Šobčev bajer - Castle Lipniški grad (Pusti grad above Lipnica) (via Fux footbridge and on natural learning trail)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Lesce and then continue to Bled. Before Bled, you will see signs for the Šobec bivouac, which will direct you to the left onto the road, which will quickly take you to the large parking lot in front of the bivouac entrance. The parking lot, or the back part of the road, is charged for part of the year. During the high summer season, the entrance to the bivouac or the access to Šobče lake is also charged.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the carriageway, which continues to the left of the Šobčev bajer fenced area and begins to climb transversely. When the wider macadam road curves slightly to the left, we continue right onto a side road with signs for the path along the Sava River. Looking at Babji zob and the surrounding hills, we quickly reach some beehives, after which the road turns into cart track. When we reach a larger meadow just a little further on, a short path, less than 5 minutes long, branches off to the left towards the Lehnjak stream and its source, and we, if we don't see the stream, continue straight on, but otherwise return to the above-mentioned crossroads and continue in the direction of Lancove. After leaving the larger meadow, the path continues alternately through the forest and partly across meadows. When you reach a small footbridge, cross it and then continue along the left bank of the Sava River, where it leads you past the fish. After a few minutes of walking along the river, you reach an asphalt road, where you turn right and cross the Sava River on a bridge. After the bridge, go left, where the path first leads you past the hydrological station Sava Radovljica, and then the asphalt road ends after a few houses. The path continues across a large meadow and then turns into a forest on the other side. Through the forest, follow cart track, which descends cross-wise to the Sava, and then continue along a winding path which continues close to the river. The trail continues past a former bridge, a boulder and an animal, and then reaches Fuxova brv, where it joins the trail from Radovljica.
Here we continue to the right and after a short climb along cart track we arrive at the next crossroads, where we continue straight on (right Pusti grad over Ravnica). The path continues through the forest, then at the next crossroads we continue slightly left in the direction of Kamna Gorica and after a few more steps we arrive at a private path where we pass a nearby house. Behind the house, the private path ends and the path leads through a short meadow with a view. The path continues past the statue of the Mother of God of Lourdes and a few more information boards on the nature trail. After a short, slightly steeper climb, we arrive at a small preval, where we continue to the right (left unmarked path to Vreče, straight Kamna Gorica) in the direction of Pustem grad. After a few steps, the path splits again and we continue along the right path, which quickly takes us to the Galleries (the slightly left path bypasses the Galleries and is slightly shorter). There follows an interesting path through the Galleries, where in springtime, in addition to the hellebores and the large bellflower, you can also see the rather rare Three-leaved Anemone (Anemone trifolia), which can quickly be confused with the much more common Wood Anemone, which also grows in the Galleries. After the "window to the world", the path turns slightly to the left and leads to an undistinguished ridge, where we return to the better-beaten path that bypasses the Galleries.
After the junction of the above-mentioned path, we leave the forest and the path leads us across the hayfield to the settlement Zgornja Lipnica, where at the crossroads we follow the signs for Pusti grad. Walk along the dirt road, which after a few minutes is joined by another path from the Fux footbridge. Continue along the road, which then leads to the next houses, where at the crossroads you again follow the signs for Pusti grad. Behind the last house, a fine view of the route to the Alps opens up, and then, as we re-enter the forest, we arrive at a crossroads where a short path branches off to the left, leading to Pusti grad. From the crossroads, Pusti grad is reached after about a minute's further walking.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2016 (March and April).

On the way: Lancovo (415m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Šobčev bajer

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