Šembije - Vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From a highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Postojna 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 we continue driving towards Knežak. Only a little after Knežak, we get to the village Šembije, where in the middle of the village we turn right towards the nearby church. A little further from the church, the village ends, and we continue driving on the macadam road, on which we gently ascend to a smaller crossroad near the old bunkers. We park nearby on an appropriate place by the road.
B) We drive to Ilirska Bistrica, and then we continue driving towards Knežak. Before we get to Šembije, we leave the main road and we continue left towards the village Podtabor. At the beginning of Podtabor we get to a crossroad of multiple roads, and we choose the most right road (far right yard of the nearby house) and for a short time, we steeply ascend there. When the road flattens, we will on the left side notice old bunkers, and on the right a small concrete cross, and few meters ahead there is a smaller crossroad. We park somewhere nearby on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a side macadam road which starts gently ascending towards the northwest, and it quickly changes into a wide cart track. Already after few 10 meters, cart track splits into two parts, and we choose the left one, which quickly brings us above the upper edge of precipitous cliffs. From the edge a nice view opens up on village Podtabor, which is almost vertically below us and in distance towards Brkini. During the further ascent we can by the path notice even some old and faded blaze, which is rather a rarity than a rule. A little higher, the path leads us through some rare lanes of bushes, and then it gradually passes on ample grassy slopes. Here the path turns a little to the right and it brings us to a smaller saddle (saddle between the peaks Bezgovica 738 meters and Vrh 777 meters).
On a smaller saddle, the cart track turns a little to the left and starts gently descending, and right on this spot we leave it and we continue right on a well visible, but still unmarked footpath. We continue on a quite gently sloping path, on which with a view on Snežnik we walk to the nearby grassy cart track. Cart track, which for some time ascends a little steeper and higher changes into an easy to follow footpath, through ample meadows quickly brings us to a metal pole, where it entirely flattens. From the pole follows only few 10 strides of walking and a panoramic path brings us to a concrete stone on the top of Vrh.