Dom v Iškem Vintgarju - Sveti Lenart (Krvava Peč)

Access to starting point:
We drive onto the southern Ljubljana bypass and head to the Ig exit. At the crossroads, we follow the road in the direction of Ig. At Ig, we continue towards Iška vas (we can also reach here from Podpeči or Škofljica). We then follow a well-marked road to a large parking lot near the hut Dom v Iškem Vintgarju.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road ahead and after a few steps it brings us to the hut Dom v Iškem Vintgarju. Further, we continue on the road closed to traffic, that runs parallel with the river Iška. After a few minutes of walking, we come to a bridge over Iška. Here we leave the wide walking path and go left over the bridge after which the path goes into the forest and ascends for a short time. Next follows a light descent on a slightly exposed ledge on which there is a danger of slipping when wet. Further, the path flattens and crosses a clearing and after it, the path soon brings us to Iška (to here we can also come on the right side but at the end there's a passage through the water). The path ahead turns a little to the left and starts ascending. Next follows a few shorter descents and ascents to a somewhat more demanding but secured passage after which we come to a steep rocky column, which is like the peak of the gorge Iški Vintgar. The path ahead again starts descending and brings us to Votli kamen, which is only a minute from the path.
Further, the path passes out of the forest onto steep but well-secured slopes. The path then again ascends and then in the middle of the descent brings us to the path junction, where we continue on the right lower path, which in a few minutes brings us to the confluence of the rivers Zala and Iška. Here we notice a rocky column to which a path runs, which twice over a narrow bridge crosses the water.
From here we return to the path junction and now we go on the path in the direction of Krvava peč. The path ahead starts ascending steeply but the ascent does not last long. The path ahead mostly ascends diagonally through the forest (exceptions are shorter descents, of which there are quite a few). After two and a half hours of walking the path gets very close to a forest road. We continue on a cart track which parallel to the road slightly descends. After a few dozen steps of descent we come to a sharp turn of a worse road, where we continue left upwards to the spot where we join the macadam road. Here we continue right on the road which soon becomes asphalted and brings us to the registration box, which is situated by one of the houses in the village. Follows a few steps of descent to a crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of Sveti Lenart. Ahead we ascend on the road which past a well brings us to the next crossroad. Here we continue right and follow the road in the direction of Sveti Lenart all the way to the top on which there is a church of the mentioned saint.

Along the route: Votli kamen (410m), Iški Vintgar (Vrbica) (420m)

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