Rotek - Altemaver (Ratitovec)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving in the direction of Železniki and Tolmin. A few kilometers after Zali Log we arrive at a crossroads at Podrošt, where we continue straight in the direction of Sorica and Soriška planina (left Petrovo Brdo and Tolmin). When the road from Petrovo Brdo joins from the left above Sorica, we continue right, and then towards Soriška planina we drive only to the crossroads, where roads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Danje branch off to the right. We park in an appropriate place by the road. Lately, because of the reconstruction of the road Podrošt - Sorica, the road is often closed. In this case, we use a detour, namely by continuing at Podrošt in the direction of Tolmin, and then turning right at the first crossroads. Along a quite steep road we arrive at Sorica, where we rejoin the main road towards Soriška planina.
B) From the direction of Baška grapa we drive to Petrovo Brdo, and from there we continue left towards Soriška planina. A little after we join the road from Sorica, we arrive at a crossroads, where roads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Danje branch off to the right. We park in an appropriate place by the road.
C) From Bohinjska Bistrica we continue driving towards Soriška planina, and from there we start descending towards Sorica. When after a few kilometers of descent roads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Danje branch off to the left, we park in an appropriate place by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road in the direction of Zgornje Danje and Ratitovec, from which a view first opens towards the church of St. Mark in Spodnje Danje; after crossing the power line, the road enters the forest, through which it ascends diagonally. After a few minutes, a wide cart track branches slightly to the left from the road, leading to Erbelc, but we continue on the road, which continues to ascend gently to the right. A little further, an unmarked cart track from Spodnje Danje joins from the right (here to the left branches another cart track to Erbelc); the road then gradually leaves the forest onto more panoramic slopes. Next follows a turn to the left, and with views of the cliffs of Ratitovec we reach a small crossroads right before Zgornje Danje. We continue on the left upper road, which after a few tens of meters changes into a rocky cart track, which we follow only to the nearby wooden shack, where on the left side we notice the start of the marked path to Ratitovec.
The path first ascends through the forest, then crosses a relatively new clearing, where we also cross a cart track. At this spot, due to fallen trees there are no marks, so orientation here is somewhat harder, but if we find the trail continuing in the same direction, we have no major problems. The path ahead returns to the forest for a while, then levels out and takes us to a larger meadow (planina Spodnji Jirn). On the other side of the meadow, at the watering place for animals the path turns slightly left and then right into the forest. The path ahead takes us to a rougher cart track, along which we walk only briefly, as poorly visible markers then direct us left onto the mountain trail, which we follow through the forest to a relatively new wooden cabin.
From the cabin, where we also exit the forest, we continue in the same direction, continuing the ascent along a poorly visible path ascending diagonally slightly to the right. The increasingly scenic path, offering beautiful views of Blegoš, Črni vrh and Porezen, takes us higher to an old military bunker, where we can rest or take a nice panoramic photo. From the bunker we continue a few minutes along a poorly trodden path, then join the path Soriška planina - Krekova koča.
Here we continue right and follow the path, which rises slightly and descends again a few times, to a marked junction where the path to Altemaver branches right.
We continue in the mentioned direction (slightly left to Koča na Ratitovcu) and after 5 minutes of ascent arrive at the panoramic summit.
Rotek - Zgornje Danje 45 minutes, Zgornje Danje - Altemaver 1:45.

Along the route: Zgornje Danje (1070m), Spodnji Jirn (1334m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Krekova koča na Ratitovcu, Gladki vrh (Ratitovec)

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