Stržišče - Rodica

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki, Podbrdo and Tolmin. A few kilometers after Podbrdo, we will get to a crossroad, where a narrower ascending road towards the villages Znojile, Stržišče and Kal branches off sharply to the right. We follow the relatively narrow road towards the village Stržišče. Because in the mentioned settlement there are no arranged parking spots, it is good to park already a little below the village, at an appropriate place by the road.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at the settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left if we come from the direction of Posočje, and continue driving towards Podbrdo. After the settlement Hudajužna, we get to a crossroad, where signs for the villages Znojile, Stržišče and Kal direct us to the left onto a narrower ascending road. We follow the relatively narrow road towards the village Stržišče. Because in the mentioned settlement there are no arranged parking spots, it is good to park already a little below the village, at an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
When we arrive in Stržišče, the road first leads past a concrete trough with water, then past a few houses we arrive at a crossroad, where we continue sharply left in the direction of Rodica and the village Rut (straight ahead Kal). The road along which we continue soon splits, and we continue along the upper right road (the left one leads to the nearby house), which we leave before the next house and continue slightly right onto a cart track that quickly enters the forest. During the ascent through the forest, we occasionally get some views towards Matajurski vrh and Črna prst. A little further ahead, on the saddle north of the peak Vidizek (977 m), we reach the road that leads towards Stržiška planina and the hunting cottage Sanek, and the road that leads towards Kalarsko brdo; we merely cross the mentioned road and continue the path along a wide cart track in the direction of Rodica and Rut.
Behind the pasture, along whose edge there is a wooden hut, the path enters the forest and first leads past a smaller spring, then also past some signs of the Slovenian geological trail. The path further on occasionally runs below cliffs, where especially in springtime and after rain there is an increased danger of falling rocks. Next comes the crossing of a torrent bed, then the path leads us past the indistinct but quite panoramic peak Grive (893 m), which is only a few dozen steps away from the path to the left. From here onward, the path gently descends for some time, then leads past another vantage point (access to the vantage point is marked, but the path to it is already completely overgrown). Behind the vantage point, the path turns right, then after further crossing brings us to Tomčeva grapa. The wide path all the time, behind the gully gradually begins to ascend gently, then past a stone trough and a year 1910 carved into the wall, brings us to a marked junction, where the path towards the village Rut branches off slightly to the left; we continue straight ahead and continue the ascent along the wide path. The path further ascends for quite some time below the peak Lajte (1056 m), then joins a macadam road that comes from the village Rut.
We continue the ascent along the wide macadam road, which a few minutes higher brings us to an unmarked crossroad, and we continue along the right road, beside which there is a traffic sign prohibiting further driving and a barrier. Behind the barrier, the road begins to ascend more steeply, then at the next crossroad, where a narrower road branches off to the right, we continue straight ahead, and we walk along it to the place where the road narrows or splits into two cart tracks.
We continue along the upper wider cart track, beside which there are signs for Rodica. Further on, we ascend transversely for some time along a worse road or cart track, which leads us past a hunting observation post and occasional views of the mountains on the other side of Baška grapa. Higher up, a marked path from the village Grant joins us from the left, a few dozen meters further we continue right from the cart track in the direction of Rodica (straight ahead Koča na planini Razor - path over Huda stopna).
Behind the junction named Mladinska koča, we begin to ascend along a well-preserved mule track, which after a few minutes turns sharply to the left, then for quite some time ascends transversely to the left, first still through the forest, then through dwarf pines. During the transverse ascent, the path also leads us across a few gullies, and the passages across them are not demanding, as the path is wide all the time. With nice views on Idrijsko and Cerkljansko hribovje, at the right serpentine we approach very close to the peak Jehlc, which we see in front of us all the time during the crossing. At this serpentine, a pathless approach to the mentioned peak continues straight ahead (the last part before the ridge is demanding), and we continue along the marked path, which continues along the mule track. Two serpentines higher, an easier approach to the aforementioned peak branches off to the left, and we continue ascending through the dwarf pines. A little higher, we reach the ridge that stretches from Jehlc to the main ridge of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore, and the path withdraws from it several times, once to the left, another time to the right side. Higher up, the dwarf pines are replaced by grasses and stones, and nicer views open up with every step. A few more serpentines follow, where we ascend over a steeper slope, then the slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked junction, where we join the path from the Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and along a moderately steep ridge in a good 10 minutes of further walking we ascend to the 1966 m high peak Rodica.
Stržišče - Rutarski gozd 1:45, Rutarski gozd - Rodica 2:30.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (August).

On the way: Mladinska koča (1329m)

Trip can be extended to: Črna prst , Suha Rodica (Novi vrh) , Mali Raskovec , Raskovec