Poljšica pri Gorjah (Zatrata) - Hotunjski vrh (on footpath)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bled, and then we continue driving in the direction of Pokljuka. When we get to Zgornje Gorje, at the crossroad at the church we turn left in the direction of Poljšica. Further, we drive on a narrow road past the church, and then on the nearby crossroad behind the chapel right. Only a little further at the next crossroad we go left in the direction of Poljšica, and when we get to the mentioned settlement we go on first crossroad right, and after good 10 meters left in the direction of hamlet Zatrata. We park on an appropriate place by the beginning of the mentioned hamlet, where we notice signs for path Riklijeva pot, which from the road branches off to the right.
B) We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Lipce, and then we follow the signs for settlement Kočna and later Spodnje Gorje. In Spodnje Gorje we join the road from Bled, and we continue in the direction of Pokljuka. When we get to Zgornje Gorje, at the crossroad at the church we turn left in the direction of Poljšica. Further, we drive on a narrow road past the church, and then on the nearby crossroad behind the chapel right. Only a little further at the next crossroad we go left in the direction of Poljšica, and when we get to the mentioned settlement we go on first crossroad right, and after good 10 meters left in the direction of hamlet Zatrata. We park on an appropriate place by the beginning of the mentioned hamlet, where we notice signs for path Riklijeva pot, which from the road branches off to the right.

Path description:
From the starting point, where there is also a smaller crossroad of multiple roads, we continue in the direction of the path Riklijeva pot, which signs point us slightly right on a narrower macadam road which is gently ascending by the grazing fence. At first, a beautiful view opens up towards Karawanks, and then the road turns left and after a short ascent for some time descends. In smaller valley we leave a worse road and we continue an ascent left on a cart track in the direction of the path Riklijeva pot. We continue on a cart track which continues through the forest, at the crossings we follow the signs for path Riklijeva pot. Higher a nice view opens up on Kamnik Savinja Alps, and the path then returns into the forest and gradually brings us on a forested ridge. On the ridge, we are at first ascending, and there we descend to a forest road which we follow in the direction of the mountain pasture Rčitno.
Further, when we walk on the road, we are also accompanied by Knafelc blazes. A quite gentle road which for some time runs through a small valley, higher turns right and becomes steeper and more and more similar to a wide cart track. During the ascent on a bad road for some time a view opens up a little in the direction of Galetovec, and when the path returns into a dense forest, it also splits.
We continue slightly right on an ascending cart track (straight mountain pasture Planina Rčitno - 5 minutes), which on the right side bypasses the mountain pasture Planina Rčitno. During the diagonal ascent for some time a view opens up a little towards the mentioned mountain pasture, and the cart track soon passes into a dense forest, and at the nearby crossing we choose the right cart track which is further quite rough from torrential waters. The mentioned cart track, we then follow all the way until we get on a macadam road which we follow to the right. On the road, we are few minutes lightly ascending, and when the road starts descending, we leave it (we leave the road on part, where it starts descending, or we can also about a minute ahead at the ruins of former homestead Posavc) and we continue left in the forest, where after a minute or two we reach a former ski track of the ski slope Zatrnik.
We continue the ascent on the former ski track, which turns left, after that with increasingly beautiful views we get to the upper station of an abandoned ski lift, from where to the top of Hotunjski vrh separates us only few 10 strides of walking on the ridge.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (January).