Rovte - Medvedje Brdo (via Kamnikov Grič)
Starting point: Rovte (596 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.9869°N 14.1516°E
Path name: via Kamnikov Grič
Time of walking: 1 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 218 m
Altitude difference (by path): 230 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. From Žiri we continue driving on a little more winding road towards Rovte and Logatec, which we follow to the road sign between 13 and 12.5 km, or to the spot, where narrower asphalt road branches off to the right, by which there is a bus stop and signposts for Medvedje Brdo. Here we turn right and then we park on an appropriate place by the road (most appropriate place is immediately after a smaller bridge).
From Žiri (from the crossroad, where a road towards Idrija branches off to the right) and to the starting point, there is approximately 9 km.
B) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Logatec and then we continue driving to Logatec. From the roundabout, where we reach old road Vrhnika - Postojna we continue right (direction Vrhnika) and we continue driving on the old road towards Vrhnika, and we are driving there only few 100 meters and then we turn left on the road in the direction of Rovte and Žiri. Further, we drive on a gradually more and more winding road, and we are driving there to the road sign between 12.5 and 13 km. Here we will on the left side notice a bus stop and a smaller crossroad, by which there are mountain signposts for Medvedje Brdo and Vrh Svetih Treh kraljev. Here we turn left and then we park on an appropriate place by the road (most appropriate place is immediately after a smaller bridge).
C) We drive to Idrija, and then we continue driving towards Logatec. Still before the end of Idrija we turn left on a steep road which starts ascending towards the village Gore. Higher, we reach the plateau, and the road flattens. At the crossroads, we then follow the signs towards the neighbouring settlement Dole and later settlement Zavratec. After the end of the mentioned settlement we start descending towards the valley of Sovra, where we also reach the main road Žiri - Logatec. We follow the mentioned road to the right, and we are driving there to the road sign between 13 and 12.5 km or to the spot, where narrower asphalt road branches off to the right, by which there is a bus stop and signposts for Medvedje Brdo. Here we turn right and then we park on an appropriate place by the road (most appropriate place is immediately after a smaller bridge).
From the spot, where we reached road Žiri - Logatec, to the starting point, there is approximately 900 meters.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road by which we've parked, and at first, it leads by the stream Globovški potok. Higher, we avoid the stream to the right, or we pass into a neighbouring small valley, where the path leads us past two homesteads. At the second homestead (on map a homestead Kamnik) we continue right, still on the asphalt road and in few turns, we ascend to a crossroad at the bench and cross.
From the mentioned crossroad, we continue left (right a homestead Luka) and we continue on a gentle macadam road. At few minutes distant hunting observatory we continue right, and then with temporary nice views we return into the forest. The road which is relatively well-marked, then past the homestead Nartar leads to the next crossroad, where we continue slightly left (right a homestead Rupe). Further, the path leads us also past old Italian caverns from the time of Rapallo border, and on a moderately steep road we ascend to a crossroad, where we join the road Medvedje Brdo - Zavratec.
We follow the mentioned road to the left, and there after good 100 meters we get to the spot, where we join the asphalt road which we also follow to the left. Further, we walk on the asphalt road, that runs on a panoramic ridge and then past the fire station on Medvedje Brdo it brings us to a crossroad at the chapel. Here we continue right, and at the next crossroad left in the direction of open door farm Šinkovc. A short ascent follows and we already step on the summit of Medvedje Brdo, where on the left we notice military buildings of former JNA, and on the right side panorama board on Medvedje Brdo.
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