Matevljek - Petelinjek

Access to the starting point:
a) From the road Ljubljana - Kočevje, at Žlebič, turn onto the road towards Sodražica. Leave the main road at Sodražica and continue in the direction of Hrib - Loški potok. Continue along the initially ascending and rather winding road, which you follow to the aforementioned place. When the road from Nová vas na Blokah joins us from the right, continue straight ahead, then at the next crossroads turn right in the direction of Srednja vas. Here the road starts to descend more steeply, and we continue straight ahead towards Šegova vas at the next crossroads. At Šegova vas take the road to the left, then pass a few houses and climb up to extensive meadows, through which you reach the hamlet of Matevljek. Above the hamlet, the road loses its asphalt surface and gradually turns into a forest. When you reach a crossroads of several roads, park at a suitable place by the crossroads. Park in such a way as not to interfere with any forestry work.
b) From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper, take the Unec exit, then continue towards Cerknica and on to Nová vas. In Nova vas, at an inconspicuous but still well-marked crossroads, continue straight on the road towards Sodražica, and then after about 1 km of further driving, turn right in the direction of Studenec na Blokah. At the following junctions, follow the road in the direction of Hrib - Loški Potok. When you join the road from Sodražica, continue straight on, then at the next junction turn right in the direction of Srednja vas. Here the road starts to descend more steeply, and we continue straight ahead towards Šegova vas at the next crossroads. At Šegova vas take the road to the left, then pass a few houses and climb up to extensive meadows, through which you reach the hamlet of Matevljek. Above the hamlet, the road loses its asphalt surface and gradually turns into a forest. When you reach a crossroads of several roads, park at a suitable place by the crossroads. Park so as not to interfere with any forestry work.

Path description:
From the junction where you parked, continue along the upper right-hand road (looking in the direction of the access to the starting point), which begins to climb moderately through the forest. Follow the road, along which you may also see some old markings, to the point where the forest ends. Here, bear right on cart track, which returns to the forest. Continue through the rather sparse forest, and cart track quickly leads to the next crossroads, where you continue on the leftmost cart track. Cart track, which continues to climb moderately, leads us only a few minutes higher to a less noticeable crossroads, where a slightly better marked path branches off to the right towards Votla stena and Velika Jazbina, and we continue straight ahead and follow the rather poorly marked path slightly to the left at the next crossroads. The path ahead leads us past the freezer, on the other side of which it slowly starts to disappear. We continue our ascent along a barely visible path, which begins to climb steeply up a small and relatively steep valley. Here too, during the ascent, we can see some old markings, but after a few minutes the path leads us out of the forest, where we step onto a macadam road.
Just cross the road and walk to the nearby meadow. Here the markings finally end, and we can continue along the left-hand gently sloping path or the right-hand slightly steeper cart track. If we continue along the left-hand cart track, we walk along it until it is completely laid down. At this point, leave it and head right onto the easier pathless world. From the point where you leave cart track to the top of Petelinjek, you have about 5 minutes to climb through the forest.
If you continue on the right cart track, you will climb it to a small pass between Velika Jazbina on the right and Petelinjek on the left. At the pass, leave cart track and continue left into the forest, through which you will reach the forested summit in just over 5 minutes of further walking.

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