Podbrdo - Koča na Petrovem Brdu (by road)
Starting point: Podbrdo (508 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2132°N 13.9717°E
Path name: by road
Time of walking: 1 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 296 m
Altitude difference (by path): 300 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki, Podbrdo and Tolmin. When we get to Podbrdo we park on an appropriate place in the center of the settlement.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left, if we come from the direction of Posočje and we continue driving towards Podbrdo. When we get to Podbrdo we park on an appropriate place in the center of the settlement.
Path description:
From the center of Podbrdo we continue by the main road towards Železniki, where the path at first leads past the kindergarten and primary school Simon Kos Podbrdo. Some 10 meters ahead, at the smaller crossroad we continue left towards the parish church of St. Miklavž in Podbrdo, where opposite of TIC Podbrdo we notice the first mountain signposts for Bača pri Podbrdu and Vrh Bače (nearby are also signs for mountain maraton of 4 municipalities (GM4O)). A little further, the road on which we walk turns a little to the left over a small bridge (straight cemetery) and starts ascending diagonally above the riverbed of river Bača. Asphalt soon ends, and the road after a wooden religious symbol brings us to a marked crossing, where a marked footpath branches off to the left, and we still continue on the road, by which there are still signs for GM4O. On a smaller plain, the road turns right and splits into two parts. On the left path (at first road) it is possible to come to the settlement Bača pri Podbrdu, and here as well we continue straight, this time on the road which gradually passes on the left bank of river Bača. A little further, at the crossroad, by which there are two benches, route of the path GM4O turns left, and we continue on the right road which continues to ascend diagonally. At the left turn, where the path passes on the southern slopes of Kramarjev grič, from the right also joins a marked footpath from Podbrdo. We still continue on the road which is ascending diagonally, and from there occasionally a view opens up a little towards Podbrdo, Kalarsko brdo and the slope of Porezen. Higher the forest ends and the road brings us on meadows of Petrovo Brdo. Behind the hayrack, which we will notice on the left, at the smaller crossroad we continue left. Few strides ahead we step to the parking lot, which is situated below the retirement home Petrovo Brdo. At the end of the parking lot, we continue right, and then past the chapel we walk to the main road. We follow the main asphalt road to the left, and it leads through the underpass below the stone or partly also wooden bridge. On the other side of the underpass we continue left and we are already at the mountain hut Koča na Petrovem Brdu.
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