Starting point: Soča (500 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,3425°N 13,6693°E |
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Walking time: 3 h 50 min
Difficulty: easy pathless terrain
Elevation gain: 1465 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1500 m
Map: TNP 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
From Trenta or Bovec we drive to the village Soča, where by the road we notice the church. The beginning of the footpath is 200-300m from the church towards Trenta, where by the road we notice signposts and a smaller parking lot for 2-3 cars.
Route description:
From the village Soča we go on a footpath following the signs Bavški Grintavec. The path already at the beginning starts quite steeply ascending through the forest and in good half an hour of walking, it brings us to the mountain pasture or village Lemovje. Here the path at first turns a little to the left past few houses, and then soon turns to the right and again starts steeply ascending through the forest. The path then turns to the left, where the steepness slightly decreases. Next follows crossing of steep south slopes below Kol (1924 m), which brings us to the hunting cottage on the mountain pasture Planina nad Sočo.
Few meters above the hunting cottage we leave the marked path and we go left on a poorly beaten footpath. The footpath then through a short lane of a forest brings us to the hunting observatory, where we continue right upwards. The path here runs on the right side of a grassy slope upwards. The path then again brings us into the forest and is still ascending towards the north. The footpath is here very poorly visible and slowly turns slightly to the right. A little higher, the path turns to the left and it brings us out of the forest. From here is a nice view towards Vrh Leh (1958 m), which is all vegetated with dwarf pines. Slightly right from the mentioned summit is nicely visible path (narrow lane without dwarf pines), which leads straight upwards. Further, we are then steeply ascending on the mentioned path. A little before we reach the ridge, a poorly visible path joins from the right, which crosses a slope below Vrh Ruš (1995 m). Here we continue left and on a narrow footpath we cross a slope through dwarf pines. We soon come out of the dwarf pines on a grassy slope and we start ascending towards smaller saddle between the peaks Pri Banderi and Vrh Leh.
On the saddle where a view opens up into a valley of Bavšica, we continue left on a grassy ridge and then we soon reach the peak Pri Banderi.
From the top, we continue on the ridge and after a short descent and then ascent we reach Vrh Ovčje planje from which a view opens up towards Svinjak.
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