Matevljek - Velika Jazbina

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Ljubljana - Kočevje, at the settlement Žlebič, we turn onto the road in the direction of Sodražica. In Sodražica we leave the main road and continue driving in the direction of the settlement Hrib - Loški potok. Further on, we drive along an initially ascending and quite winding road, which we follow to the already mentioned settlement. When the road from Nova vas na Blokah joins from the right, we continue straight ahead, then at the next crossroad turn right in the direction of Srednja vas. Here the road starts to descend more steeply, but a little lower, at the next crossroad, we continue straight in the direction of Šegova vas. In Šegova vas we choose the left road, then past a few houses we ascend onto extensive meadows, through which we arrive at the hamlet Matevljek. Above the hamlet, the road loses its asphalt covering and gradually enters the forest. When we arrive at the crossroad of several roads, we park in a suitable place by the crossroad. We park in such a way that we do not hinder any possible forestry work.
B) From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper we take the Unec exit, then continue driving towards Cerknica and further to Nova vas. In Nova vas, at an indistinct but still well-marked crossroad, we continue straight along the road in the direction of Sodražica, then after approximately 1 km of further driving turn right in the direction of Studenec na Blokah. At the following crossroads we follow the road in the direction of the settlement Hrib - Loški potok. When we join the road from Sodražica we continue straight, then at the next crossroad turn right in the direction of Srednja vas. Here the road starts to descend more steeply, but a little lower, at the next crossroad, we continue straight in the direction of Šegova vas. In Šegova vas we choose the left road, then past a few houses we ascend onto extensive meadows, through which we arrive at the hamlet Matevljek. Above the hamlet, the road loses its asphalt covering and gradually enters the forest. When we arrive at the crossroad of several roads, we park in a suitable place by the crossroad. We park in such a way that we do not hinder any possible forestry work.

Route description:
From the crossroad where we parked, we continue along the upper right road (viewed in the direction of approach to the starting point), which begins to ascend moderately through the forest. We follow the road, along which we can also notice some old markings, to the point where the forest temporarily ends. Here we continue right onto the cart track, which then returns to the forest. We continue through quite sparse forest; the cart track quickly brings us to the next junction, where we take the leftmost cart track. The cart track, which then ascends moderately, brings us just a few minutes higher to a less noticeable junction, where a somewhat better-marked path branches off to the right towards Votla stena and Velika Jazbina.
We continue along the mentioned path, along which we quickly arrive at the nearby hunting hut.
From the hunting hut we continue straight ahead; the path gradually enters dense forest, where it turns slightly left and brings us below steep rocky cliffs. The path continues below the cliffs and quickly brings us to Votla stena.
From Votla stena we continue along the marked path, which then ascends transversely across a fairly steep slope, where especially when wet the risk of slipping increases. The path soon levels out and brings us to a forest road, which we merely cross. On the other side of the road, the path begins first moderately, then ever more steeply ascending through the forest. Higher up, the path turns even further left and brings us to the point where it begins to ascend steeply over partly rocky terrain. After a short ascent we reach the ridge, which further on is slightly exposed in several places but mostly overgrown with forest. There follow some steep rocky steps, and the path brings us to the panoramic summit of Velika Jazbina.

Along the route: Lovska koča (1052m), Votla stena (1090m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Petelinjek ( 20 min)

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