Javorje - Rodica (via Lepa Suha)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica and Lake Bohinj. After the settlement Laški Rovt we will come to a smaller junction, where the road that leads to the starting points of the paths to Rodica, Planina Suha, Šija, Vogel... and the Laški Rovt campsite branches off to the left. The macadam road immediately enters the forest and first ascends past the mentioned scout camp, then climbs relatively steeply for a few more kilometres. After a little less than 6.5 km of driving on macadam, we will arrive at a somewhat larger junction, where the road to Planina Storeča raven (starting point of the path to Vogel) branches off to the right. Here we continue straight and after approximately 50 m of further driving we arrive at the left bend, where the starting point of the path to Planina Suha is. We park at a suitable place by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the marked mountain path in the direction of Planina Suha. The path first ascends along a torrent bed, then turns right, where it gently ascends through the forest for a short time. After a few minutes of easy walking, the path turns left and begins to ascend steeply across a steep slope. During the steep ascent, a nice view opens up towards the north for a while, then the path flattens again. There follow a few minutes of gentle walking, then the blazes direct us slightly left onto the path, which begins to ascend somewhat more steeply, crossing slopes to the right. Higher up we cross the torrent bed once again, then ascend along it to the lower edge of Planina Suha, where we also exit the forest. From here only a short moderate ascent follows and the path brings us to the central part of the mountain pasture, where a few shepherd huts stand.
From the mountain pasture we continue past a shepherd hut beside the deposits of torrential gravel. Locally very poorly visible little path in the upper part of the mountain pasture turns slightly left. Further on, the path, which begins to turn slightly right, is much easier to follow. After a short ascent we bypass the hunting hut, which we notice on the right side.
The path then begins to ascend more steeply up the slope, which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. This increasingly panoramic path then brings us higher to a somewhat larger cairn, where there is a junction (straight: marked path to the saddle Čez Suho, left: unmarked path via Lepo Suho).
We continue left along an initially poorly visible little path, which crosses towards the left for a short time, then begins to ascend moderately across increasingly panoramic slopes. The path ahead ascends across some smaller valleys, then transitions to steep slopes, which we continue crossing in the same direction. The slope soon flattens and the path brings us into a small but distinct valley west of Mala Rodica. Further we ascend gently along an increasingly poorly visible little path, which continues along the torrent gully of the aforementioned valley. During the ascent along the valley we can observe the extensive grassy slopes of Lepa Suha, while we no longer follow the path but proceed via easier pathless terrain. Throughout the ascent we follow the left "branches" of the torrent bed, and the increasingly steep "path" brings us to the grassy ridge, where we approach the marked path completely. Here we continue left and continue the ascent along a well-traceable but unmarked path, by which we ascend to the indistinct saddle between Mala Rodica on the left and Rodica on the right. Here we continue right and after a good 5 minutes of further ascent, which proceeds along an increasingly panoramic ridge, we arrive at the summit.

Along the route: Planina Suha (1385m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Črna prst, Suha Rodica (Novi vrh), Mali Raskovec, Raskovec (1 h 15 min)

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