Pri Rupah - Debela peč

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway we take the Lesce exit and follow the road in the direction of Bled, there at the traffic-light intersection signs for Pokljuka direct us to the right. This road, which in the lower part runs through some villages and later starts ascending steeper, we follow to Mrzli Studenec (mountain pasture, which is located a good 50 meters behind the intersection, where left downwards the road to Bohinj branches off). In the middle of the mentioned mountain pasture from the main road the road which runs to Medvedova konta, Pri Rupah and mountain pasture Javornik branches off to the right. Here we turn right and in the next crossroads we follow the road in the direction of the mountain pasture (Za)Javornik. The road then runs past the mentioned mountain pasture and a good kilometer ahead brings us to a parking lot at the monument to fallen NOB soldiers.

Route description:
From the parking lot we head onto the footpath in the direction of Blejska koča on Lipanca, which past the NOB monument quickly leads us into the forest. The path, which initially ascends gently, ascends somewhat more steeply after a good 10 minutes and brings us to a forest road, which we only cross. We continue on the cart track in the direction of Lipanca, which higher brings us to the place where we join the path from mountain pasture Javornik. A fairly wide path, which all the time runs in the embrace of spruce forests, then higher brings us to the next junction, where we again continue in the direction of Lipanca (left). We continue the ascent on a very wide cart track, which in a gentle ascent brings us in a few minutes to the grazing area of mountain pasture Lipanca. Here the path turns right and leads us in a moderate ascent along the right lower edge of the mentioned mountain pasture. This is followed by crossing a grassy slope and the path, which brings us back into the forest, makes a sharp right turn at the NOB monument, after which we reach the shepherd and mountain hut on mountain pasture Lipanca.
From the mountain pasture we continue right on an initially poorly visible and even worse marked path, which after a short ascent brings us to the upper edge of the mountain pasture, where there is also a smaller junction. We continue slightly left in the direction of Lipanski vrh, Brda and Debela peč on the path which bypasses a larger sinkhole on the right side. A little further on, a path towards Lipanski vrh branches off from the "main" path. We continue slightly right in the direction of Debela peč on the path which gradually begins to ascend ever steeper. When we pass this somewhat steeper section of the path we reach the next junction, where we continue straight in the direction of Debela peč (left Lipanska vrata and Brda). We continue on a gentle path, from which after a few more steps a path to mountain pasture Klek branches off to the right. The well-marked path then bypasses the interesting peak Spodnja Brda (1844m) on the left side and thereafter begins to ascend more steeply on less and less vegetated slopes. When we reach the spacious ridge the steepness eases and the path turns right, where it bypasses the dwarf pine-covered Okroglež. This is followed by a 10-minute crossing towards the east, which ends at the summit base of Debela peč. Here the path ascends steeply and after a further 10 minutes brings us to the panoramic summit.

Along the route: Blejska koča na Lipanci mountain hut (1630m)

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