Brod - Rudnica

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Lesce, and then continue driving towards Lake Bohinj. A little after Bohinjska Bistrica, we will get to a smaller crossroad, where a local road branches off to the right towards the village Brod. Here we turn right and drive another good 100 meters to the former parking lot, which is situated before the bridge over the river Sava Bohinjka.

Path description:
From the former parking lot, we first cross the bridge, then walk along the asphalt road to the village Brod. At the beginning of the village, the path from Bohinjska Bistrica joins us from the right, and we continue straight in the direction of Lake Bohinj and Rudnica. A little further ahead, a road branches off to the right towards Srednja vas and Češnjica, and we follow the road which continues through the village slightly to the left, where after a short gentle descent we arrive at the next crossroad.
At the mentioned crossroad, we notice a mountain signpost for Rudnica, which directs us right onto the road which, past the birth house of Dr. Janez Mencinger, brings us to a cart track that leads us into the forest. Through the forest we follow the occasional rare blazes, and the path, with some views of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, brings us to steeper slopes, where Ivanova pot joins us. From the junction we ascend transversely to the right for a short time, then the path turns sharply to the left, where we quickly arrive below the steep cliffs. Behind the cliffs the path slowly turns to the right and gradually becomes less steep. A little further ahead we cross a short panoramic clearing, and the path behind it brings us into the forest, where we arrive at a smaller, somewhat different chapel. Here the path turns slightly to the left and gently ascends to the ridge of Rudnica, where the path from Stara Fužina and the village Studor joins us from the left. We continue straight and along the edge of the forest quickly arrive at the top of Rudnica, from which a nice view opens up onto Zgornja bohinjska dolina and the surrounding mountains.