Planina Kuk - Grušnica

Access to the starting point:
Between Most na Soči and Tolmin we see the signs for the village Poljubinj, which direct us to a side road that will soon take us to the village. Continue driving on the ascending road, which takes you a little higher to the village Ljubinj, where you turn left in the direction of Koča na planini Razor and mountain pasture Stador. Continue up the narrow, steep and asphalted road, which leads higher up to a point where the road branches off sharp right towards Koča na planini Stador and the Kobala airstrip. Continue straight on here, and then continue without any major changes in elevation to mountain pasture Lom. After mountain pasture Lom, follow the signs for Koča na planini Razor, and we follow the road, which climbs mostly transversely to the right, to the marked parking area in front of mountain pasture Kuk. No further driving is allowed.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road closed to public traffic, which will quickly take you to the pasture at mountain pasture Kuk (also Podkuk). Behind the pasture, the path begins to climb moderately to the right, and at the left turn (serpentini), the Geological Trail (also the path from Kneške Raven) joins us from the right.
Continue left and you will quickly reach a crossroads where the path to Žabiški Kuk (also Žabijski Kuk) branches off to the right - the path past Gradič (an old military path).
Continue in the route mountain pasture Razor and follow the gently sloping macadam road crossing the western slopes of Žabišký Kuk. Following the road, which occasionally opens up a beautiful view to the north-west, where we can see Rdeči rob, Vrh nad Peski, Grušnica, Tolminski Migovec and other surrounding mountains, after about 25 minutes of further walking, we arrive at a place where the signs for the mountain lodge direct us to the right, on a path that climbs crosswise above the road. A few minutes' walk later, the path leads to the mountain pasture Razor hut.
Go around the hut on the right and then continue in the direction of Tolmin and Krn. There is a slight descent along a partly concrete road, and when the road turns left towards the nearby cheese cottage, we go slightly right on a marked footpath in the direction of mountain pasture on Kal and Krn. There follows an easy walk along the vast and scenic mountain pasture Razor, and the path also turns slightly to the left, so that the path leads us westwards. The gently sloping path initially leads us along the beautiful views of Grušnica and Tolminski Migovec, but when we reach the edge of the mountain pasture, a beautiful view opens up in the direction of Tolmin. From the edge of mountain pasture the path turns right and enters the forest, through which it descends gently at times. A little further on, the path leads to the lower edge of the Kopecko cliffs, followed by a crossing of an alpine valley. On the other side of the valley, the path returns to the forest, and on the left we join the less well-trodden path from Tolminske Raven (the path leading directly from Tolminske Raven to Škrbina), and a little further on we arrive at a well-marked crossroads.
Continue right in the direction of mountain pasture on Kal and Krn (straight Tolminske Ravne and mountain pasture Spodnji Kal) and start climbing steeply, mostly through the forest. After 15 minutes of climbing, we arrive at the next crossroads, where we choose the left path (right Stubble and Top above Stubble). The way ahead is laid and gradually leads us out of the forest. There is a folded cross-climb to the left, and the views from the path get better and better. When lane of dwarf pines ends, we arrive at mountain pasture on Kal, and we walk to the nearby huts. From the saddle, from where we have a nice view towards the valley Tolmin, Vrh nad Peski, and also a nice view of the peaks above Tolminske Ravne, which we have also seen occasionally during the climb, we continue slightly left of the ridge Grušnica, along a nice traceable path. After a short traverse, we reach the east ridge of Grušnica, from where we have a nice view to the south. Here the trail turns slightly to the right, and within a few minutes of increasingly scenic walking, we reach an overlooking peak, from which we have a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains.
Starting point - Hut on mountain pasture razor 1:00, Koča na planini Razor - mountain pasture on Kal 1:30, mountain pasture on Kal - Grušnica 0:15.

On the way: Koča na planini Razor (1315m), Planina na Kalu (1490m)

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