Javorje - Suha Rodica (Novi vrh) (via Lepa Suha)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and then towards Bohinjska Bistrica and Lake Bohinj. After the settlement Laški Rovt, we will arrive at a smaller intersection, where the road leading towards the starting points of the paths on Rodica, Planina Suha, Šija, Vogel... and the scout camp Laški Rovt branches off to the left. The macadam road immediately enters the forest and first ascends past the mentioned scout camp, then ascends relatively steeply for a few more kilometers. After a little less than 6.5 km of driving on macadam, we will arrive at a somewhat larger intersection, where the road towards Planina Storeča raven (starting point of the path on Vogel) branches off to the right. Here we continue straight and after approximately 50 m of further driving we arrive at the left bend, where the starting point of the path towards Planina Suha is. We park on a suitable place by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the marked mountain path in the direction of Planina Suha. The path first ascends along a torrent, then turns right, where it gently ascends through the forest for a short time. After a few minutes of easy walking, the path turns left and begins to ascend steeply across a steep slope. During the steep ascent, a nice view towards the north opens up temporarily, then the path flattens again. A few minutes of gentle walking follow, then the blazes direct us slightly left onto the path that begins to ascend somewhat more steeply, crossing slopes to the right. Higher up, we cross the torrent once again, then ascend along it to the lower edge of Planina Suha, where we also exit the forest. From here, only a short moderate ascent follows, and the path brings us to the central part of the pasture, where a few shepherd huts stand.
From the pasture, we continue past a shepherd hut beside the torrent gravel deposits. Locally very poorly visible, the little path in the upper part of the pasture turns slightly left. Further on, the path, which begins to turn slightly right, is much easier to follow. After a short ascent, we bypass the hunting hut, which we notice on the right side.
The path then begins to ascend more steeply up the slope, which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. This increasingly panoramic path brings us higher to a somewhat larger cairn, where there is a junction (straight: marked path to the saddle Čez Suho, left: unmarked path over Lepo Suho).
We continue left on the initially poorly visible little path, which crosses to the left for a short time, then begins to ascend moderately across increasingly panoramic slopes. The path further ascends transversely across a few smaller valleys, then transitions to steep slopes, which we continue to cross in the same direction. The slope quickly flattens, and the path brings us into a smaller but distinct valley west of Mala Rodica. Further, we ascend gently along an increasingly poorly visible little path that continues along the torrent gully of the aforementioned valley. During the ascent through the valley, we can observe the expansive grassy slopes of Lepa Suha, but we no longer follow the path and proceed on easier pathless terrain. Throughout the ascent, we follow the left "branches" of the torrent, and the increasingly steep "path" brings us to the grassy ridge, where we come very close to the marked path. Here we continue left and continue the ascent along a well-traceable but unmarked path, by which we ascend to the indistinct pass between Mala Rodica on the left and Rodica on the right. Here we continue right, and after a good 5 minutes of further ascent along the increasingly panoramic ridge, we arrive at the summit.
From the summit of Rodica, we continue along the ridge in the direction of Črna prst. The path first begins to descend along the ridge, then transitions to the southern slopes, where just a few meters below the ridge it crosses occasionally quite steep slopes. The very panoramic path at the foot of Suha Rodica transitions to shady slopes, where it crosses the slopes of the aforementioned summit (snow patch that persists until the beginning of summer). On this section, where the path runs along the northern side, we will notice some mountaineering inscriptions on the rock (forward Črna prst, back Rodica). Just a few steps beyond this inscription, we leave the marked path and head right into steep pathless terrain. After 10 minutes of steep ascent on rocky terrain, we reach the summit of Suha Rodica.
Javorje - Planina Suha 1:00, Planina Suha - Rodica 1:30, Rodica - Suha Rodica 45 minutes.

Along the route: Planina Suha (1385m), Rodica (1966m)

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