Podgorje - Slavnik (steep path)
Starting point: Podgorje (518 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.5353°N 13.9435°E 
Path name: steep path
Time of walking: 1 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 510 m
Altitude difference (by path): 510 m
Map: Slovenska Istra - Čičarija, Brkini in Kras 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Kozina, and then on the old road towards Koper we drive to the settlement Petrinje (smaller settlement on the right side of the main road), where we go left in the direction of Podgorje. The road which at first steeply ascends soon brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue left, again in the direction of Podgorje. Ahead we drive to the village Podgorje, where we park on a large parking lot near the sports field.
B) From highway Koper - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kastelec, and then we continue right in the direction of Ljubljana, Kozina and Podgorje. Next follow two more crossroads, in both we go left or straight in the direction of Podgorje (at the first crossroad we stick to signs for Kozina). We follow this road to a large parking lot near the sports field, which is situated in the village Podgorje.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the main road which we follow ahead in the direction of driving. And after few ten meters, we come to a crossroad, where wooden signposts point us to the left past the chapel upwards. We then follow the asphalt road to the next crossroad where there are few benches. Here we continue left upwards and past houses we get to the beginning of the steep path on Slavnik. A wide path then soon goes into the forest, where it moderately and occasionally steeply ascends. A little higher, the path crosses newly made wide cart track and is then for some time still ascending through the forest on a well-marked path. After a good 45 minutes of walking from the parking lot path passes out of the forest on the more and more panoramic slopes. After additional 15 minutes of walking, we finally step out of the forest and in front of us, we notice a wide upper slope of Slavnik. The path ahead leads us past the sign, which informs us, that we are entering the area of natural monument Slavnik. From here on we already clearly see the peak of Slavnik which we reach after few minutes of easy walking.
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