Zabočevo - Rakitna

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Vrhnika and we follow the road ahead in the direction of Verd, Bistra, Borovnica and Podpeč. In Borovnica we come to a crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Pekel. Relatively narrow road we follow ahead in the direction of Brezovica pri Borovnici, but only to a spot, where signs for village Zabočevo point us to the left. The road soon brings us in the mentioned village, and we follow it a little further to mountain signposts for Rakitna. We park few 10 meters higher on one of the parking lots by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, by which there is also a warning sign, that we are entering the bear area we go on a footpath in the direction of Rakitna. The path at first leads on a wide cart track which after good 10 minutes of a moderate ascent brings us to a smaller clearing, where there is also poorly marked crossing.
Rare and occasionally quite faded blazes here point us to the right on a bit steeper cart track which is then still ascending diagonally. The path higher brings us to a forest road which we only cross, because signs for Rakitna and Krimšček point us on a cart track which is still ascending through the forest.
The more and more gently sloping path which continues towards the southeast, eventually brings us to a crossing at NOB monument.
Here we continue left downwards on at first a wide cart track (straight Krimšček), which after a short descent joins the macadam road. After few minutes, the road gets an asphalt covering and it brings us to the village Rakitna. We continue on a gently sloping asphalt road which past houses in 15 minutes of additional walking brings us to the main road.
When we step to the main road, we can in few minutes walk to the parish church of the Holy Cross, or we continue right and after good 5 minutes of additional walking, we get to the lake on Rakitna, by which there is a newly built hotel.