Pogorelec - Sedlata gorica (Pogorelec)

Access to the starting point:
a) From direction Žužemberk drive towards Črnomelj. At the beginning of the village Podturn pri Dolenjskih Toplicah turn right into Kočevski Rog on the road towards Base 20 and Kočevje. After 4 km on a good asphalt road, we reach a crossroads where the road to Base 20 goes left and we follow the main road towards Kočevje to the right. After about 1. 5 km the asphalt ends and we reach a crossroads at Pogorel cross. The leftmost road continues towards Róg and Kočevje, the rightmost road heads down the valley via the eastern slopes, and we continue on the middle road. After about 1. 5 km of macadam road we reach the hamlet of Pogorelec, where we can park by the NOB monument or a few tens of metres further on by the Polharski dom.

b) From the route of Črnomelj, drive towards Žužemberk, and at the end of the village Podturn pri Dolenjskih Toplicah turn left into Kočevski Rog. Continue as above.

c) From the route of Novo mesto or Dolenjske Toplice, after arriving in Podturn, turn right in the direction of Žužemberk or Ljubljana, and continue as described above.

Path description:
The starting point is the NOB monument in the hamlet of Pogorelec. To the left of the monument you will see the forest logging trail, which climbs straight through the forest and a small meadow towards the east. Higher up, logging trail turns right, the gradient eases and we reach the next logging trail coming from the right. Take this logging trail and follow it left uphill. After a long left turn, logging trail heads north and the path descends gently and a new train crossing is encountered in the valley. Cross logging trail and take the one heading north. Follow this logging trail for only a few dozen steps, and when the path straightens out on the left after an initial climb, look for an otherwise less visible branch to the left. Walk along this worse logging trail, which is already partly overgrown and covered with stones, for about 5 minutes, when a new logging trail crosses the path. Turn left on this one and after a few steps turn right on logging trail, which will go north again. From here on the path is nice and wide and climbs very gently up the slope. Follow this to the point where this gentle ascent also levels out and the view of the valley opens up, and here, on the left, we see logging trail, which goes steeply uphill. The ascent is quite steep, but after about 100 m at a fork turn right and the steepness briefly eases. Continue straight on all the way, even when you reach a young beech forest. Here the logging trail is again steep and rocky, but higher up near the summit it ends and we just continue in the same direction by finding passages between trees and rocks. Near the top, take the new logging trail. You can continue another ten steps to the top and then continue a short descent towards the grassy and scenic paragliding airstrip, which is already visible on the right.
There is also a modest shelter on the airstrip, owned by the paragliding club.
From the top we have a beautiful view of Dolenjska, Dolenjske Toplice are below us, Novo mesto a little further. In good weather, the view extends to the Kamnik and Savinja Alps, and, if we climb the western slope of the peak, also to Snežnik.

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