grasses and stones, and with every step nicer views open up. A few more serpentines follow, where we ascend over a steeper slope, then the slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked junction, where we join the path from the Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left to Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and along the moderately steep ridge in good 10 minutes of further walking we ascend to the 1966 m high summit of Rodica.
From the summit of Rodica we continue along the ridge in the direction of Črna prst. The path first starts descending along the ridge, then passes to the southern slopes, where a few meters below the ridge it crosses occasionally quite steep slopes. The very scenic path at the foot of Suha Rodica (Novi vrh) passes to shady slopes, where it crosses the slopes of the mentioned summit (snow patch that persists until the beginning of summer). When the path returns to the main ridge we leave the marked path and continue left, slightly downward along the left side of the sinkhole that we see between the two Raskovci. When we approach the dwarf pines we withdraw from it to the right, then head up the steep grassy slope straight upward. After 20 minutes of walking in pathless terrain we step onto the panoramic Mali Raskovec.
Grant - Rodica 3:30, Rodica - Mali Raskovec 1:00.

On the way: Rodica (1966m)