Kropa - Partisan cottage on Vodiška planina (via Berigla)
Starting point: Kropa (494 m)
Lat/Lon: | 46,2906°N 14,2047°E |
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Name of path: via Berigla
Time of walking: 2 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Altitude difference: 614 m
Altitude difference po putu: 790 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): crampons, ice axe
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Access to the starting point:
a) From Ljubljana, take the Gorenjska motorway to Jesenice, and follow it to the Ljubelj (Podnart) exit. Continue on the expressway towards Ljubelj, and we turn right at the first exit, where we quickly reach a roundabout, from which we continue in the direction of Podnart and Kropa. The road then takes us through an underpass under the motorway and leads us a little further on to a junction where we join the road from Nakleg. Here we turn right and continue along the road, which gradually starts to descend. In the middle of the descent we come to a crossroads where we turn sharp left (towards Kropa) and then immediately after the bridge over the Sava River we turn left again (right Podnart). Continue along the Lipnica river and follow the road to the crossroads where the road to Kamna Gorica branches off to the right. Here, turn left towards Kropa and follow the road through the above-mentioned place. Just a few metres before the house with house number 7, you will see a sports field on the left and a parking lot underneath, where you park.
b) From the Gorenjska direction, leave the motorway towards Ljubljana at the Brezje exit and then follow the signs towards Kropa. Park in the parking lot next to the sports ground in Kropa.
Path description:
From the parking lot, walk to the house number 7, then turn left along the asphalt road. The road quickly turns to gravel, and we follow it up to the Church of Our Lady of Kropar.
From the church, follow cart track, which ascends crosswise to the left over a relatively steep slope. Higher up, climb onto a wooded ridge, where you continue sharp right in the route Jamnik (left Brezovica, straight Češnjica). Continue along the cart track, which continues to climb along a relatively steep ridge.
Continue towards Jamnik, and the path leads along a wooded ridge, and after a short climb reaches the undistinguished summit of Berigle. Higher up, the path gradually moves from the ridge to the slope and splits.
To the left, the path to Jamnik branches off, and we go left a few steps further at a marked crossroads, from which we continue along the steep path towards Vodiška mountain pasture. There is a steep climb for a few minutes and then we cross an asphalt road.
On the other side of the road, continue along the marked cart track, soon turning right onto a footpath, which after a few minutes returns to cart track. There is some climbing on cart track, where there are some serpentines, and then cart track narrows into a mountain path. During the further ascent, we have some views towards Jamnik, but after a small sign the path widens to cart track, which leads us to a crossroads where the path from Jamnik joins us from the left.
Follow the signs for Vodice, and you will quickly reach a crossroads where the path to the Meta technique branches off to the left, and we continue to the right towards Vodice.
We continue along a sloping path that leads us through the plateau-like world of the forested Jelovice.
After a while, the signs for Vodice direct us from the old dirt track to the right onto a well-traced footpath that gradually climbs to the ridge of Zidane skala. Walk along the ridge for a while and then arrive at the Zidana skala lookout point, which offers a beautiful view of the Karawanks and the Kamniško Savinjske Alps.
From the viewpoint, the path returns to the forest, which continues to climb along the edge of very steep and, especially in the wet, dangerous slopes. The path continues to climb for a few minutes, then turns slightly to the right and begins to descend relatively steeply. During the descent, we are still walking along the edge of the steep slopes, which are dangerous for slipping, as the memorial of the unfortunate hiker reminds us. The path then gradually flattens out and leads to the NOB memorial, where it joins a wider dirt track. Here, turn right and continue along cart track, which after a few minutes starts to descend steeply towards Vodiška mountain pasture. After a short descent, the path is laid and leads to the above-mentioned mountain pasture, in the middle of which stands the Partisan Home.

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