Mesnice - Rotovc (via Županov vrh)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, take the Brezovica exit, then continue in the direction of Podpeč (Podpeč can also be reached from Črna vas or Ig). In Podpeč, continue in the direction of Borovnica, Krimo and Rakitna, and continue along the edge of the Ljubljana Moor for a short distance, then the signs for Rakitna direct you left onto a steeply ascending road. The road then leads through Preserje, where it also begins to descend. After a short descent, continue left in the direction of Krimo and Rakitna, and we then follow the mostly ascending road to a junction where the road to Krimo branches off to the left. There is plenty of space to park at the junction.
b) First take Cerknica, then continue in the direction of Begunje, and when you arrive in Begunje follow the signs for Rakitno. From Rakitna, continue along the main road towards Preserje, and follow it to the crossroads where the road to Krimo branches off to the right. There is plenty of space to park at the junction.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the macadam road towards Krimu, which quickly leads into the forest, through which it climbs gently. After a good 10 minutes' walk, you will notice a grassy slope to the right above the road, and the road behind it leads to the cart track turn-off from the road to the right (the start of the cart track turn-off is just a few metres before the 18. 5 km marker).
Continue along the above-mentioned cart track, which climbs briefly along the edge of the forest, then turns right, onto the grassy slope mentioned earlier. Crossing the grassy slope, we climb across to the right, and with views of part of Karawanks and the highest peaks of Kamnik Savinja Alps, we soon re-enter the forest. In the forest, at a small crossroads, follow the left ascending cart track, which you follow to a point where it leads to a ridge of sorts, where the next crossroads is.
Again, we continue along the upper left-hand cart track, and after a further walk of a few 10 m we emerge from the woods onto a grassy slope with a view of a gently sloping grass slope. Across the meadow, cart track is a little less visible, but we continue along it to the upper part, or to the point where cart track passes to the right side of the slope (following cart track we arrive at Rakitno).
After enjoying the views, which in fine weather can reach as far as Triglav, continue slightly left, on a footpath that passes through lane of bushes into the forest. The path, along which you can see some blue-yellow markings, continues mostly along the ridge, where you soon reach the indistinct and forested summit of Reber (923 m).
Continue along the forest ridge trail, which, apart from a slight initial descent, ascends gently for the most part. When the path is fully laid out, it leads out of the forest, from where a beautiful view opens up towards the nearby Krim and the Kamink Savinja Alps. When the path returns to the forest, another path joins from the right with Rakitna, and we continue along cart track, which a little further on turns left onto the grassy slope of Županov vrh. There is some walking, and then the path climbs moderately to a nearby peak, from which we have a beautiful view that reaches out on all sides, in good weather even to Snežnik. From Županov vrh continue southeastwards and continue along the ridge for a short distance, then the trail enters the forest and begins to descend. We descend for a few minutes on the narrower cart track, then we reach the relatively new, wider logging trail, which we follow to the left, and we descend on it to the marked path Rakitna - Krim.
At the crossroads, continue slightly left and climb a few steps to a marked crossroads at the saddle.
From the saddle, continue straight ahead in the direction of Rotovc (slightly left Krim) on the path, which begins to climb moderately through sparse forest and lane of bushes. This path, which soon leads us out of the forest, is then followed all the way to the top of Rotovc, which is reached after a 5-minute walk from the crossroads at the saddle.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2015 (January).

On the way: Reber (923m), Županov vrh (999m)

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