Kobarid - Bivak Hlek

Access to starting point:
From Bovec or Tolmin we drive to Kobarid, where in the center we go towards the border crossing Robič. We follow this road only few ten meters to the parking lot, which we notice on the right side of the road at the spot, where used to be gas station. During workdays the parking lot is often occupied.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go back (towards the east) to a crossroad in the center of Kobarid. At the crossroad, we go left and after few meters we will notice on the left side signpost »Stol 4h«. At the signpost, we continue right upward on a narrow road past houses. The road soon ends and we continue on a footpath in the forest. After a short ascent through the forest we come to a crossroad, where we go left towards Stol, and right leads the path towards Veliki Rob. Because path run through the forest there isn't much view, only occasionally we can through branches see Kobarid and Krn. The path then leads us past some ruins to a crossroad where we join the cart track. We go left on a cart track on which we are ascending past some old houses. Cart track soon ends, and we continue on a footpath which brings us to a crossroad. Left runs the path to the vantage point on Hom (1015m) to which is 5 minutes of walking.
We continue right on a marked path, which in approximately 10 minutes brings us on a ridge on which steepness decreases and also a nice view opens up on Kobarid and surrounding peaks. The path ahead runs on a ridge partly over grassy slopes, partly through a thin forest. We soon come to a crossroad, where from the left joins the path from Staro selo and from the right path from Trnovo ob Soči.
We continue on grassy slopes past a shepherd hut and hunting cottage Starijski vrh. A little before the hunting cottage our path joins narrow mountain road which we follow to nicely settled bivouac Hlek.

On the way: Lovska koča Starijski vrh (1215m)

Trip can be extended to: Stol (Julian Alps) (2 h)