Divje jezero - Vojsko (via Prižnica)
Starting point: Divje jezero (338 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.9825°N 14.0273°E
Path name: via Prižnica
Time of walking: 5 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 739 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1020 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 the path branches off to the right towards the summit of Strug, and we still continue in the same direction. Only a little further from the left another path from the road joins, by which we lower have parked (the mentioned path is part of ICPP and further leads towards Zadlog - access on the mentioned path because of the closed footbridge is not possible (March 2012)), and we again continue straight and we follow the traverse path to the near bench, by which there are signposts.
Here we continue right and at first, we start moderately, and then steeply ascending through the forest. Higher, the path flattens and turns to the left, where it continues on limestone pavement terrain surrounded with rare bushes (area named Modrasovše). We continue the diagonal ascent towards the left and the path brings us to a nice vantage point on Prižnica (as it is written on rock, real Prižnica supposed to be a little higher and a little away from the mountain path), from which a beautiful view opens up on landscape park Zgornja Idrijca and deep below on river Idrijca.
We go past the bench and we continue on the path which gradually starts descending diagonally. After a short gentle descent, we reach the cart track, where blazes point us sharply to the right. We continue on a cart track which is then moderately ascending through the forest, and higher it gets close to a rocky edge, which is a little away from the path (if we have a will, we can walk to the edge "Prižnica", from which a nice and precipitous view opens up). Higher marked path on the right side bypasses the nearby meadow, and then it ascends to the farm Zagrebenc.
From the farm we continue slightly right and through a meadow we ascend on 763 meters high Zagrebenc (on maps also Čekovnik).
From Zagrebenc, from which a nice view opens up towards Golaki, we at first descend to a grassy small saddle, and then we ascend on another less distinct peak. Here we at first cross a short lane of a forest and then with a view on Hleviška planina we start descending towards the nearby asphalt road which we only cross. We short time continue on the macadam road which leads towards the nearby residential house, and we soon go slightly left on a relatively steep path, which higher flattens and it brings us to a marked crossing. We continue straight in the direction towards Hleviše and only a little higher we cross another macadam road. The path ahead is for some time ascending diagonally through the forest and then it brings us on grassy slopes, through which we in few minutes ascend to the cottage Koča na Hleviški planini.
From the cottage, we go in the direction of Hleviška planina and we continue the ascent on the path which passes into the forest and starts ascending steeply. The path ahead at first leads by the edge of the ridge and then it gradually passes into a smaller valley, where it also flattens and on which we ascend to the top of Hleviška planina.
From Hleviška planina we continue on a panoramic ridge and then the path turns left and starts descending steeply. When the steepness decreases an unmarked path back towards Koča na Hleviški planini branches off sharply to the right, and we go straight and we continue on the path which continues on and by the ridge, which connects Hleviška planina with the neighbouring peak. We continue with some ascents and descents, mostly through the forest. The before the mentioned neighbouring peak Blaškova planina, we bypass on the right side, and then the path returns on the ridge covered with a forest, where after further gentle descent, we get to a marked crossing.
Here we continue straight (left downwards - Tratnik and Idrijske klavže) and the path which still continues through the forest, gradually passes on a cart track. The cart track which is slowly turning more and more to the right, soon on the right side bypasses Mohoričev vrh (975 meters). On the other side of the mentioned summit the cart track additionally widens and it brings us to the nearby residential houses, which we bypass on the right side, because the path leads us below the projecting roof of the nearby garage. We continue on a cart track which crosses a panoramic meadow which is located above some residential houses of the nearby hamlet. The path ahead for a short time returns into the forest and then descends to an asphalt road which we follow to the right to the nearby crossroad.
At the crossroad, by which there are information boards, we continue left in the direction of Vojsko (right - Idrija) and we continue on the asphalt road. The path ahead leads us through Kočevše, where on the left side in the middle of meadows we will be able to notice rocky loners (massifs, Trdini). We continue on the road which passes into a lane of a forest and then the road again flattens and it brings us to a smaller crossroad, where the road branches off to the right towards the nearby tourist farm Pri belem kamnu. Here we continue straight as well and at all the next crossroads as well. The road which occasionally continues through the forest, and mostly through large meadows, with a view on Trnovski gozd and surrounding hills, after approximately one hour of additional walking brings us to the church of St. Jožef on Vojsko, from where a beautiful view opens up also towards Škofjeloško and Cerkljansko hribovje and in good visibility also towards the Julian Alps.
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