Pri Žagi (Javorniški Rovt) - Velika Boncla
Starting point: Pri Žagi (Javorniški Rovt) (885 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4539°N 14.0975°E
Time of walking: 1 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 356 m
Altitude difference (by path): 356 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lipce (Jesenice east), where in the direction of right we drive towards Jesenice. At the first traffic light crossroad (settlement Slovenski Javornik) we turn right (direction Ljubljana) towards Koroška Bela, at the next crossroad from the traffic lights left, and soon once again left towards Javorniški Rovt (right Koroška Bela). When after few kilometers of driving uphill we get to the mentioned village, in second sharp left turn we get to the right turn-off of the macadam road towards the mountain hut Dom Trilobit (a sign). Right before that spot on the right there is a smaller parking lot - our starting point.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue few meters on a macadam, whereupon we notice signposts with signs Valvazor and the path Gajškova pot. Here we go right, but we don't continue by following the blazes (right over the bridge), but on the cart track straight uphill. We soon get to the next bridge, where we cross the stream and the path (cart track) turns left uphill. Additional 15 min of walking, we follow the main cart track which means, that we ignore all turn-offs. On the left side of the path, we will twice notice the sign "Dom Trilobit".
After this, when the path ascends a little steeper, we run into a crossing of the cart track, where we go right (left path - towards the mountain pasture Stamare). Cart track is now turning more and more right and at first, it steeply ascends, then for a short time flattens, and once again ascends a little towards less steep part (saddle) between the both peaks of Boncla. We continue here on a cart track past indistinct eastern ridge of Mala Boncla, which is located on our right. The path winds a little and at the same time quite quickly again ascends, at first slightly and then also steeper. We walk on, or right by the steep cart track. Higher, the path brings us to a crossing of the cart track, where we go right towards the open part of the forest. When the path almost flattens, we notice a small meadow with a cottage, but we don't continue to there, but we go right into a forested hill, where we notice the path (some sort of remains of a cart track), which sticks slightly to the right or in the direction of west. After a shorter light ascent we get to the top, or the edge of the south, partly a rocky slope of Velika Boncla, where we get to a worn out bench. For a view towards the valley we have to cross a small valley and a small ridge on the right, and carefully descend also to the edge of rocks, where on several spots nice and interesting views opening up in different direction.
On the way: Mala Boncla (1131m)
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