Stržišče - Rodica

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Škofja Loka, then continue to Železniki, Podbrdo and Tolmin. A few kilometres after Podbrdo, you will come to a crossroads where a narrower ascending road turns sharp right towards the villages of Znojile, Stržišče and Kal. Follow the relatively narrow road towards the village Stržišče. As there are no parking spaces in this village, it is a good idea to park a little below the village, in a suitable place along the road.
b) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, turn right at Bača pri Modreju, or left if you are coming from the route of Posočje, and continue towards Podbrdo. After Hudajužna, you will reach a crossroads where the signs for the villages Znojile, Stržišče and Kal direct you to the left onto a narrower ascending road. Follow the relatively narrow road towards the village of Stržišče. As there are no parking spaces in this village, it is a good idea to park a little below the village, in a suitable place along the road.

Path description:
When we arrive in Stržišče, the road first leads us past a concrete water trough, then past a few houses we reach a crossroads where we take a sharp left in the direction of Rodica and the village Rut (straight Kal). The road we follow soon splits, and we continue on the upper right road (the left one leads to a nearby house), which we leave before the next house and continue slightly right on cart track, which quickly turns into a forest. As we climb through the forest, we occasionally get some views towards Matajurski vrh and the Black soil. A little further on, at the saddle north of the Vidizek summit (977 m), we reach the road leading to Stržiška mountain pasture and the Sanek hunting lodge, and the road leading to Kalarski Brdo, but we just cross the above-mentioned road and continue along the wide cart track in the direction of Rut and Rodicaa.
Behind the pasture, at the edge of which is a wooden hut, the path crosses the forest and leads us first past a small well and then past some signs of the Slovenian Geological Trail. The trail continues occasionally under cliffs, where there is an increased risk of falling rocks, especially in spring and after rainfall. After crossing a torrent, the trail leads past the undistinguished but quite scenic Griva Peak (893 m), which is just 10 steps off the trail to the left. From here on, the path descends gently for some time, and then leads us past another viewpoint (access to the viewpoint is marked, but the path to it is already completely overgrown). After the viewpoint, the path turns right, and then, after further crossing, leads us to Tomčeva grape. All the time wide path, gradually begins to climb easily behind the ravine, and then past the stone trough and the year 1910 carved into the wall, leads us to a marked crossroads, where a path slightly to the left branches off towards the village Rut, and we continue straight and continue the climb on the wide path. The trail continues to climb for some time below the summit of Lajta (1056 m), and then joins the macadam road leading from the village of Rut.
We continue our ascent on the wide dirt road, which takes us a few minutes higher up to an unmarked crossroads, and we continue on the right-hand road, which has a no further traffic sign and a ramp. After the ramp, the road climbs steeply, and then at the next junction, where a narrower road branches off to the right, we continue straight ahead, walking along it to where the road narrows or splits into two cart track. Continue along the above broader cart track, along which are the markers for Rodica. Continue for some time cross-climbing along the lesser road or cart track, which leads us past a hunting observation post and occasional views of the mountains on the other side of Baška Grapa. Higher up, the marked path from the village of Grant joins us from the left, and a few 10 metres further on, we continue right with cart track in the direction of Rodica (straight ahead Koča na planini Razor - the path over Hudo stopno).
After the crossroads called Mladinska koča, we start climbing up a well-preserved mulatier, which after a few minutes turns sharp left, and then climbs for some time crosswise to the left, first still through the forest, and then through dwarf pines. During the cross-climb, the path also leads over a few ravines, but the crossings are not difficult as the path is wide throughout. With beautiful views of the Idrija and Cerkljansko hills, the right-hand serpentine brings us quite close to the Jehlc peak, which we can see in front of us the whole time we are crossing it. At this serpentine, the pathless approach to the summit continues in a straight line (the last part before the ridge is difficult), and we continue along the marked path, which continues on the mule track. Two serpentines higher, an easier approach to the above-mentioned summit branches off to the left, and we continue to climb via dwarf pines. A little higher we reach a ridge that stretches from Jehliec to the main ridge of the Lower Bohinj Mountains, but the path retreats several times, once to the left and again to the right. The higher dwarf pines are replaced by grass and stones, and with every step, the views get better. There are a few more serpentines, where we climb up a steeper slope, then the slope flattens out and the path leads us to a marked crossroads, where we join the path from the Bohinj side.
Here we continue to the right (left Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and climb the moderately steep ridge to the 1966 m high summit of Rodica in just over 10 minutes of further walking.
Stržišče - Rutarski gozd 1:45, Rutarski gozd - Rodica 2:30.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2016 (August).

On the way: Mladinska koča (1329m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Črna prst, Suha Rodica (Novi vrh), Mali Raskovec, Raskovec

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