Rdeči Kal - Dom Frata (via Velika raven)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Obrežje take the exit Trebnje West and then continue in the direction of Dobrnič and Žužemberk. In Dobrnič, at the church, leave the main road leading to Žužemberk and continue straight towards Artmanja vas. At the end of Artmanja vas go slightly left (slightly right Korita), then before you reach Vrbovec go left again, this time in the direction of Mirna Peć. The road climbs a little steeper and then leads to the village of Rdeči Kal, where you park at a small parking lot by the crossroads next to a sign marking the beginning of the village.
b) First drive to Trebnje, then continue to Mirna Peč. After Dolenje Ponikve, leave the main road towards Mirna Peč and turn right towards Dečja vas and Jordankal. At Jordankal, turn right and then drive all the way to Rdeči Kal, where you can already see the mountain signs for Ostri vrh. From the marker, drive about 100 metres further and then park on the left side of the road, in a small parking area near the sign marking the end of the settlement.
c) From the Obrežje - Ljubljana motorway, take the exit Mirna Peč and continue driving to the above-mentioned place. In Mirna Peč you will reach the main road Novo mesto - Trebnje, and we just cross it and continue driving in the direction of Dobrnice. After Mirna Peč, the road climbs steeply and then leads to a small crossroads where the road to the left branches off towards the settlements in Globodolski Polje, and we continue straight ahead and soon reach Jordankal, where we go straight ahead. Towards Dobrnič we drive to the village Rdeči Kal, where we can already see the mountain signs for Ostri vrh. From the marker, drive about 100 metres further and then park on the left side of the road, in a small parking lot near the sign marking the end of the village.
d) From Novo mesto, take the Mirna Peč, where at the crossroads near the church, turn left in the direction of Dobrnice. After Mirna Peč, the road climbs steeply and then leads to a small crossroads where a road branches off to the left towards the settlements in Globodolski Polje, and we continue straight ahead and soon reach Jordankal, where we go straight ahead. Towards Dobrnič we drive to the village Rdeči Kal, where we can already see the mountain signs for Ostri vrh. From the marker, drive about 100 metres further and then park on the left side of the road, in a small parking lot near the sign marking the end of the village.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue east along the asphalt road leading to the centre of the village. After about 100 metres, when you reach a small crossroads, at which you see a sign (a cross), continue to the right in the direction of Ostrega vrha, where you are also directed by a nearby red mountain direction sign. The way forward climbs past a few more houses, then continue left on the macadam road, along which you will soon see the markings. When the road turns into a forest, continue right on cart track, which continues through the forest (straight along the Ostri vrh road via Malega vrha).
Continue climbing gently to moderately through the forest, following the signs at a few crossroads. Higher up, the trail flattens out, then continues for a while with a few short ascents and descents, and then begins to climb again. When the path passes onto the slopes of Ostrega vrh, it turns more to the left, and for a short time we also get some views. The less well-trodden but relatively well-marked path leads us higher up to the place where the path from the Dobrnič Lodge joins us from the right.
From here it is only a short climb and the path leads us to the forested Ostri vrh.
From the summit we return to the last crossroads, and then continue along the slightly left path (looking in the direction of the descent from the summit), which then descends crosswise to the right. After a few minutes of descending, you will reach the road in the immediate vicinity of the Dobrnič Home.
Go around the bottom left-hand side of the house and then continue along the road as it begins to descend. A minute or so lower, the signs for Frata direct us left into the forest, onto a path that continues without any major changes in elevation. The path ahead takes us past a hunting observation post, and then into lane of extremely dense scrub, through which the path is passable, as it takes us through a good metre-wide clearing. The path soon returns to the forest and then continues with some short ascents and descents. There are a few crossroads where you follow the markings, and then the path starts to descend more visibly. During the descent, we get some views towards Žumberačka gora, and then the trail gradually turns a little more to the right, where we reach a larger clearing. After the clearing, we enter a dirt road, which we follow to the right, but we walk along it only for a short time, as the signs for Fratta direct us to the left, on a path that quickly descends to another road. This time follow the road to the left, and within a few minutes walk you will reach Dom Frata, which is located at the edge of a large meadow. Description and figures refer to the situation in 2015 (November).

On the way: Ostri vrh (nad Globodolom) (523m), Dom LD Dobrnič (440m)

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