Dolenji Novaki - Sveti Duh (Labinje)
Starting point: Dolenji Novaki (494 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1501°N 14.0273°E
Time of walking: 1 h
Difficulty: easy marked way, easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 171 m
Altitude difference (by path): 210 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Cerkno (to here from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or over mountain pass Kladje), and then we continue driving in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno. Further, we drive past the inn Gačnik (Gostilna v Logu), after that soon signs for hospital Franja point us to the left on a little narrower and ascending asphalt road which we then follow to the parking lot by bar Pasice.
B) From the valley Poljanska dolina we drive to Hotavlje, and then we follow the signs for ski slope Cerkno. We follow the signs for ski slope Cerkno only to Kopačnica, where from the crossroad, where to the right the road continues towards the ski slope and Leskovica, we continue straight, on the road which continues along the stream Podplečica. At the homestead Joškovec, where there is the next confluence of rivers, we continue right, after that on partly macadam road we start ascending steeper. At the homestead Mrovlje the road turns on Primorska side, and after some descent we join the main road which leads from Cerkno towards the ski slope Cerkno. We follow the road left downwards, and when we notice signs for hospital Franja, we continue right and we ascend on a little narrower road to the parking lot by bar Pasice.
C) From the valley Selška dolina we ascend on Davča, and then we follow the signs for ski slope Cerkno and later signs for Cerkno. When we already descend on Primorska side, at the end of the settlement Dolenji Novaki we turn right in the direction of hospital Franja. Next follows a shorter ascent and we get to bar Pasice, where we park.
Path description:
From the starting point by bar Pasice we continue in the direction of Porezen and at first, we walk on the path which leads also towards hospital Franja. After few 10 meters of walking, the path towards the gorge Pasica turns slightly right, and we continue left and on the road we walk to homestead Podnjivč, where the path leads among houses. Behind the homestead over the footbridge we cross a stream and then we continue on a wide cart track which at the crossings we follow in the direction of blazes. Next follows crossing of hill Drnova (1004 meters), where the path leads with some shorter ascents and descents. When we get to southwest slopes, the path a little more descends and it brings us to the village Poljane, where there is a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue straight in the direction of Cerkno and Labinje (right - Porezen) and we short time continue on a wider cart track, and from the turning point ahead on a little narrower and occasionally rough cart track which at first steeply ascends, and then it gradually flattens. We quickly leave the forest, and the path then leads us on a gentle cart track which leads us through the meadow and among apple trees. The marked path a little further reaches the periphery of village Labinje, where among houses we reach an asphalt road.
Further, we are ascending through the village, and when we get to a crossroad, where from the marked road, an unmarked road branches off sharply to the right, we continue on unmarked, and there in few minutes we reach the church of the Holy Spirit.
The starting point - Poljane 0:35, Poljane - Labinje 0:20, Labinje - Sveti Duh 0:05.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (October).
On the way: Bar Pasice (494m), Poljane (503m), Labinje (628m)
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