Bezgovica - Loška stena

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Ribnica, then continue to Kočevje. After Dolenjja vasja, turn right towards Grčarice, Gotenica and Kočevska Reka. In Kočevska Reka, turn right towards Borovec at Kočevska Reka, Strma Reber Pass and Osilnica. In Borovec, turn right again, then pass the hamlet of Ravne and within a few kilometres you will reach the Strma Reber pass, located at an altitude of 993 m. After the pass, the road starts to descend, and then after 19 serpentines leads to the settlement Zgornji Čačič, and a few 100 m further on to the road to the village of Bezgovica. Park in a suitable place at the crossroads.
b) From Kočevje drive towards Border crossing Petrina, then at the end of Štalcerji continue right towards Kočevska Reka. In Kočevska Reka turn left towards Borovec at Kočevska Reka, Strma Reber Pass and Osilnica. In Borovec, turn right, then pass the hamlet of Ravne and within a few kilometres you will reach the Strma Reber pass, located at an altitude of 993 m. After the pass, the road starts to descend, then after 19 serpentines it leads to the settlement Zgornji Čačič, and a few 100 m further on to the road to the village of Bezgovica. Park in a suitable place at the crossroads.
c) From Osilnica or Sel pri Osilnica, continue in the direction of Žurge, Padovo pri Osilnica, Zgornji Čačič and the Strma Reber pass. Before reaching the 1st or 19th serpentine, a road branches off to the left, leading towards the settlement of Bezgovica. Park in a suitable place at the crossroads.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue in the direction of the village Bezgovica, which is quickly reached. When you reach the village, continue slightly right at a small crossroads, and then, with beautiful views of Sveta Gora and Gorski Kotar, you will reach the upper part of the village, where you will follow the signs between the houses. Behind the last house you will see the mountain direction signs, which direct you to the bank, to the path that turns into a forest, through which you gradually start to climb steeply. After a short climb, we are joined on the right by a path from the 18th serpentine road to Strmo Reber, and we continue straight ahead on a steeper path, which leads us higher up in a cross-climb to a steep valley, after which we continue our climb. Higher up, markings from the open valley lead us left onto a path that passes along the edge of an occasionally precipitous ridge. The ascent continues along an occasionally slightly more overgrown path, which retreats slightly to the right, occasionally opening up some views of the surrounding hills. A few minutes higher we reach the broad cart track, which we follow to the left, and we follow it to where it splits into two parts.
We continue on the slightly left cart track (the right cart track bypasses Bezgarska planina and leads to the Strma Reber pass), which quickly takes us out of the forest to the lower part of the Bezgarska mountain pasture. When you reach mountain pasture, you will walk across a meadow to a large hunting observation point in a minute or two.
From the hunting observation post, at which there is a marked crossroads, continue right in the direction of Cerka and Firstov rep (straight ahead Taborska stena, Dragarji. . . ), following the path which descends to a small garden in the middle of mountain pasture. When the path enters the forest, continue straight on at the fork in the tracks (here a track joins from the right, which turns straight on from the marked path shortly before mountain pasture and is about a minute shorter than the marked path). There is a climb through the forest for a few minutes, and then you reach the main road Osilnica - Kočevska Reka, which you cross with care.
On the other side of the road, continue in the direction of Cerka and Firstov rep and follow the forest road. The way forward is along the forest road, from which after a few minutes a marked path branches off to the right. Continue along the marked path (it is also possible to continue along the unmarked road, as the marked path returns to the road after a while, and the path along the road is also slightly shorter), which passes into a dense forest. Through the forest, start climbing moderately, following the markings carefully, as the otherwise traceable path is relatively poorly trodden. When the path is slightly higher, you will pass the unmarked peak of Luknja (1079 m) on your left, which can be reached in a few minutes by following the easier trackless path, otherwise continue along the marked trail, which, as written above, passes the peak on your left. There are a few short ascents and descents, followed by a slightly longer descent, which ends when you reach the macadam road.
When you reach the road, continue to the right (on the left, the marked path to Cerk and the road that leads back to the starting point) in the direction of Firstov tail. Follow the road as it climbs gently to moderately, and walk along it to its end or turning point.
On the left-hand side of the turning-point you will see signs for Firstov rep and, for the first time, for Loška stena, which direct you to a track which gradually starts to descend. When the track ends after a few minutes, we see a game salt house on the left, and we continue straight down the marked footpath, which takes us in a few steps to the registration box at the tail of Firstov.
From the registration box, continue descending along the marked path in the direction of Loška stena. The rather picturesque path, which offers beautiful views of the nearby walls, columns and hills, leads us along the edge of the cliffs, which the path retreats to the right side, so there is no significant risk of slipping, unless of course you go to the edge for a nice view. A little lower down, the path enters the forest and then flattens out. There is a short climb and then an easy descent to the precipitous edge of the Loška stena peak, from where a really nice view of the Upper Kolpa valley and the surrounding hills opens up.
Bezgovica - Bezgarska planina 1:00, Bezgarska planina - Firstov rep 1:15, Firstov rep - Loška stena 25 minutes.
Description and images refer to the situation in 2015 (August).

On the way: Bezgovica (565m), Bezgarska planina (895m), Firstov rep (1002m)

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