Črnotiče - Zjat

Access to starting point:
We leave the Ljubljana-Koper motorway at the Kastelec exit, then follow the signs for Podgorje. From the road towards Podgorje we soon turn right in the direction of the settlement Črnotiče; at the church in Črnotičah we turn right onto the road, which behind the houses becomes a macadam road. We drive a little further, then arrive at a smaller intersection, where to the right the road continues to the Črnotiče railway station, and on the left we notice the football field. We park near the intersection in an appropriate place.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the left road, which leads us by the football field; a little further we arrive at an intersection, where we go right (to the left we return to the village). The path ahead leads us through the underpass under the railway track, across meadows in a few minutes we arrive at a marked intersection, where to the left branches off the path to Marija Snežna na Gradišcah, and we continue on the road. On the road we then ascend slightly; higher we arrive at a small saddle, where we cross the marked path Črni Kal - Marija Snežna.
We continue on the road, which starts to descend (left Marija Snežna, right transmitters and Črni Kal); after the "lost" 50 elevation metres, the road flattens. The road then brings us to a larger meadow and field, where we temporarily leave it and continue on a path which bypasses the nearby field on the left side (if we miss the mentioned junction at the nearby road intersection, we continue left). We soon return to the road, on it we walk through a small valley and ascend easily along it. Higher, the road stops ascending, then starts to descend. After a few steps of descent we reach the marked path Podpeč - Praproče, which we follow to the right.
Next follows crossing a pasture fence and a short descent. The forest first thins out, then panoramic karst meadows replace it. There follows some more panoramic walking along the Kraški rob, then we reach the indistinct summit of Zjat, from where a nice view opens up on Podpeč and the surrounding hills.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (April).

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