Starting point: Medvodje (854 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,4076°N 14,3915°E |
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Walking time: 1 h 40 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Elevation gain: 445 m
Elevation difference along the route: 450 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
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Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Podnart (Ljubelj), and then we continue driving on the fast road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When the fast road ends, we will notice a gas station on the right side, in front of which we turn right downwards towards Tržič. Further, we drive through Tržič, while we follow the narrower road towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska and then through the villages Dolina and Jelendol to Medvodje, where we park on a marked parking lot by the nearby crossroad.
Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the left road in the direction of Košutnikov turn, Dolge njive and Košutnik (right - Stegovniški slap). We first walk on a marked road, by which the blazes are rare, and we are all the time ascending by the stream Košutnik. When the macadam road turns sharply right and crosses the stream, we leave it and continue straight on a marked path, by which the blazes are more frequent. A few minutes we are still ascending by the stream, and then the path turns left and steeply ascends to an older cart track, which we follow to the right. On the cart track, we are mainly ascending diagonally, and then the path splits.
Slightly to the right, closer to the stream, a marked path continues, and we continue on an unmarked cart track, which a few minutes higher brings us to the road Košutnik - planina Šija.
We follow the road to the left (right Košutnik) and cross the slopes towards the left. A little further, the road starts to ascend more noticeably, and on the northwestern slopes of Penatce, it turns sharply to the right. Some more diagonal ascent follows, and then we arrive at a small saddle and junction northwest of Penatce.
At the junction, we leave the wider macadam road and continue left on a narrower road, from which after some 10 steps we go left on a cart track, which starts ascending diagonally. An ascent on the cart track follows, and at a smaller junction, we go straight, after which an ascent on a panoramic slope follows. When the cart track ends, we step into the forest and after a few steps reach the summit of Penatce.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2020.
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