Šembije - Ahac

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we take the Postojna exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Pivka, Reka and Ilirska Bistrica. In the settlement Pivka, we leave the main road which runs towards Ilirska Bistrica and continue driving towards Knežak. Only a little after Knežak, we come to the village Šembije, where we pay attention to the first turn-off to the left. So from the main road we turn sharply left and continue driving on a rough macadam road, which we follow for approximately 1 km, or more precisely to the sign "forest road use on your own responsibility". Just before the sign, there is enough space where we can leave the car.
B) We drive to Ilirska Bistrica, and then continue driving towards Knežak. When we arrive in Šembije, we pay attention to the last right turn-off in the village. From the main road, we turn right and continue driving on a rough macadam road, which we follow for approximately 1 km, or more precisely to the sign "forest road use on your own responsibility". Just before the sign, there is enough space where we can leave the car.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the macadam road and walk along it for 5 minutes, or to the smaller crossroad, where a somewhat worse road branches off to the right. We head onto the mentioned road, which begins to ascend transversely to the right. When we reach a kind of ridge, from where a view towards the Brkini opens up, the road turns sharply to the left and passes to the other side of the hill. We follow the road, which gradually changes into a cart track and slowly descends, for a few minutes, then on the left side we notice the continuation of the otherwise relatively poorly marked marked path.
Further, we ascend along a somewhat more overgrown footpath, which brings us in a few minutes to the second cart track, which we follow to the right. We continue along the gentle cart track, which quickly brings us to the edge of steep cliffs, from where a beautiful view opens up. The marked path continues through the forest and a little higher brings us to the extensive pasture Pečkova dolina. We bypass the mentioned pasture, guarded by a shepherd dog, on the right side, and the path behind it turns somewhat to the left and from the slopes passes onto the plateau. A short descent follows and the path brings us to a macadam road, which we follow to the right. Along the road we gently descend for some time, then we arrive at a smaller crossroad near the shooting range Modras. We continue slightly to the left and the road brings us, after a few minutes of further walking, to the log cabin Črne njive, where there is a larger meadow and parking lot.
From the parking lot at Črne njive, we walk to the road leading towards Sviščaki and continue the ascent along it. The road, which moderately ascends, leads us through the forest, and after more than 10 minutes of walking brings us to a left bend, at the beginning of which a marked footpath branches off to the right towards Ahac. We continue along the marked path, which gently ascends through the forest and shrubbery. A little higher, we bypass a small hut on the right side, and the path a little above it joins a relatively fresh tractor track. A few successive junctions follow, where we carefully follow the blazes (watch out so that we are not misled by the signs for Smolarjeva pot). A little higher still, a marked but unmarked path from the village Jasen joins us from the right. Here too we continue straight ahead and then follow the somewhat steeper path to the nearby summit of Ahac, which we reach after 5 minutes of further walking.

On the way: Črne njive (610m)