Zgornja Dobrava - Šobčev bajer (via Zjavka and Pusti grad)

Access to the starting point:
a) Take the Podbrezje exit (to get here from the Gorenjska motorway, take the Naklo or Tržič exit), then follow the signs for Kropa. At Lipnica, do not take the Lipnica exit to Kropa, but continue driving to the right towards Kamna Gorica. A little further on, leave the main road and turn right towards Zgornja Dobrava. After about 500 metres of ascent, we reach Zgornja Dobrava, and we drive on for another 100 metres to a junction on a small pass, where the road to Srednja Dobrava branches off to the right. At this junction, the footpath described above begins, but there are no parking spaces. You can park lower down on the road, or higher up on the part of the path description.
b) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at exit Radovljica, then take exit Mošnje and continue towards the village of Globoko, where you will also cross the Sava River. When you reach Mišače, continue straight on towards Zgornja Dobrava, and in Zgornja Dobrava you will reach a crossroads where the road to Srednja Dobrava branches off to the left. At this junction, the footpath described above begins, but there are no parking spaces. You can park lower down on the road, or higher up on the part of the path description.

Path description:
From the crossroads, take the road that continues north-west (the opposite road from the one leading to Srednja Dobrava), which initially takes you past the goat house and along the beautiful views of Jamnik. When the asphalt ends, we see signs for Ojstra peč, which directs us to a forest road, from which we soon turn right at an unmarked junction onto the wide, initially still passable cart track. Cart track is soon joined on the right by the path from Mišače, and we continue straight ahead on the gradually narrower cart track, which continues with a few short ascents and descents. After about 20 minutes of walking we reach the next marked crossroads where we continue in the route Zjavka (slightly right Ojstra peč 1 minute).
From cart track which we follow, a few steps further on, a wider path branches off to the right (the path leading further towards Pusti grad, Fuxova brv - the path which bypasses Zjavka), and we continue on cart track which continues with some short ascents and descents. After a few minutes, cart track splits, and we continue once more on the left-hand cart track. Cart track descends a little further and then climbs to the Zjavka lookout.
After the "woodshed" at Zjavka, continue right and start to descend transversely. After a few minutes of descending, you reach a small cross, where there is a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads, continue straight ahead towards the nature trail Pusti grad (Fuxova brv and Radovljica on the right, Kamna Gorica on the left).
The gently sloping path leads us steeply above the Galleries, and a little further on we join the path through the Galleries. After the junction of the above-mentioned path, we leave the forest and the path leads us across the hayfield to the settlement Zgornja Lipnica, where we follow the signs for Pusti grad at the crossroads. Walk along the dirt road, which after a few minutes is joined by another path from the Fux footbridge. Continue along the road, which then leads to the next houses, where at the crossroads you again follow the signs for Pusti grad. Behind the last house, a fine view of the route to the Alps opens up, and then, as we re-enter the forest, we arrive at a crossroads where a short path branches off to the left, leading to Pusti grad. From the crossroads, Pusti grad is reached after about a minute's further walking, and from the top you return to the last crossroads and continue to the left (straight ahead, if you do not visit the Deserted Castle). There is a short crossing, and then you pass a trestle and descend to a nearby homestead, where you get on the road. Follow the road down to the main road Kamna Gorica - Lancovo, and we carefully cross it and continue our descent on a side road. A little lower down, the road leads us past a few more houses, and at the crossroads we follow that road, which continues in roughly the same direction and descends. The tarmac soon ends and we return to the main road, which we follow until we reach the settlement Lancovo. Continue straight on through Lancovo, then after the bridge over the Sava River, turn left onto the path along the Sava. The gently sloping path continues along the left bank of the Sava River, passing fish, and then, after a small bridge over a side stream, it turns slightly to the right and gives way to the Sava River. There is some alternating walking through woods and across meadows, and then you arrive at a larger meadow where a short path, less than 5 minutes long, branches off to the right to the Lehnjak stream and its source. If you have decided to visit the stream, return to the 'main' path and then continue in the direction of Šobec. A little further on, at some beehives, you reach a macadam road, and a little further on another wider road, which you follow down to the left. After a short descent, you will reach a large parking lot at Šobčev bajer, where you continue left and walk through the entrance to the bivouac to Šobče bayer.
During the bathing season, there is a charge for access to the lake.

On the way: Zjavka (505m), Lipniški grad (Pusti grad nad Lipnico) (590m), Lancovo (415m)

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