Stržišče - Rodica

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki, Podbrdo and Tolmin. Few kilometers after Podbrdo, we will get to a crossroad, where narrower ascending road towards villages Znojile, Stržišče and Kal branches off sharply to the right. Relatively narrow road we follow towards the village Stržišče. Because in the mentioned settlement there aren't any parking spots, it is good that we park already a little below the village, on an appropriate place by the road.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left, if we come from the direction of Posočje and we continue driving towards Podbrdo. After settlement Hudajužna, we get to a crossroad, where signs for villages Znojile, Stržišče and Kal point us to the left on a narrower and ascending road. Relatively narrow road we follow towards the village Stržišče. Because in the mentioned settlement there aren't any parking spots, it is good that we park already a little below the village, on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
When we get to Stržišče road at first leads past concrete trough with water, and then past few houses we get to a crossroad, where we continue sharply left in the direction of Rodica and village Rut (straight Kal). The road on which we continue soon splits, and we continue on the upper right road (left leads to the near house), which before next house we leave and we continue slightly right on a cart track which quickly passes into the forest. During the ascent through the forest occasionally a view opens up a little towards Matajurski vrh and Črna prst. A little further, on a saddle north from the peak Vidizek (977 meters), we reach the road which leads towards the mountain pasture Stržiška planina and hunting cottage Sanek and the road which leads towards Kalarsko brdo, and mentioned road we only cross and we continue on a wide cart track in the direction of Rodica and Rut.
Behind the pasture, by the edge of which is situated a wooden cottage, the path passes through the forest and at first leads past a smaller well, and then also past some signposts of Slovenian geological trail. The path further occasionally runs below the cliffs, where mainly in spring time and after the rain is enlarged danger of falling stones. Next follows traversing of a torrent, then the path leads us past indistinct, but quite panoramic summit Grive (893 meters), which is from the path distant only few 10 strides to the left. From here on, the path is for some time lightly descending, and then leads past another vantage point (access to the vantage point is marked, and the path there already entirely overgrown). After the vantage point, the path turns right, and after further crossing brings us to a gully Tomčeva grapa. All the time wide path, after the gully gradually starts lightly ascending, then past a stone trough and into a wall carved year 1910, brings us to a marked crossing, where the path branches off slightly to the left towards the village Rut, and we go straight and we still continue the ascent on the wide path. The path is further for quite some time ascending below the summit Lajte (1056 meters), and then we join the macadam road which comes from the village Rut.
We continue the ascent on a wide macadam road which few minutes higher brings us to the unmarked crossroad, and we continue on the right road, by which there is a traffic sign that is prohibiting additional driving and a gate. After the gate the road starts ascending steeper, and then at the next crossroad, where a narrower road branches off to the right, we continue straight, and we walk there to the spot, where the road narrows or splits in two cart track.
We continue on the upper wider cart track, by which there are signs for Rodica. Further, we are for some time ascending diagonally on a bad road or cart track which leads us past the hunting observatory and with occasional views on mountains on the other side of Baška grapa. Higher from the left joins also a marked path from the village Grant, and few 10 meters further from the cart track we continue right in the direction of Rodica (straight mountain hut Koča na planini Razor - path over Huda stopna).
Behind the crossing named Mladinska koča we start ascending on a nicely preserved mule track, which after few minutes turns sharply to the left, after that is for quite some time ascending diagonally towards the left, at first still through the forest and then through dwarf pines. During the diagonal ascent path leads also through some gullies, and passages through them aren't difficult, because the path is wide all the time. With nice views on Idrija and Cerkljansko hribovje, at right zig zag we get very close to the summit Jehlc, which all the time during the crossing we see in front of us. At this zig zag in the direction of straight continues pathless approach on the mentioned peak (last part before the ridge is demanding), and we continue on a marked path which still continues on a mule track. Two zig-zags higher also easier approach on the before mentioned peak branches off to the left, and we are still ascending through dwarf pines. A little higher we reach the ridge, which runs from Jehlc to the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, and the path several times avoids it, once on left, next time again on the right side. Higher dwarf pines are replaced by grass and stones, and with every step nicer views are opening up. Next follows few hairpin turns, where we ascend through a steeper slope, after that slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked crossing, where we join the path from Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and on a moderately steep ridge in good 10 minutes of additional walking, we ascend on 1966 meters high peak Rodica.
Stržišče - Rutarski gozd 1:45, Rutarski gozd - Rodica 2:30.
Description and pictures refer to a 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