Sopota - Kum (Nežina pot)

Access to starting point:
To the settlement Sopota in the valley of river Sopota we can come via Radeče or via Šmartno pri Litiji. From Šmartno we drive in the direction of Mirna and Gabrovka, and we need to pay attention, when the road turns left in the direction of Radeče – this road we follow to the settlement Sopota, where soon by the road on the left side we notice a settled parking lot, on which we park. The starting point of the path is approximately 100 meters ahead by the road, where the sign of the path Nežina pot and Kum point us on the path, at the starting point, there is also a big sign with the map of the path. From Radeče we drive straight through the center in the direction of paper mill (papirnica) and Sopota, in the settlement Sopota on the right we will notice described starting point and we drive 100 meters further to the settled parking lot on the right.

Path description:
At the starting point, we can on the sign with a map read a legend about Nežka, Jošt and Jernej, and parts from the legend are writen also on signposts at individual points, which we notice by the path. Signpost for path Nežkina pot (red sign) and for Kum (a wooden sign), which will show the path almost to the top, at first point us to the right. Soon before the first house, the signpost points us to left, where the path ascends on a grassy slope and brings us into the forest. There we continue on a cart track, as it is shown by the signs, which soon lead slightly to the left, from the cart track on a forest path. It brings us to the stream which runs through the forest and we cross it on a wooden bridge. After the bridge, the path leads steeper to the left and it quickly brings us to a wooden fence and we are already at the first point from the legend, where even today from the rock run Neža's tears. At this point there is also a cross at tears of St. Neža. We continue on the path which is ascending through the forest and after a short time brings us to grassy slopes, where we notice the first house in the village Borovak, to which we get closer to on the right side of a meadow. Just below the first house a sign points us left below the house, which we bypass from its left side, and the path then among few houses brings us to the next point, succursal church of St. Uršula. Above the church, the path joins the road, where we the first time notice Knafelc blazes, which we follow to the right. A little less interesting part of the path between Borovak and Mali Kum runs on the road which we in the village Mali Kum follow past the tourist farm, and then signs again lead into the forest. The path starts a little steeper ascending, and after a short ascent, which in spring is brighten by snowdrops, we get to the rock with prints of Neža's knees and the chapel of St. Neža. Above the chapel, the path turns to the right and is still ascending, and in wet on some steeper parts it is a little slippery. The path is ascending through the forest towards the right, where on the top we join the path from Radeče and Zidani Most. At the crossroad at which we continue left on a forest path, there is also chapel of St. Jošt. After a shorter not too steep ascent through the forest we notice at first a transmitter and then also the mountain hut and church of St. Neža on Kum.

The path Nežina pot is all the time well-marked, beside the signposts also with yellow-white blazes. There aren't any problems with orientation. Unlike the paths, which on Kum lead from Zasavje, this path is shorter and because we overcome a smaller altitude difference, it is also less strenuous. Described condition refers to March 2021.

On the way: Borovak (707m), Mali Kum (811m)