Divje jezero - Koča na Hleviški planini (via Strug)
Starting point: Divje jezero (338 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.9825°N 14.0273°E
Path name: via Strug
Time of walking: 1 h 35 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 477 m
Altitude difference (by path): 480 m
Map: Idrijsko in Cerkljansko 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Logatec, and then we continue driving towards Idrija. When the most winding part of the road towards Idrija ends we get to a hamlet Podroteja, where we leave the main road and we continue left in the direction of the lake Divje jezero and Idrijska Bela. On the road, we drive for few 100 meters and then we park on a parking lot by information boards of the nearby lake Divje jezero.
B) From Most na Soči or Podbrdo we drive to the settlement Bača pri Modreju, and then we continue driving towards Idrija and forward towards Logatec. At the end of Idrija, more precisely at hamlet Podroteja, we leave the main road and we continue right in the direction of the lake Divje jezero and Idrijska Bela. On the road, we drive for few 100 meters and then we park on a parking lot by information boards of the nearby lake Divje jezero.
Path description:
From the parking lot by the lake Divje jezero we continue on the road, and we walk there only few 10 meters and then signs for path Ob Rakah point us to the right on footbridge, over which we walk on the other side of Idrijca. On the other side of Idrijca we reach a walking path, and we follow it to the left (right - Idrija). We continue on a gently sloping path which continues by the ditch through which flows water. The ditch was built for the purpose of the mine pump. At the dam, which we reach after few minutes the ditch ends, and we continue on a wide path which continues by along the river Idrijca. We then cross pretty steep slopes, but because the path is wide enough, snowless it doesn't cause problems. A little further, we get to a marked crossing, where we leave the marked path and we continue right in the direction of the peak Strug.
The path ahead at first steeply ascends, and then turns to the right, where it is further ascending diagonally towards the right. Here because of the forestry work, the footpath on several spots is hard to follow, but all the time runs in approximately the same direction, so with the orientation there aren't any bigger problems. Higher, we reach the end of the forest road, and we continue on this road. The path ahead leads us above Padarjeva grapa, and the path leads past the abyss Za Pšenkom, after which we quickly get to a crossroad, where we join the asphalt road. We follow the road to the left, and from there soon to the right the path branches off towards the nearby cottage Taborniška koča on Pšenk. We still continue on the asphalt road, and it soon brings us to the settlement Čekovnik, where we get to the next crossroad. Here we continue right in the direction of the cottage Koča na Hlevišah and we continue the ascent on a moderately steep macadam road. The road, by which we notice some old faded blazes, further leads past some water storages, and then we leave it and we continue the ascent slightly left on a poorly marked path. We soon return on the road which we reach right at the marked crossing, where there are several signposts.
Here we continue left in the direction of Hleviška planina (right - Idrija, straight - Idrija via Kodrov rovt) and we continue on the road which is closed for public traffic. This road which soon comes out of the forest, we follow all the way to the cottage Koča na Hleviški planini, which we reach after good 5 minutes of additional walking.
On the way: Brezno za Pšenkom (612m)
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