Prtovč - Kosmati vrh (Ratitovec) (via Jesenovec and planina Klom)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. When we get to Železniki at first at the crossroad, where the road towards Kropa, Dražgoše and Rudo branches off to the right, we continue straight, and then a little after store Mercator, or opposite of company Niko d.o.o. we continue right in the direction of Podlonk and Prtovč. We continue on the mentioned road which starts ascending steeper, and we follow the asphalt road to the parking lot on Prtovč, which is located near the church of Marija Pomočnica.
B) From Cerkno, Podbrdo or Sorica we drive to Zali Log, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. When we get to Železniki we leave the main road and we continue driving left in the direction of Podlonk and Prtovč. We continue on the mentioned road which starts ascending steeper, and we follow the asphalt road to the parking lot on Prtovč, which is located near the church of Marija Pomočnica.

Path description:
From the starting point, we walk to the nearby NOB monument, which is situated at the beginning of the village Prtovč, and from the mentioned crossroad we continue on the right road in the direction of the hunting cottage Na Toli. The path at first leads on a panoramic road, from which a nice view opens up towards Dražgoše and surrounding hills, and then it passes into the forest, through which is ascending diagonally. Soon a short road branches off to the right towards the before mentioned hunting cottage, and we go straight and we still continue in a diagonal ascent towards the right. Higher, or after approximately 45 minutes of walking from the starting point, we get to the ridge, where by the road we notice a smaller memorial, and on the right side a view opens up a little towards Železniki. Here the road stops ascending, and we reach a marked path Raztovka - Ratitovec, which we follow left in the forest. After a short ascent, we reach the cart track, and then we quickly get to a marked crossing, where we continue slightly right (slightly left Kosmati vrh). After the crossing, we step out of a dense forest and then through the pasture we ascend to a forest road which we reach only few steps further from feeding site for wild animals. We follow the road to the left, and at the nearby crossroad, we go right. Further, we follow the marked path, which for some time continues on the road, and for some time it leads us on marked shortcuts. Higher, we leave the road, at few crossings we follow the signs for Ratitovec or mountain pasture Klom. When higher the path flattens, to the shepherd cottages on the mountain pasture Klom follows only a short descent.
From the shepherd hut, we continue left and we moderately ascend through a lane of a forest, and when the forest ends, we step on a cart track which we follow to the right, and we walk there to the near forest road.
When we reach the road, we only cross it (right mountain pasture Pečana, Gladki vrh, Krekova koča...), and then we continue left in the direction of Kosmati vrh, where we walk by the grazing fence, at first parallel with the road. Further there isn't any distinct footpath, but if we follow the grazing fence, we can here and there notice some old faded blaze. A little further from the fence we go a little to the right, where the footpath becomes more distinct, and a little higher we join the path from Vratca towards Kosmati vrh.
Here we continue left and in few minutes with increasingly beautiful views we ascend on Kosmati vrh.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (July).

On the way: Planina Klom (1500m)

Trip can be extended to: Krekova koča na Ratitovcu , Gladki vrh (Ratitovec)