Starting point: Ravni (795 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.6214°N 14.3002°E
Time of walking: 2 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 296 m
Altitude difference (by path): 450 m
Map: Snežnik 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Pivka, and from there we continue driving towards Knežak. In Knežak at the marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of Mašun and settlement Bač and Koritnice. A little further, we go right in the direction of Mašun and Koritnice (straight Bač). After Koritnice the road starts considerably ascending and soon above the village, it makes a distinct right turn. The road a little ahead flattens, and then it brings us to the information board, which marks the area Natura 2000. About 100 meters ahead from the mentioned sign, we will on the right side of the road notice an appropriate place, where we can park.
B) First, we drive to Ilirska Bistrica, and then we continue driving towards Knežak. In Knežak at the marked crossroad, we continue right in the direction of Mašun and settlement Bač and Koritnice. A little further, we go right in the direction of Mašun and Koritnice (straight Bač). After Koritnice the road starts considerably ascending and soon above the village, it makes a distinct right turn. The road a little ahead flattens, and then it brings us to the information board, which marks the area Natura 2000. About 100 meters ahead from the mentioned sign, we will on the right side of the road notice an appropriate place, where we can park.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road in the direction towards Mašun, and then at the spot, where the road turns right, at the smaller crossroad we continue left on a bad macadam road, on which we continue without large changes in altitude. Next follow few crossings, where we follow the "main" cart track or bad road, and when a little further a worse road turns to the left, descends into a small valley or frost hollow Kneški dol. On the other side of Kneški dol, a worse road or wide cart track turns right and moderately ascends. A little higher, the cart track flattens, and then we join a wider macadam road which we follow left. A gentle descent follows with nice views on surrounding hills, and then at the next crossroad we continue sharply right (left village Bač).
From the crossroad follows few minutes of descent, and then the road at first flattens, and then it gradually starts moderately ascending through the forest. Through the forest, we are for quite some time ascending on the macadam road, and when we reach the marked path Jurišče - Kršičevec, we continue right in the direction of Kršičevec.
From the spot, when we leave the road, we continue the ascent on a moderately steep cart track which quickly brings us to the natural attraction, namely a linden tree with multiple trunks. Higher, the path quickly flattens, and the forest starts to get thinner. With nice views on surrounding hills we get to a bench, where the marked path turns left and after few 10 strides splits into two parts.
We continue straight in the direction of Kršičevec (right cave Mrzla jama and Kršičevec past the cave Mrzla jama), and then the path leads into a lane of a forest, where we reach 1000 meters of altitude. The forest quickly ends, and then with views, which reach all the way to the Alps, we get to the panorama board, from which a nice view opens up on all sides.
From the panorama board, we continue slightly right, we slightly descend, and then we ascend to the summit of Kršičevec, where there is an inscription box with a stamp and inscription book.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (February).
On the way: Kneški dol (770m)
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