Ribnica (Lepovče) - Stene svete Ane
Starting point: Ribnica (Lepovče) (489 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.7446°N 14.7363°E
Time of walking: 1 h 35 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 475 m
Altitude difference (by path): 500 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, we drive towards Kočevje, and then at the beginning of Ribnica we turn slightly left in the direction of industrial zone Lepovče. For some time we drive through the zone, and then we turn left towards the nearby forest or road which leads towards Mala gora and a landfill. We park at the end of the industrial zone on an appropriate place.
B) From Kočevje we drive towards Ljubljana, after we get to Ribnica we turn right towards the industrial zone Lepovče. Behind the railway track we continue straight, and then before the road passes into the forest we park on an appropriate place by the end of the industrial zone.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road in the direction of Sveta Ana and TIGR, and we walk there only few minutes because then signs for Sveta Ana point us to the left on a gentle path, by which we further notice numerous sign of Ribnica natural path (Ribniška naravoslovna pot). The further path is mostly ascending gently, only for a short time it descends to a macadam road which we follow to the left to the nearby caving hut (jamarski dom).
From the hut, by which there is the cave Francetova jama we continue on a marked path in the direction of Sveta Ana. The path ahead becomes a little steeper and crosses a road which leads towards a smaller hamlet (on the map is marked as homestead Seljan). Above the road, the path leads us through a meadow and a lane of bushes to the before mentioned hamlet, where we continue right in the direction of the gentle path. After that, the path gradually passes into the forest and leads us past several well-marked crossings. Next follows approximately 20 minutes of a little steeper ascent and from the right joins the path from Steljnik, Črni vrh and Makoše. Few steps higher we get to the church of St. Ana, from which a beautiful view opens up towards Ribnica and Velika gora.
From the church, we descend towards the nearby mountain hut, which we reach after less than a minute of additional walking.
On the other side of the mountain hut and a little below it we find the continuation of the mountain path towards Grmada and Stene svete Ane. The path ahead for a short time continues on the left side of the forested ridge and then gradually passes on the right side, where we cross slopes to the nearby crossing.
From the crossing, we continue left and in a minute we ascend to the top which is overgrown by bushes.
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