Brezje nad Kamnikom - Vovar (western way)
Starting point: Brezje nad Kamnikom (625 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2583°N 14.6226°E
Path name: western way
Time of walking: 1 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 315 m
Altitude difference (by path): 315 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of Kamniška Bistrica. At the stadium, we leave the main road which turns left and crosses Kamniška Bistrica and we continue driving straight towards Mekinje. Further, we drive past the monastery Mekinje, succursal primary school Mekinje, and then a little after the settlement Zduša we turn right in the direction of the settlement Brezje nad Kamnikom. When we come to the settlement there is the beginning of the described path, and we can park on an appropriate place by the road already before the settlement or above the settlement, in the settlement there aren't any parking spots.
B) We drive to mountain pass Volovljek or Črnivec, and then we start descending towards Kamnik. Already in the valley, in the settlement Godič we leave the main road which turns right through Kamniška Bistrica and we continue slightly left. Further, we are still driving through Godič, and still before the end of the settlement, we turn left in the direction of Brezje, Vodice and Kršič. A little further at the stop sign we go left and then we ascend to the settlement Brezje nad Kamnikom, where the described path begins. We can park on an appropriate place by the road already before the settlement or above the settlement, in the settlement there aren't any parking spots.
Path description:
From the beginning of the settlement, we diagonally ascend on the asphalt road, from which beautiful views opening up, and in the middle of the settlement, we continue sharply right in the direction of the cycling path LO40. The path ahead leads us past few more houses, and after the settlement, the road becomes a macadam and passes into the forest. Next follows a steeper ascent through the forest, and at few smaller crossroads, we continue on a wider road. Higher, the road leads us past some sort of picnic area, where there are two religious symbols, and a little further signs for Vovar point us to the right on a cart track, and from the cart track we already at the very beginning go even a little more to the right on a beaten unmarked footpath which starts ascending steeply on northwestern slopes of Vovar. Further, we gradually pass on the western slopes, and the footpath is still quite steep. Next follows crossing of two cart tracks, at the crossing of the second, for orientation we get help from a sign with the caption Vovar, and gradually a less steep footpath brings us to a smaller crossing, where we go left. Next follows some entirely easy walking and from the left joins the path which leads on northeastern ridge of Vovar.
Here we go right and in few steps of additional walking, we step to the inscription box and a wish bell on Vovar.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in March 2020.
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