Grant - Rodica

Access to starting point:
From Podbrdo we drive towards Tolmin or vice versa, but only to the village of Koritnica. In Koritnica we will notice a sign for the village Rut, which directs us right (from Tolmin sharply left). We then follow the mostly ascending road to the mentioned village, where there is also a smaller junction. We continue left towards the village Grant, to which we arrive after approximately 1 km of additional driving. In the village there are no designated parking spots, therefore we park at an appropriate place somewhere nearby.

Route description:
At the end of the village Grant we look for the continuation of the marked path, which further runs on a poorer road or cart track. Further on, some junctions follow, where we follow the otherwise rare blazes, and we quickly ascend above the village. Higher we leave the nearby pasture, then we ascend to a wider macadam road, which we cross, and continue the ascent through the forest. Quite a steep path, along which the blazes are more frequent further on, and higher it crosses another forest road. Above the road the path turns slightly to the left, then it starts to ascend quite steeply. Higher the steepness eases a bit, then we join a wider cart track path, which we follow to the left, and along it we quickly arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Rodica (straight Koča na planini Razor and Geološka pot).
Behind the junction named Mladinska koča we start to ascend along a nicely preserved mule track, which after a few minutes turns sharply to the left, then for quite some time ascends diagonally towards the left, first still through the forest, then through dwarf pines. During the diagonal ascent the path leads us also over some gullies, the passages over them are not demanding, as the path is wide all the time. With nice views on Idrijsko and Cerkljansko hribovje, at the right serpentine we get completely close to the summit of Jehlc, which we see in front of us all the time during the crossing. At this serpentine the pathless approach to the mentioned summit continues straight ahead (the last part before the ridge is demanding), we however continue on the marked path, which continues further on the mule track. Two serpentines higher a still easier approach to the previously mentioned summit branches off to the left, we however continue ascending through dwarf pines. A little higher we reach the ridge, which stretches from Jehlc to the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, and the path withdraws from it several times, once to the left, another time to the right side. Higher dwarf pines are replaced by grasses and stones, and nicer views open up with every step. A few more serpentines follow, where we ascend over a steeper slope, then the slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked junction, where we join the path from the Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and along the moderately steep ridge in good 10 minutes of further walking we ascend to the 1966 meters high summit of Rodica.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Črna prst, Suha Rodica (Novi vrh) ( 45 min), Mali Raskovec (1 h), Raskovec (1 h)

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