Ribčev Laz - Rodica (via Lepa Suha)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenica take the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica and later Ribčevo Lazo. At the crossroads near Bohinjsko jezero turn left towards the Bellevue Hotel, and follow the road for another 100 metres, or until you reach a large marked parking lot. The parking lot is payable at a rate of 1€/h (July 2011).
You can also park in the free parking lot at the beginning of Ribčev Laz, which will take about 10 minutes longer.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the asphalted road in the direction of the Bellevue Hotel, which soon turns off to the left onto the marked path to Rodica. Continue in the direction mentioned above (straight ahead, Hotel Bellevue and Vogel) and continue along a minor forest road, which soon turns left over a bridge. Just before the road crosses the bridge over the torrent stream, it turns off to the right (straight ahead) and cart track, which continues along the torrent. The gently sloping path leads us on past a few huts, crosses a stream behind them, along which we continue for a short time, and then turns slightly to the left, where we reach the end of a nearby forest road.
From the end of the road, continue in the direction mountain pasture Suha and start climbing up the steep mountain path. After a few minutes, the path lays down and leads to a wooded ridge, along which we continue to the nearby old cart track. Once on cart track, the path starts to climb again a little steeper, then turns slightly to the right and gradually lays down. Continue across the view slope and return to the woods through lane of bushes. Higher up, cross various forest roads a few times, or walk along them for a short distance. In the last part of the walk along the road we reach a crossroads where the road to mountain pasture Storeča raven turns off to the right, and we continue straight on and follow the road for about 50 m, or until the point where the road turns left and crosses a torrential stream.
From here (the Javorje area), which can also be reached by car, we follow the marked mountain path in the direction of mountain pasture Suha.
The way forward first climbs along the torrent, then turns to the right, where for a short time it climbs steeply through the forest. After a few minutes of easy walking, the path turns left and begins to climb steeply over a steep slope. During the steep ascent, a beautiful view to the north opens up briefly, and then the path lays down again. A few minutes of steep walking follows, and then the markings direct us slightly left on the path, which starts to climb a little steeper, crossing the slopes to the right. At a higher level, cross the torrent once more, then climb along it to the lower edge of the mountain pasture Suha, where you also emerge from the woods. From here there is only a short moderate climb and the path leads to the central part of mountain pasture, where there are a few shepherds' huts. Follow mountain pasture past the shepherd's hut along the torrential gravel deposit. The path, which is sometimes very faint, turns slightly left at the top of mountain pasture. Further on, the path, which begins to turn slightly to the right, is much easier to follow. After a short climb, pass a hunting lodge, which can be seen on the right-hand side.
The path then begins to climb steeply up the slope, which is partly covered with dwarf pines. This increasingly scenic route, however, leads us higher up to the slightly larger cairn, where there is a crossroads (straight marked path to the Čez Suho saddle, left unmarked path over Lepo Suho).
Continue left along the initially less visible path, which crosses briefly to the left and then begins to climb moderately over increasingly scenic slopes. The path then crosses a few small valleys, then turns to steep slopes, which continue in the same direction. The slope quickly flattens out and the path leads us into a small but distinct valley to the west of Mala Rodica. We continue to climb steadily along a path that is less and less visible, which continues along the torrential ravine of the aforementioned valley. As we climb up the valley, we can observe the vast grassy slopes of the Lepe Suhe, but we follow the path, which is no longer a path, along an easier trackless track. Throughout the ascent, we follow the left "arms" of the torrent, but the increasingly steep "path" leads us to a grassy ridge, where we approach the marked trail. Here, continue left and follow the well-traced but unmarked path up to an unmarked pass between Mala Rodica on the left and Rodica on the right. Continue right here and after a good 5 minutes of further ascent along an increasingly scenic ridge, you will reach the summit.

On the way: Planina Suha (1385m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Črna prst, Suha Rodica (Novi vrh), Mali Raskovec, Raskovec

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