Javorje - Mala Rodica (via Lepa Suha)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway we take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and then towards Bohinjska Bistrica and Bohinj Lake. After the settlement Laški Rovt we will arrive at a smaller crossroads, where the road which leads towards the starting points of the paths to Rodica, planina Suha, Šija, Vogel... and the scout camp Laški Rovt branches off to the left. The macadam road immediately enters the forest and first ascends past the mentioned scout camp, then ascends relatively steeply for a few kilometres. After a little less than 6.5 km of driving on macadam, we will arrive at a somewhat larger crossroads, where the road towards planina Storeča raven (starting point of the path to Vogel) branches off to the right. Here we continue straight and after approximately 50 m of further driving we arrive at the left bend, where the starting point of the path towards planina Suha is. We park in a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
Near the parking lot, on the west side of the torrent we notice a marked footpath which leads towards planina Suha. The path initially ascends on the right side of the torrent, then joins it. After a few steps of walking on the torrent gravel, the marked path turns to the right and levels out completely. The gentle walk is quickly interrupted by a steep ascent over a relatively steep slope. The steepness then eases somewhat and the well-marked path leads us through dense forest on and beside the torrent upwards. Somewhat higher, the marked path withdraws from the torrent to the left and rejoins it after a few minutes. The path, which then runs on the right side of the torrent, soon brings us out of the forest onto the extensive planina Suha.
From the planina we continue past the shepherd hut beside the torrent gravel deposits. Locally very poorly visible little path in the upper part of the planina turns slightly left. Further the path, which starts turning slightly to the right, is much easier to follow. After a short ascent we bypass the hunting cottage, which we notice on the right side.
The path then starts to ascend more steeply on the slope, which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. This increasingly panoramic path brings us higher to a somewhat larger cairn, where there is a path junction (straight marked path to the saddle Čez Suho, left unmarked path over Lepa Suha).
For the ascent to Mala Rodica I recommend the left path, which will lead us over Lepa Suha. The first few steps from the point when we leave the marked path, our track is somewhat less visible, then becomes distinct and easy to follow. The path soon turns to the left and starts ascending transversely on the slope, which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. Higher the path brings us to an indistinct side ridge, after which it flattens. Further the path turns towards the right and somewhat higher brings us into a smaller but distinct valley (Lepa Suha) up which we then ascend. The track on which we walk becomes progressively worse, and we soon leave it, as we head left on a relatively steep grassy slope straight upwards (we can also continue through the valley all the way to the marked path, but we must quickly leave it for the ascent to Mala Rodica). Further we ascend pathless terrain all the way to the top of Mala Rodica, which we reach without major technical difficulties after 20 minutes of pathless ascent (from the Lepa Suha valley).
From Mala Rodica we can ascend on an unmarked path in 10 minutes to Velika Rodica and then descend on the usual marked path. We can also reach Mala Rodica if we ascend on the marked path to Velika Rodica and from it descend to Mala Rodica.
Orientation is difficult in fog.
Starting point - planina Suha 1:00, planina Suha - Mala Rodica 1:20.

On the way: Planina Suha (1385m)