Mesnice - Rotovc

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Brezovica, and then we continue driving in the direction Podpeč (to Podpeč we can also come from Črna vas or Ig). In Podpeč we continue in the direction of Borovnica, Krim and Rakitna and continue driving for a short time by the edge of Ljubljana marshes, and then signs for Rakitna point us to the left on a steep ascending road. The road then leads us through Preserje, where it also starts descending. After a short descent, we continue left in the direction of Krim and Rakitna, and then mostly ascending road we follow to a crossroad, where the road towards Krim branches off to the left. At the crossroad there's enough space, where we can park.
B) First, we drive to Cerknica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Begunje, when we get to Begunje we follow the signs for Rakitna. From Rakitna we continue driving on the main road towards the settlement Preserje, and we are driving there to the crossroad, where a road towards Krim branches off to the right. At the crossroad there's enough space, where we can park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road in the direction of Krim, to where it is by signs 8 km. The road from bushes quickly passes into the forest and is relatively gently ascending, at first on slopes of the peak Reber (923 meters), after that also on slopes of Županov vrh (999 meters). After approximately half an hour of walking, we get to a longer left turn, where almost unnoticeably we cross the upper part of forested Lepa dolina. From the mentioned turn on the road, by which from the starting point, we only noticed some old, partly already faded blazes, we get to a marked crossing, where signs for Rakitna point us to the right (straight further on the road Krim) on an ascending footpath which continues through the forest. After a short ascent, we step on a rough cart track and we follow it to the right. Further, a little more caution is needed because it can quickly happen, that a motocross rider comes from the opposite direction. Next follows few smaller crossings, and we all the time follow the marked path towards Rakitna, but we walk there only to the marked crossing on the saddle between Rotovc (964 meters) on the left and Županov vrh (999 meters) on the right.
From the crossing on the saddle, which is situated on 930 meters, we continue left in the direction of the peak Rotovc. The path ahead leads us by the edge of the forest, from where occasionally a nice view opens up towards Rakitna, Novaška gora, ridge Avšnik and part of Notranjsko hribovje. A moderately steep path, by which we notice also few boards of learning path, in 5 minutes of walking from the crossing on the saddle brings us to the summit, which has a smaller bench and inscription box.