Zgornja Besnica (Nova vas) - Rovnik (east path)
Starting point: Zgornja Besnica (Nova vas) (468 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2697°N 14.2659°E
Path name: east path
Time of walking: 45 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 239 m
Altitude difference (by path): 245 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, we drive on the old road towards Kranj, and there we stick to the main road, and we follow it to the bridge over the river Sava. Just before the bridge we leave the main road and we continue driving straight in the direction of Besnica. Further, we drive through Rakovica and Spodnja Besnica to Zgornja Besnica, where at the sign for the end of Zgornja Besnica, we park on an appropriate place by numerous signposts.
B) From Jesenice or Bled, we drive on the highway towards Ljubljana, and we follow it to exit Kranj - west. We continue driving on the old regional road towards Ljubljana, and we are driving there to Kranj, where immediately after the bridge over the river Sava we turn right in the direction of Besnica. Further, we drive through Rakovica and Spodnja Besnica to Zgornja Besnica, where at the sign for the end of Zgornja Besnica, we park on an appropriate place by numerous signposts.
C) To the starting point, we can also come from the direction of Železniki, namely if we drive through the village Rudno and Dražgoše towards Kranj. When we come in Zgornja Besnica, we park on an appropriate place by the sign, Zgornja Besnica.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road in the direction of Kranj, where we walk among houses of hamlet Nova vas, when we get to a smaller crossroad, where the road branches off to the left towards the house numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10..., we continue right on a side road, when few 10 strides ahead we get by the edge of the forest we continue on a cart track which a little ahead starts ascending through the forest.
Further, we are ascending on a relatively steep cart track which higher brings us to a smaller crossing. We continue on the right wider cart track, and it soon splits again. We again continue on the right cart track, on which also a smaller wooden signpost with the caption Rovnik is pointing to. At the next crossing, we choose the left cart track, and there we walk only a short time because then on the left side we notice a beaten footpath which starts moderately ascending through the forest. The path higher brings us to a panoramic clearing, where we cross a cart track, and we continue on the path, on which in few minutes of additional walking, we reach a forested peak Rovnik.
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