Planina Polog - Srednji vrh (above lake Jezero v Lužnici)

Access to the starting point:
First, go to Tolmin, and from there follow the road in the direction of Zatolmin (leave the main road at the traffic lights). In Zatolmin, you will see the mountain signs for Javorca, which will direct you to the ascending road towards Javorca. After about 8 km of driving, the sometimes quite narrow and sometimes precipitous road leads us to a small crossroads where the road to Javorca branches off to the left upwards. Turn left here and follow the road for another 100 m to a marked parking area.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the paved road, which quickly enters the forest and starts to climb steeply. After about 15 minutes of walking, the forest thins out and the road turns sharp right. A few minutes of walking along the edge of the pastures and the road leads to the Church of the Holy Spirit in Javorca.
Go around the church on the left and continue along the wide and at first winding cart track, which quickly turns into a forest. Here, the roar of the waterfall of the Peščak stream can be heard below us on the left, and we continue along the marked path (kolovoz), which crosses the aforementioned stream higher up via a bridge. We continue up a moderately steep track, which continues partly through the forest and partly through dense bushes and brambles. Higher up, we cross another of the numerous grazing fences and the path leads us to mountain pasture Črč, on which there are a few old huts.
Just before the huts on mountain pasture, the markers for mountain pasture Sleme, Medrje and Laška seč direct us slightly to the left, where we climb through tall grasses to an indistinct ridge along which a grazing fence runs. Continue climbing along the grazing fence, then the path enters a dense forest, where it climbs steeply for a short distance to a water trough. Here the path turns slightly to the right, where after a few 10 steps it leads to the next pasture fence. Cross the grazing fence and walk to the huts at mountain pasture Laška seč.
Above mountain pasture the path goes into the wods and continues along a wide track. A little higher up, you come out of the forest, and just a few metres after crossing a pasture fence, we continue left along a less visible and poorly marked path. The path joins the track higher up and leads us only a few metres further to the shepherd's hut at mountain pasture Medrja.
From the hut at mountain pasture, ascend cross-country to the left, where you quickly reach a porer forest road. Follow the road to the left, and after an initial slight ascent, it gradually begins to descend gently. Higher up, we approach mountain pasture Pretovč, and at the crossroads by the saddle of the same name, we continue to the right in the direction of mountain pasture Sleme. The road ahead starts to climb steeply, crosses a belt of compacted forest at a higher level, and then lays down and, with increasingly beautiful views, leads us to mountain pasture Sleme. At mountain pasture by the NOB monument, continue left on a grassy ridge with a view to the former crossroads. Here, the signs for Krn and Rdeči rob direct you left to the lower path (the upper path has been closed for a long time due to impassability), which crosses the slopes to the left. The path ahead quickly leads to a steep and wide ravine, over which a perfectly maintained path leads (if the path is damaged, the crossing is life-threatening). The path continues on to grassy slopes, crossing another small ravine, the foot of which is also well maintained. After this, the path enters a belt of forest, where it continues to cross relatively steep slopes. The slope is then laid and the path leads over a grazing fence to the grazing area mountain pasture Leskovica, where the otherwise marked path begins to disappear. Cross the path and descend slightly to the right, where you catch the mountain pasture Kuhinja path towards the lake in Lužnice.
Continue in the direction of Krno and follow the path steeply upwards. Continue up the steep slopes between Maselnik (1906 m) on the left and Veliki Stador (1903 m) on the right. Higher up, the trail breaks and leads to a small cirque, where an unmarked trail branches off to the right to Rdeči rob (the branch is marked). The marked trail turns left here and climbs a short steep slope, then lays down and leads to a small saddle between Maselnik and Škofič. Continue straight ahead and then follow the lower path (the upper right path bypasses the lake), and within a few minutes of descending, you will reach the lake in Lužnice, which can already be seen from the aforementioned saddle.
From the lake, climb up the less visible path (direction north) and then join the path that goes around the lake on the right. Continue up the beautiful high mountain valley (Peski po Lužnici), then the path turns slightly to the left and climbs steeply. A short steep climb follows and the path leads to the ridge north of Srednji vrh.
At this point, leave the marked trail and continue the ascent to the left on the easier pathless terrain. After a few steps, we return to the ridge and the less well-trodden path quickly leads us over a narrower ridge to a scenic peak.

On the way: Javorca (571m), Planina Črča (800m), Planina Laška seč (1000m), Planina Medrja (1133m), Planina Sleme (1448m), The lake Jezero v Lužnici (1801m)

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