Leskovica - Blegoš (on unmarked path)
Starting point: Leskovica (800 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1473°N 14.0866°E
Path name: on unmarked path
Time of walking: 2 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 762 m
Altitude difference (by path): 762 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) We drive to valley Poljanska dolina, where between the settlements Trebija and Gorenja vas, we drive in the direction of Hotavlje, and then we follow the road in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno. The road soon brings us in the village Kopačnica, behind which it starts ascending steeper and higher brings us to the village Leskovica, where we notice signposts for Blegoš. Signs for Blegoš point us on a narrow and steep road which we then follow to the parking lot at the church.
B) First, we drive to Cerkno, and then we continue driving in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno. Higher, a little above the settlement Dolenji Novaki, we leave the road towards the ski slope Cerkno and we continue right towards Kopačnica and Leskovica. When we get to the village Leskovica, signs for Blegoš point us to the left upwards, on a steep road, on which we drive to the nearby church, where we park.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on at first still asphalt road which with a view on Blegoš and surrounding peaks quickly brings us into the forest. After a good 20 minutes of gentle ascent on the road, we will notice on the left side signposts, which point us on a cart track in the direction of the mountain hut Zavetišče gorske straže na Jelencih. Cart track then ascends diagonally a little towards the right and already after few steps it brings us to the spot, where from the right side joins the path from Volaka.
We continue on a wide marked path, which higher crosses a torrent stream, by which we are then ascending for some time. The path which is moderately ascending through the forest, soon brings us to a forest road which we follow to the right (straight Zavetišče gorske straže na Jelencih, Koča na Blegošu and Blegoš).
From the crossing ahead blazes ends, and we walk on the road for few more minutes. After a shorter crossing, the road at first turns quite to the left and then in the middle of a longer turn, in some sort of torrent valley we leave it and we continue on a cart track which continues on the bottom of the valley and soon turns right. Further, we are ascending for some time on a cart track which is ascending through the forest, at few smaller crossings we follow the better beaten path. Higher, we leave the cart track and we continue by following the signs for route UPT 100 km. Next follows few minutes of a steep ascent, and then we reach a marked path which leads from Prva ravan towards the mountain hut Koča na Blegošu, and mentioned cart track we only cross and we continue straight in the direction of the summit Blegoš.
Even though a turn-off is marked, the path ahead isn't marked, but it is well beaten and orientationally relatively easy. A little higher we cross a grazing fence and the path brings us out of the forest, on grassy slopes of Blegoš, where with increasingly beautiful views in few minutes we ascend to the summit.
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