Starting point: Hosta (347 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,162°N 14,3241°E |
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Time of walking: 2 h 10 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Altitude difference: 511 m
Altitude difference po putu: 550 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): crampons
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Access to the starting point:
a) From the road Medvode - Škofja Loka, at the beginning of Škofja Loka go in the direction of Poljanska dolina, then from the roundabout in front of the Sten tunnel turn in the direction of Sora, and when you reach the road Sora - Puštal go left again. You will quickly reach the Hosta settlement, where you will soon see a larger gravel area on the left, where you can park.
b) From Poljanska dolina, drive towards Škofja Loka and then take the ring road and go through the Sten tunnel. After the tunnel, turn right towards Sora, and when you reach the road Sora - Puštal, turn left. You will quickly reach Hosta, where you will soon see a large gravel area on the left, where you park.
Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the road towards Sora, passing the company Srečno život d. o. o. , and just a little further on you will reach the bus stop Hosta, where you leave the road towards Sora and go right, passing some houses, after which you continue along cart track, which climbs slightly to the left. At a nearby crossroads, take a sharp right and continue walking along a minor forest road, which turns into a forest, and quickly leave the forest and take a sharp left onto a beaten track, which begins to climb. The path ahead climbs mostly moderately, only occasionally steeply, and we follow it at crossroads in the route where it is better trodden. Higher up, the track lays down and turns slightly to the left, so that there is a shorter crossing to a place where we join the marked Škofja Loka - Osolnik trail.
Follow the marked trail to the left and descend to a small pass, where the trail from the Hrastnice valley (starting point Puštal (Na Dobravi) in the description) joins from the right, and we continue straight on along the marked trail as it climbs through the forest.
The way forward takes us for some time through the dense forest, where we follow the markings. After a while, we emerge from the forest onto a hayfield, where the trail becomes slightly lost. Only a little higher we step on cart track and follow it to the right, which quickly leads us to a small sign and a NOB monument, where we continue slightly to the left. After the monument, the path turns slightly to the right and leads us slightly higher into the lane of a forest.
When you re-emerge from the woods, you will see a lonely farmhouse on your left and a fenced pasture on your right. Continue straight ahead along the path into the forest, which soon leads to a macadam road, which you follow to the right. Walk along the road for a few minutes and then come to a crossroads, where you continue straight ahead, over the tarmac road to cart track. Continue on the marked cart track, which then has a few switchbacks in a short time, and we keep following the signs. Cart track turns into a footpath higher up, and this starts to climb steeply along a pasture fence. A little further on, the path from the village of Sora joins us from the left, and we continue to the right, and in a few 10 steps of further walking we arrive at the top of Osolnik, where the church of Sts. Mohory and Fortunatus stands. The description refers to the situation in November 2019 and the images are from different periods.
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