Kočevje - Požgani hrib (Kalan way)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Kočevje, and then we look for Podgorska ulica (which from the main road branches off to the right - direction of driving towards Delnice). At the end of the mentioned street we will notice signposts and by them a nicely arranged parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we walk to a well-marked crossing, and then we continue right in the direction of the path Kalanova pot (left path Grajska pot). The marked path, which at first runs on the road, soon leaves it and continues left through the forest. Further, we are ascending on the path on which the steepness is increasing, and it a few times crosses a forest road. Higher, the steepness decreases and the path joins the forest road on which we continue the ascent. The road soon starts descending and in a few steps, it brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue straight in the direction of the cottage Koča pri Jelenovem studencu (left - Mestni vrh, right - Ledenik).
From the crossing to the cottage we have only a few minutes of easy walking.
From the cottage, we continue in the direction of Kočevska Reka and cave Ledena jama on a cart track which in a few steps of ascent brings us to a macadam road. The mentioned road, we only cross, because signs for cave Ledena jama point us on a footpath which continues parallel with the road. After a few minutes of walking through the forest we return to a macadam road which we follow to the right, but only to the next crossing.
We continue left in the direction of Požgani hrib (right - cave Ledena jama) on a cart track which continues with some shorter ascents and descents. After some time we notice a signpost, which points us to the left on a footpath, on which in a few minutes of additional walking, we ascend to Požgani hrib.

Along the route: Koča pri Jelenovem studencu mountain hut (850m)

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