Dom Trilobit - Barentaler Kotschna/Struška

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we take the Lipce exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jesenice. When we come to the traffic-light intersection, where we join the old road, we continue right in the direction of Žirovnica. We follow this road only a short time, because at the next somewhat larger intersection (traffic lights) we continue left in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road then goes through the underpass (railway) and then turns left (right Koroška Bela). We follow the road, which higher up starts ascending steeply, in the direction of Javorniški Rovt, but only to the intersection, where in a sharp left turn to the right (straight ahead) the road branches off towards the mountain hut Dom Trilobit and the source of Javornik (prohibited for buses). A little further, the road brings us to the mentioned mountain hut and accumulation lake at hydropower plant Javornik. We park on the informal parking lot, which is situated behind the lake and mountain hut Dom Trilobit (parking in front of the mountain hut isn't allowed).

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the cart track in the direction of the natural and mining learning trail. The cart track immediately starts to ascend quite steeply on the left side of the stream, which we hear nearby. Soon the path brings us to a wooden pole on which the signpost for mountain pasture Seča directs us onto the slightly left path (right to the Javornik spring and mountain pasture Stamare). The cart track then brings us near the stream, along which it ascends to the spring (one of the springs of the Javornik stream). After the spring, the cart track turns into a footpath, which ascends quite steeply in places, mostly through quite overgrown forest. The path then approaches a wall and turns left in front of it. There follows a less steep ascent to a bench, which is not in the best condition. The path continues ascending through increasingly sparse forest so that we occasionally get nice views of the surroundings. A little further on, we will notice on the right side a kind of amphitheater named Rida (right leads an unmarked and quite overgrown path towards Belščica). Our path turns left and after a short not-too-steep ascent we reach the signposts at the beginning of mountain pasture Seča. We head left towards Golica and in a few minutes reach the shepherd's hut on mountain pasture Seča.
From the mountain pasture, where we leave the marked path to Golica, we continue somewhat right to the saddle where we see some signs. In fog, we will hardly notice the saddle. At the saddle, we head left towards the west and continue the ascent along the border line between Slovenia and Austria. The path ahead is marked and signed with Austrian markings, which are like a flag (red, white and red). Further, we ascend partly over grasses, where the little path is somewhat harder to follow, partly among dwarf pines, where it is partly overgrown. After half an hour of ascent from the saddle, we reach the forepeak from which we descend almost 50 elevation meters. After this descent, we cross a small valley and after a few steep steps ascend to the ridge, which we follow through dwarf pines to the grassy and panoramic summit on which a cross stands.
Starting point - Seča 2:00, Seča - Struška 1:00.

Along the route: Planina Seča (1698m), Medvedjak (1698m)

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