Dom Trilobit - Weinasch/Vajnež (via Rida)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Lipce exit and follow the road ahead towards Jesenice. When we reach the traffic-light intersection where we join the old road, continue right towards Žirovnica. Follow this road only briefly, as at the next somewhat larger intersection (traffic lights) we continue left towards Javorniški Rovt. The road then goes through the underpass (railway) and then turns left (right Koroška Bela). Follow the road, which higher up starts to ascend steeply, towards Javorniški Rovt, but only to the intersection where, in a sharp left bend, the road branches off to the right (straight ahead) towards the Dom Trilobit mountain hut and the Javornik spring (prohibited for buses). A little further, the road brings us to the mentioned mountain hut and the accumulation lake at HE Javornik. We park on the informal parking lot behind the lake and the Dom Trilobit mountain hut (parking in front of the mountain hut is not 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 slightly left (right to the Javornik spring and mountain pasture Stamare). The cart track then brings us near the stream, along which we ascend to the spring (one of the springs of the Javornik stream). After the spring, the cart track turns into a footpath that ascends quite steeply in places through mostly quite overgrown forest. The path then approaches a wall and turns left in front of it. A less steep ascent follows to a bench that is not in the best condition. The path continues ascending through increasingly sparse forest, so that nice views of the surroundings occasionally open up. 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.
Here we continue right in the direction of Stol and Vajnež (left Struška and Golica) along the path that continues gently ascending over partly grassy and dwarf pine slopes. A short descent follows and the path brings us to the screes that surround the cirque Rida. Next, in a gentle traversing ascent, we cross landslide slopes (in the central part there is danger of falling rocks on a short section) and on the other side of Rida we ascend one level higher. Ahead the steepness eases and the increasingly panoramic path brings us past the summit of the almost unnoticeable Kamnitnik (1 minute). The path ahead in a gentle ascent crosses the slopes towards the east and a little further crosses a somewhat more pronounced gully.
Still gentle and increasingly panoramic, the path then brings us after a while to a marked junction where an unmarked path branches off left upward to Vajnež (straight ahead Stol and Potoški Stol). Here we continue left upward in the direction of Vajnež and continue the ascent along a barely visible track that after a short ascent brings us to the edge of the main Karawanks ridge. We then follow this path, which gradually turns into easier pathless terrain, to the panoramic summit.
Dom Trilobit - Seča 2:00, Seča - Vajnež 2:00.

Along the route: Planina Seča (1698m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Hochstuhl/Stol ( 30 min)

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