Medvodje - Ruš (via Pri lojtri)

Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Podnart (Ljubelj) exit, then continue on the expressway towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When the expressway ends, you will see a petrol station on the right hand side, before which turn right down towards Tržič. Continue through Tržič, and we follow the narrower road towards Dovžana Gorge and then through the villages of Dolina and Jelendol to the hamlet of Medvodje. Here, at the first crossroads, turn right towards Stegovnik waterfall (left Košutna and mountain pasture Dolga njiva), and at the second crossroads, turn left along the river Tržiška Bistrica (right Stegovnik waterfall). Continue ascending gently along the upper reaches of the Tržiška Bistrica, and we follow the road to a marked parking area, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the gently sloping road that climbs along the Tržiška Bistrica river. Soon you will reach a ramp, after which you will come to an unmarked crossroads. Here, continue along the right-hand road, which begins to climb along the Fevča stream, leaving it at the first sharp right-hand bend. The road, which becomes a little steeper, gives a temporary view of Koschutnikturm, then turns left and crosses the lane of the forest. The road then, with a view of Dobrča and the nearby Stegovnik, leads to the next crossroads, where you continue straight on (the right-hand road ends in the nearby woods). Continue walking along the road and after a few minutes you arrive at the next crossroads. This time continue left (straight ahead is a connecting road leading to the slopes below Konjščica, the right road ends quickly) along a gradually more and more scenic road that crosses the slopes to the left. At the next crossroads, take a sharp right and climb through the forest to the next crossroads, where you continue left. The road then becomes slightly steeper and we follow it to the second levelling or widening. Here an unmarked cart track road branches off slightly to the right and we start to climb steeply. After a few minutes, the wide cart track turns slightly to the left, and we take the right-hand one at this point, which is a little less easy to follow at first. Higher up, at a couple of forks, we take the left fork and follow the deteriorating track up to the saddle of Pri lojtri, where we reach the waymarked path from Jezersko.
Here we continue left in the direction of Brsnina (slightly left Jezersko, slightly right Javornik, right Stegovnik) on the marked path, which first climbs moderately through dense forest, then lays down and leads us to cart track, which the marked path just crosses, and we follow it to the right. Follow cart track first to a small lookout pass, and from there continue slightly left, along a fainter track to the nearby south-west ridge of Rus. The ascent continues along a fainter, but well-traced, track which continues along and along the aforementioned ridge. Higher up, the path climbs over a short, very steep slope, where there is a possibility of slipping, especially in wet conditions. At the top of this steep section, you reach the summit, from which you descend a short way and then climb to the main summit of Ruša.

On the way: Pri lojtri (1486m)

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