Spodnja Idrija - Jelenk (easy way)
Starting point: Spodnja Idrija (305 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.0343°N 14.0174°E
Path name: easy way
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 802 m
Altitude difference (by path): 802 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Logatec we drive towards Tolmin or vice versa. When we come to Spodnja Idrija we turn left (from the direction Tolmin right) in the direction of village Kanomlja. Already after good 100 meters of driving by the road we notice a sign for Jelenk. Near the sign there is also a large parking lot, on which we can park only on non-working days (because the parking lot is intended for employees in the nearby company).
Path description:
From the parking lot, we over the bridge cross the river Kanomljica and on the other side, we continue straight on an asphalt road to a crossroad, where we continue on the right road which ascends past houses. And after a short ascent, signs for Jelenk, point us to the left through a meadow upwards. In the middle of the meadow, we leave the cart track and we continue the ascent left on a footpath upwards (the path is marked). The path then goes into the forest, where it is relatively steeply ascending. A little higher we get to a lonely farm, where we also step on the road. The road we only cross because then blazes again point us on a footpath which is at first ascending on the edge of the forest. Already after few steps of additional walking, the path goes again in the forest, where it brings us to a crossing.
We continue left on an easier path (right, very demanding path, which is in wet very dangerous for slipping), which gently ascends to the panoramic ridge, where there is a homestead. Here the path turns right and it ascends through a panoramic meadow, on the top of which, the path turns left in the forest. The path ahead brings us to a pleasant well, where there is a smaller crossing. We continue on a marked path in the direction of Jelenk. The path ahead ascends steeply through the forest, where it crosses a forest road and higher brings us to the next farm, where also the climbing path joins.
Here we continue left on the road (badly marked) to the next house, behind which we continue right upwards. Further, we are ascending on a cart track which through less and less vegetated slope brings us below the top of Jelenk. And a little below the top we notice signs for Jelenk, which point us to the right upwards. We go on this path, which in few steps brings us to the summit.
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