Slačka baba - Zjat

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper take the exit Črni Kal. From Črni Kal, continue along the old road towards the sea, and we take it only as far as the next slightly larger crossroads, where we turn left towards Border crossing Sočerga. Continue towards the border crossing, but we follow the road for only a few km, as the signs for the village Hrastovlje then direct us left onto the local road. After a few km of further driving we become alert because opposite the nearby pig farm, a dirt road will branch off to the left, along which we park (the road branch is exactly under the power line).

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the macadam road down to the nearby water reservoir, then turn sharp left onto a slightly narrower macadam road. The dirt road continues to climb gently and leads us through an underpass under the railway line to a small unmarked crossroads, where we continue to the right. Continue climbing parallel to the railway line for a short distance, then the road turns slightly to the left and begins a moderate climb towards the village of Podpeč. Higher up, the marked path from Hrastovlje joins us from the right, and we continue along the worse macadam road, which in a few minutes of further walking takes us to the aforementioned village.
When we reach the asphalt road in Podpeč, we sit to the right of it, and we follow it almost to the end of the picturesque village, through which a narrow road winds. Just before the sign marking the end of Podpeč, signs point us left into the wods, through which we begin to climb steeply. The steep path soon becomes a gentle slope and turns to the left, where it crosses quite steep and slippery slopes. At the end of the traverse, the path turns to the right and climbs steeply up a chain link fence towards an 11th century defensive tower. The tower, which is normally closed, is bypassed on the right and the ascent continues up a slightly less steep slope. After a few minutes' walk from the tower, the path flattens out and leads to vast karst meadows above the steep level of the Karst Edge. Here we continue to the left and climb along the edge of the cliffs to the undistinguished, but very scenic Zjat.

On the way: Podpeč (312m), Obrambni stolp nad Podpečjo (385m)

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