Medvedova konta - Brda (west path)
Starting point: Medvedova konta (1410 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3748°N 13.9409°E
Path name: west path
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 598 m
Altitude difference (by path): 588 m
Map: TNP 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and we follow the road in the direction of Bled, there in traffic lights crossroad signs for Pokljuka point us to the right. This road which in the lower part runs through some villages and later starts ascending steeper we follow to Mrzli Studenec (mountain pasture, which is located a good 50 meters behind the crossroad, where left downwards road to Bohinj branches off). In the middle of the mentioned mountain pasture from the main road the road which runs to Medvedova konta, Pri Rupah and mountain pasture Javornik branches off to the right. Here we turn right and follow the road to the next crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Medvedova konta (straight mountain pasture Javornik). The road ahead after a short ascent descends and it brings us to the next crossing, where we continue left in the direction of the mountain hut Blejska koča. We follow this road to a parking lot in front of a gate.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on rough with the gate closed road which quickly changes into a cart track. A moderately steep cart track soon joins the path from the mountain pasture Javornik. We continue the ascent on very wide cart track which in a gentle ascent in few minutes brings us to grazing area of the mountain pasture Lipanca. Here the path turns right and in a moderate ascent leads by right lower edge of the mentioned mountain pasture. Next follows a crossing of a grassy slope and the path which again brings us into the forest makes at the monument NOB sharp right turn, after which we come to shepherd and mountain hut on the mountain pasture Lipanca.
From the mountain pasture, we continue right on at first poorly visible and poorly marked path, which after a short ascent brings us on the upper edge of the mountain pasture, where there is also a smaller crossing. We continue slightly left in the direction of Lipanski vrh, Brda and Debela peč on the path which on the right side bypasses bigger sinkhole. Only a little further, the "main" path branches off the path towards Lipanski vrh. We continue slightly right in the direction of Debela peč on the path which starts gradually ascending steeper and steeper. When we walk this a little steeper part of the path, we come to the next crossing, where we continue left in the direction of Brda (straight Debela peč). The path ahead is moderately ascending over more and more thin forest and on grassy slopes brings us to a crossing, where the path from Krma joins.
We continue right in the direction of Brda and Debela peč, but only to the next crossing. Here we go left upwards in the direction of Brda and on the upper scenic slope we follow the path to the top, which we reach without any bigger problems.
The starting point - Lipanca 45 minutes, Lipanca - Brda 1:15.
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