Travnarjev gozd (Hotenjsko podolje) - Šenčurjev vrh
Starting point: Travnarjev gozd (Hotenjsko podolje) (503 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.9085°N 14.1626°E
Time of walking: 1 h 50 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 222 m
Altitude difference (by path): 310 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Logatec (to here from the highway Ljubljana - Koper, exit Logatec, Vrhnika or Žiri), and then we continue driving towards Postojna, Idrija and Tolmin. On Kalce in both crossroads we continue straight (at the first crossroad left Postojna and Planina, in second left Col) and then we drive on the main road towards Idrija. Before we get to the settlement Hotedršica, we will notice signs for village Ravnik pri Hotedršici, which point us to the right on a narrower local road, by which after few meters we park on an appropriate place by the road. From the crossroad on Kalce to the turn-off of the road towards Ravnik is little less than 3 km.
B) First, we drive to Godovič (to here from Črni Vrh or Idrija), and from there we continue driving towards Logatec. Few kilometers after the settlement Hotedršica we get to the spot, where a road branches off to the left towards the settlement Ravnik pri Hotedršici (turn-off of the road is located few 10 meters further from the bus stop). We drive on the mentioned road, by which we then park on an appropriate place by the road.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road, by which we've parked, and there we are at first ascending through the forest, and after the left turn we get to panoramic grassy slopes. After a good 15 minutes we get to the first houses in the village Ravnik pri Hotedršici, where the path leads past open door farm Pr Urbanovc. The path ahead leads us among fields, meadows and pastures all the way to the next part of the settlement, where there is a company, in which they saw wood. After sawmill, on the left we already notice hill, on which stands the church of St. Barbara, and we continue on the asphalt road to another hamlet, and there before the first house we continue on a path, which beginning we notice at electric fence. For some time we continue by the fence, and then the path turns right and through a lane of a forest in a minute of additional walking brings us to the church of St. Barbara.
From the church, we return back to an asphalt road and there we continue past a cross, after which we get to the triangular crossroad, where blazes point us to the right. At the crossroad on the right we notice cultural protected older house, and further macadam road leads past few more houses. Village soon ends, and we continue on the forest road which continues with some shorter ascents and descents. When higher we leave the forest, through which we walk for some time, we get to the next crossroad, where we continue left on the road which further leads on grassy meadows of Kozji vrh (665 meters).
From Kozji vrh follows some descent, and then we get to abandoned hamlet, where on one of houses we notice NOB monument. Macadam road is short time still mostly lightly descending, and then it moderately ascends to the next little bigger crossroad, where we continue left (right Žibrše). The path then crosses slopes towards the left and then between pastures takes us to a crossroad, where we leave the marked path. Before nearby house we continue on the right road, that is gently ascending on the more and more panoramic slope. When the road entirely flattens, we will on the left side notice a bench and next to it panorama board, to which we have only few 10 strides of easy walking.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2014 (December).
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