Petrovo Brdo - Lovčev bivak Pri Koucah

Access to starting point:
From Železniki we drive towards Tolmin or vice versa, we follow the road to the settlement Petrovo Brdo, where on a parking lot at the mountain hut Petrovo Brdo we also park. The mountain hut is located right next to a crossroad, where the road on Soriška planina branches off.

Path description:
By the mountain hut, we notice signs for Črna prst, which point us on a very steep path. After a short steep ascent, we step on a wide cart track which we follow to the right, and it quickly brings us to a torrent stream. Marked cart track soon turns a little towards the left and is then relatively steeply ascending through the forest. After approximately half an hour of walking, we come to mountain signposts, where there is a marked crossing.
We continue in the direction of Črna prst (left Kup and Podbrdo) and we continue the ascent on an ascending cart track which higher turns to the right and entirely flattens. After few minutes of additional walking, we leave the cart track and we continue the ascent on a marked footpath. After a short ascent, the path flattens a little and brings us on the old, but very well-preserved mule track. We continue the ascent on the mentioned mule track, which through the forest and some gullies brings us to a crossing near the bivouac Lovčev bivak Pri Koucah. Here we continue straight (right Lajnar and Slatnik) and after few 10 strides of additional walking, we get to the already mentioned bivouac (Lovčev bivak is just a name of the cottage and we can't use it as bivouac).

Trip can be extended to: Vrh Bače ( 30 min) , Planina Za Črno goro (2 h) , Kobla (1 h 15 min) , Krevl (1 h 30 min) , Lajnar (1 h) , Šavnik (1 h 15 min) , Slatnik (southeastern peak) (1 h 5 min) , Možic , Slatnik (northwestern peak) (1 h 15 min) , Rušni vrh (3 h 30 min) , Črna prst (3 h 40 min)