Škofja Loka (Najdihojca) - Lubnik (on northwestern ridge / Kurirska pot)

Access to the starting point:
We drive to Škofja Loka and on to Podlubnik. Park in a small parking lot under the Najdihojca kindergarten.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head to the small bridge over the Selška Sora a few metres away, cross it and turn right just after the bridge onto the path that leads along the riverbed. We are in the area called Vincarje. On your left is first a meadow and then a field, and soon you see a small hydroelectric power station on the opposite bank of the Sora, which you pass. We continue to walk along the path and later along the wider path along the riverbed until we see a direction sign for Lubnik on a tree on the right side of the path, which has been "hugged" by a lot of bark, pointing us up the bank to the left. We go straight ahead. When you get to the Veštr Bridge, don't go over, turn left and stick to this road, walk on the top side of the road until it goes down. Then turn sharply up the bank, the road narrows into a path. The path passes a cave with a spring of water, you come to a meadow (ATTENTION!! It is very overgrown here in summer, thick as in a jungle, so go slowly and carefully until the meadow opens up!). When you cross the meadow, turn left onto the dirt road, make one turn and go in the direction of Praprotna, straight ahead. Take a few steps, when the road starts to descend steeply we turn left into a less visible path, and just after a short climb we turn sharp right, up a bank, onto a trackless path. Cross the road, somewhere the path is a little visible. Here begins an extremely steep climb. Keep climbing until you pass boulders and cross the road twice. We are now at 650 m and the trail climbs up to the last road, 773 m. Immediately afterwards, the hard part comes, climbing over boulders, passing some of them. We cross another track, and then the steepness gets even worse. After a few minutes of climbing, we turn into the boulders, you have to start using your hands. After climbing/ traversing these 15 m of boulders, you are on top of a very scenic ledge. Then turn onto the ridge, when the forest starts to thicken go around on the right and come out under the cargo cableway. Descend via Gabrovo and into Podlubnik. WARNING: This route is only for experienced people who have no problem with orientation, can climb over boulders and have no problems with steepness. The route covers an altitude difference of 600m in less than a kilometre, with an average gradient of 67 degrees from the start of the slope to the end. The route is not suitable for descending. There are some historical markings ;-) Correction 12. 02. 2022: I saw somewhere that this is a courier route. Otherwise the direction is north-west, so both names remain.

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