Zgornje Danje - Altemaver (Ratitovec)

Access to starting point:
A) From upper Gorenjska we first drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue driving towards Soriška planina. From Soriška planina we start descending towards Sorica, and at the beginning of the village we turn left towards Zgornje Danje. When we arrive in Zgornje Danje, at the crossroads before the houses we turn left uphill onto a somewhat steeper rougher macadam road, beside which after 100 m we park.
B) From central Slovenia we first drive to Škofja Loka, then continue driving towards Železniki and then to Soriška planina. At the end of Sorica village we turn right towards Zgornje Danje. Further we drive on the road which traverses the slopes towards the right, then just before the houses in Zgornje Danje we turn left onto a rough macadam road, beside which after 100 m we park.
C) From Primorska we first drive to Most na Soči or Bača pri Modreju, then continue driving towards Podbrdo and further towards Soriška planina. At the end of Sorica village we turn right towards Zgornje Danje. Further we drive on the road which traverses the slopes towards the right, then just before the houses in Zgornje Danje we turn left onto a rough macadam road, beside which after 100 m we park.

Route description:
From the road beside which we have parked we continue right and continue the path on a wide stony cart track, which we follow only to the nearby wooden shack. Here we will notice on the left side the beginning of the marked path which leads 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 on this part is somewhat harder, but if we find the trail which continues in the same direction, we have no major problems. The path further for some time returns to the forest, then flattens and brings us to a larger meadow (mountain pasture Spodnji Jirn). On the other side of the meadow, at the watering place for animals the path turns slightly to the left and then right into the forest. The path further brings us to a poorer cart track, along which we walk only briefly, since then poorly visible marks direct us left onto the mountain path, along which through the forest we follow to a relatively new wooden log cabin.
From the log cabin, where we also step out of the forest, we continue in the same direction and continue the ascent on a poorly visible path, which ascends transversely slightly towards the right. The increasingly scenic path, from which beautiful views open up on Blegoš, Črni vrh and Porezen, brings us higher to an old military bunker, where we can rest or make a nice panoramic photo. From the bunker we continue for a few more minutes on 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 off to the right.
We continue in the mentioned direction (slightly left Koča na Ratitovcu) and after 5 minutes of ascent we arrive at the panoramic summit.

Along the route: Spodnji Jirn (1334m)

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

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