Predgrad - Kozice

Access to the starting point:
a) Take the Kočevje, then continue driving in the direction of Delnice. At Livold, leave the main road towards Croatia and turn left towards Črnomelj and Vinica. Continue through Mozelj, Rajndol, Knežja Lipa, Brezovica pri Predgradu, where the road turns sharp right, Čeplje, Zagozdac and Jelenja vas to Predgrad, where you park at the church of St. Sebastian in the parking lot next to the information boards.
b) From Vinica or Črnomelj, drive to the Old Market Square by the Kolpa River, from where you continue in the direction of Kočevje, and we drive only as far as Predgrad, where we park in the parking lot in front of the Church of St. Sebastian.

Path description:
The signs for Kozice direct you from the parking lot to the road, where you walk briefly in the direction of Kočevje, and after a few 10 paces, after a nearby house, continue left down a side road, along which there are signs for Kozice. The descent soon ends and the road changes to cart track, and we continue to the marked crossroads without any significant change in elevation.
At the crossroads, leave cart track and continue right up towards Kozice (straight Down), where you start to climb steeply through the forest. Through the forest, follow the markings of the forest path Kozice, which is marked with an oak leaf. At a higher passage, follow cart track for a while, and after the gorge at Graščićica, which is 23 metres deep, cart track narrows into a mountain trail. This is followed by a steep climb through the forest, and then occasional views begin to open up, where the path splits. Both the left and the right path lead us within a few minutes to the RTV transmitter at the top of Kozice, where there is a subscription box.
For a good view, it is worth continuing left towards the lookout point, which is reached after a descent of less than 5 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to August 2020.

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