Begunje - Velika Špička (via Cemarovnik)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Unec and follow the road ahead in the direction of Cerknica. Only a little before Cerknica we continue left in the direction of Begunje, after that on a little more winding road we quickly get to the already mentioned village. In Begunje we continue driving on the main road, and then at the crossroad by store Mercator, we continue straight on a macadam road by which we notice signs for Špičasto Stražišče (left Bezuljak, right Selšček). Worse macadam road, we then follow to a smaller parking lot by village bowling alley.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a worse macadam road which already after few 10 strides of easy walking it brings us to a crossing of three cart tracks. We continue on the most left (possible also middle) cart track, and in a gentle ascent it brings us to the next marked crossing. This time we continue on the right path (by the crossing are signs for Špička left and right), which leads us by the upper edge of ample karst meadows. After few minutes of walking, blazes point us to the left (straight Selšček) on a little steeper footpath which gradually brings us on the more and more panoramic grassy slope. On the mentioned slope we ascend straight upwards and we walk on easy to follow path all the way to the edge of the forest, by which there is situated pleasant bench (a view on Begunje and surroundings). The path ahead starts a little steeper ascending through a lane of a forest and then it flattens and after few steps of additional walking brings us on a panoramic peak.
From Cemarovnik we continue slightly left on a marked hiking path, which at first slightly descends, and then starts turning a little towards the right. After few minutes of walking, we join the path from the village Selšček and we continue the ascent on a little wider footpath which higher brings us in a little younger or thinner forest. The path ahead for a short time steeply ascends, and then it brings us on a forested ridge, where from the left side also the other path from Begunje joins (option for a descent). We continue right on a relatively gently sloping mountain path, on which in less than 5 minutes of additional walking, we ascend to the summit of Velika Špička.

On the way: Goli vrh (Cumarovnik) (816m)