Sedlo nad Lohačo - Špilnik (Bottom path)
Starting point: Sedlo nad Lohačo (829 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.83758°N 14.20469°E
Path name: Bottom path
Time of walking: 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 189 m
Altitude difference (by path): 189 m
Map: Snežnik 1:50 000 PZS
Access to starting point:
To the starting point, we can drive:
A) From the main Slovenia we drive on the highway to exit Unec, and then we go right towards Planina. When we get to the settlement, we turn left towards Postojna, we then need to pay attention at the end of the settlement, where signposts point us to the right towards Strmca and Predjama. This road at the next crossroad we follow straight and quite soon we get to the settlement Lohača, where we turn right uphill. An asphalt road changes into a macadam, and we continue to the saddle, where there are signposts and a cross. We park nearby.
B) From Primorska we drive to Postojna, where we continue towards Predjama. We drive past village Zagon, and then we turn right towards Studenec and Strmca. This road we follow to the settlement Lohača, where we turn left uphill. An asphalt road changes into a macadam, and we continue to the saddle, where there are signposts and a cross. We park nearby.
Path description:
At the starting point, we turn left in the direction of Sveti Lovrenc. After approximately a minute of walking, where there is a turn-off for the upper path past Lipovec, we continue slightly left on a cart track. We follow it in easy ascent through the forest, where we go right upwards (there the path from the church of Marija Snežna - Strmec joins). We soon get to the saddle between Lipovec and Špilnik, where from the right comes the upper path. We go left and for a short time, we still continue straight upwards and then the trail blaze and cairns point us right on a secondary peak of Špilnik. We follow the path past a rope fence. Throuth visible consequences of the sleet storm after few minutes we ascend to the secondary peak, and then the path goes towards the north and we soon reach the main peak.
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