Pikovnik - Sveti Vid (Vidovska planota)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, take the Brezovica exit, then continue in the direction of Podpeč (Podpeč can also be reached from Črna vas or Ig). In Podpeč, continue in the direction of Borovnica, Krimo and Rakitna, and continue along the edge of the Ljubljana Moor for a short distance, then the signs for Rakitna direct you left onto a steeply ascending road. The road then leads through Preserje, where it also begins to descend. After a short descent, continue left in the direction of Krimo and Rakitna, and we then follow the mostly ascending road to Rakitna and from there towards Cerknica. We continue through the forest for a few kilometres and then arrive at the Pikovnik pass and the village of the same name, where we park at a suitable place along the road.
b) From the Koper - Ljubljana motorway, take the Unec exit and follow the road towards Cerknica. Just before Cerknica, turn left in the direction of Begunje, and when you arrive in Begunje, follow the signs for Rakitno. The road then starts to climb, and we follow it to the village and the Pikovnik pass, where we park in a suitable place along the road.
c) First drive to Cerknica, then continue in the direction of Begunje, and when you arrive in Begunje follow the signs for Rakitno. The road then starts to climb and we follow it to the settlement and the pass Pikovnik, where we park at a suitable place along the road.

Path description:
On the eastern side of the pass we see the mountain signs for Zadelo, Koščake and Sveti Vid, which direct us to cart track, which first climbs under the power line and turns slightly to the left. Continue under the power line for a short distance and then the initially scenic route turns to the right. The ascent continues along an increasingly narrower hayfield, surrounded mainly by spruce forest. Higher up, the path becomes flatter and the forest ends completely at the beginning of the ridge. On the other side of the vast meadow, the path enters the forest, through which it then climbs relatively gently. The path continues along the south-west side of Zadela (Zadela (959 m) is a forested peak) and then gradually leads to an undistinguished pass to the south-east of the summit.
The path then gradually passes to the forested ridge of Ostrega vrh (950 m), whose featureless summit is reached after a few minutes' further walking.
From the summit of Ostrega Peak, the trail begins to descend, first through the forest and then through already overgrown clearings. When the descent ends, we reach the road Zadela - Sveti Vid, and we reach it just by a lonely house, which we gradually follow out of the forest. We continue along the path with beautiful views of the Javorniki ridge, Slivnica, Snežnik and the rest of the surrounding hills. There is a short descent, in the middle of which the road first branches off to the right towards some houses in the village of Koščake, and a little further on, the Rakitna road joins us from the left. In both cases, we continue straight on, but the tarmac road quickly leads us to the next village, called Korošce.
On the other side of the village, the road climbs a little, then lays down and slowly starts to turn more to the left. In the meantime, the view opens up towards the Church of St. Vid and the village of the same name. A little before the village, we join another slightly wider road, which we follow to the left, and we follow it up to the fire house and the church.

On the way: Koščake (850m), Korošče (827m)

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