Puštal (Na Dobravi) - Osolnik
Starting point: Puštal (Na Dobravi) (355 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.157°N 14.3127°E
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 503 m
Altitude difference (by path): 510 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From the road Medvode - Škofja Loka, at the beginning of Škofja Loka we drive in the direction of valley Poljanska dolina, and after the tunnel Sten we turn right towards Puštal. A little further, we go once again right, and then we drive through Puštal, where we go above the tunnel Sten. Only a little further a road branches off to the right, which crosses the stream Hrastnica. At the crossroad, where there aren't any parking spots is the beginning of the described path.
B) From the valley Poljanska dolina we drive towards Škofja Loka, and then before the tunnel Sten we turn left towards Puštal, and at the next crossroad, we go right. Further, we drive through Puštal, where we go above the tunnel Sten. Only a little further a road branches off to the right, which crosses the stream Hrastnica. At the crossroad, where there aren't any parking spots is the beginning of the described path.
Path description:
From the crossroad, we continue straight (right church of St. Andrej) and we walk past houses of the settlement Puštal, and a little before the bus stop Puštal pri Dolencu we go slightly left on a marked road which ascends parallel with the main road which continues through the valley of Hratsnica (we leave the main road at the house with house number Puštal 163). During the diagonal ascent we go past few more houses, and then we continue on a cart track which passes into the forest. Through the forest, we are at first ascending through a small valley, where usually runs a small stream and then we go away from the small valley slightly towards the left. Next follows a little steeper ascent, and on a smaller saddle we join also the other marked path from Puštal, and we continue right.
The path ahead for quite some time leads through a dense forest, where we follow the blazes. Eventually we step out of the forest on a panoramic meadow, where the path for some time vanishes a little. Only a little higher we step on a cart track and we follow it to the right, and it quickly brings us to a smaller religious symbol and NOB monument, where we continue slightly left. Behind the monument the path turns slightly to the right and a little higher brings us into a lane of a forest.
When we again step out of the forest, we will notice on the left side a lonely homestead, and on the right a fenced pasture. We continue straight on the path which goes into the forest, and it soon brings us to a macadam road which we follow to the right. Next follows few minutes walk on the road, and then we get to a crossroad, where we continue straight, pass the asphalt road on a cart track. We continue on a marked cart track which then has in a short time quite a few crossings, and we all the time stick to the blazes. Cart track higher changes into a footpath, and it starts ascending steeply by the grazing fence. A little further from the left joins the path from the village Sora, and we continue right and in few 10 strides of additional walking, we get to the top of Osolnik, on which stands the church of St. Mohor and Fortunat.
Description refers to condition in November 2019, and pictures are from various periods.
On the way: Vrh Rebra (682m)
Pictures:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37