Rutarski gozd - Suha Rodica (Novi vrh)

Access to starting point:
From Podbrdo we drive towards Tolmin or vice versa, but only to the village Koritnica. In Koritnica we will notice a sign for village Rut, which points us right (from Tolmin sharply left). Mostly ascending road we then follow to the mentioned village, where there is also a smaller crossroad. We continue straight (left village Grunt) on the road which soon loses an asphalt covering. Wide macadam road quickly ascends above the village and turns right. Follow three zig-zags, at third or second left from the right joins also the marked path from Stržišče, and from here ahead we need to pay attention to possible parking by the road, because driving from the next crossroad ahead is forbidden.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road, and then we quickly get to an unmarked crossroad, where we continue on the upper right road, by which there is a gate and a traffic sign, that prohibits further driving.
After the gate the road starts ascending steeper, and then at the next crossroad, where a narrower road branches off to the right, we continue straight, and we walk there to the spot, where the road narrows or splits in two cart track.
We continue on the upper wider cart track, by which there are signs for Rodica. Further, we are for some time ascending diagonally on a bad road or cart track which leads us past the hunting observatory and with occasional views on mountains on the other side of Baška grapa. Higher from the left joins also a marked path from the village Grant, and few 10 meters further from the cart track we continue right in the direction of Rodica (straight mountain hut Koča na planini Razor - path over Huda stopna).
Behind the crossing named Mladinska koča we start ascending on a nicely preserved mule track, which after few minutes turns sharply to the left, after that is for quite some time ascending diagonally towards the left, at first still through the forest and then through dwarf pines. During the diagonal ascent path leads also through some gullies, and passages through them aren't difficult, because the path is wide all the time. With nice views on Idrija and Cerkljansko hribovje, at right zig zag we get very close to the summit Jehlc, which all the time during the crossing we see in front of us. At this zig zag in the direction of straight continues pathless approach on the mentioned peak (last part before the ridge is demanding), and we continue on a marked path which still continues on a mule track. Two zig-zags higher also easier approach on the before mentioned peak branches off to the left, and we are still ascending through dwarf pines. A little higher we reach the ridge, which runs from Jehlc to the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, and the path several times avoids it, once on left, next time again on the right side. Higher dwarf pines are replaced by grass and stones, and with every step nicer views are opening up. Next follows few hairpin turns, where we ascend through a steeper slope, after that slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked crossing, where we join the path from Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and on a moderately steep ridge in good 10 minutes of additional walking, we ascend on 1966 meters high peak Rodica.
From the top of Rodica we continue on the ridge in the direction of Črna prst. The path at first starts descending on a ridge and then passes on the south slopes, where only few meters below the ridge crosses occasionally pretty steep slopes. Very panoramic path by the foot of Suha Rodica passes on shady slopes, where crosses slopes of the mentioned summit (snow field, which stays to the beginning of the summer). On this part, where the path runs on the northern side we will on rock notice some signs (ahead Črna prst, back Rodica). Only few steps ahead of this caption we leave the marked path and we go right into steep pathless terrain. After 10 minutes of a steep ascent on rocky terrain we reach the peak of Suha Rodica.
The starting point - Rodica 2:30, Rodica - Novi vrh 45 minutes.

On the way: Rodica (1966m)