Starting point: Slačka baba (100 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.52°N 13.8958°E
Time of walking: 1 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way, partly demanding marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 349 m
Altitude difference (by path): 355 m
Map: Slovenska Istra - Čičarija, Brkini in Kras 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Črni Kal. From Črni Kal we continue driving on the old road towards the coast, and we are driving there only to the next little bigger crossroad, where we turn left in the direction of border crossing Sočerga. Further, we drive towards the mentioned border crossing, and we follow the road only some km, because then signs for village Hrastovlje point us to the left on a local road. After few km of additional driving, we need to pay attention because opposite of the nearby pig farm, will macadam road branch off to the left by which we park (turn-off of the road is right below the power line).
Path description:
From the starting point, we descend on the macadam road to the nearby water storage, there we continue sharply left on a little narrower macadam road. Macadam road is further gently ascending and through the underpass under the railway track brings us to a smaller unmarked crossing, where we continue right. Further, we are for a short time ascending parallel with railway track, and then the road turns a little to the left and starts moderately ascending towards the village Podpeč. Higher from the right joins the marked path from Hrastovlje, and we still continue on a worse macadam road, on which in few minutes of additional walking, we get to the already mentioned village.
When in Podpeč we step on an asphalt road, we follow it to the right, and we walk there almost to the end of scenic village, through which is winding a narrow road. Just before the sign, which marks the end of Podpeč, blazes point us to the left in the forest, through which we start steeply ascending. Steep path soon for some time flattens and turns to the left, where crosses pretty steep and for slipping dangerous slopes. At the end of the crossing, the path turns to the right and with the help of wire fence steeply ascends towards defense tower from 11th century. Tower, which is usually closed we bypass on the right side and further we are ascending on a little less steep slope. After few minutes of walking from the tower path flattens and brings us on an ample karst meadows above steep slope of Kraški rob. Here we continue left and by the edge of the cliffs ascend on an indistinct, but very panoramic Zjat.
On the way: Podpeč (312m), Obrambni stolp nad Podpečjo (385m)
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