Praprotno - Sveti Tomaž above Praprotno
Starting point: Praprotno (390 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1955°N 14.2647°E
Time of walking: 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way, easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 276 m
Altitude difference (by path): 276 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. When the road Škofja Loka - Železniki, first time over a bridge crosses the river Selška Sora, we need to pay attention, because right behind the bridge we park on the right side of the road.
B) From Tolmin or Most na Soči, we drive to Podbrdo, and then we continue driving towards Železniki and Škofja Loka. Only about 100 meters after the settlement Praprotno, right before we cross river Selška Sora, we will on the left side of the road notice a larger macadam parking lot, where we park.
Path description:
From the starting point, we walk few 10 meters by the main road towards Železniki, and then signs for Praprotno and Lubnik point us to the left on a narrower local road, on which we quickly get to the village Praprotno. Through the village we follow rare blazes, and the path which all the time runs on the road, leads on at first still panoramic slopes, from which a nice view is opening up on Lubnik and Planica. Asphalt road for a short time continues through the forest and then it ascends through a grassy meadow, through which increasingly beautiful views opening up. The path ahead leads us through bottom part of the village Sveti Tomaž, where at the crossroad we continue left and we are then still ascending on the more and more panoramic road. With a view on Storžič, Kočna, Grintovec and other peaks in Kamnik Savinja Alps, we then walk also to the upper part of the village, where we step on a panoramic ridge.
When we reach the ridge, we go right (left Lubnik) and we continue right on an unmarked path, which past residential houses, leads on panoramic meadows, through which in 2 minutes of additional walking, we walk to the church of St. Tomaž.
On the way: Tomaž nad Praprotnim (626m)
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