Cerknica - Slivnica

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Koper highway, take the Unec exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Cerknica. Just a few 100 m before Cerknica, we will arrive at a crossroads, where the road towards Begunje and Slivnica branches off to the left. Here we continue straight (not in the direction of Slivnica) on the road, which soon brings us to the center of the settlement. When we have driven across the bridge over the river Cerkniščica, pay attention, because a little further on, the road that brings us to our starting point branches off to the left. Approximately 50 m after the discount store Hura, on the left side of the road we will notice the mountain signposts for the mountain hut Dom na Slivnici, which direct us left onto an ascending road. After a short ascent, we will notice the beginning of the footpath, and on the opposite side of it we park on the asphalted parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot we first cross the road, then head onto the footpath in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Slivnici. The path first gently ascends through a strip of bushes, then transitions into a pine forest, where it begins to ascend somewhat more steeply. Higher up, we cross a few forest roads, after which the path becomes almost completely level. There follows a few minutes' walk through mixed forest, then it joins a poorer forest road, which we follow for only a few 10 m. Further on, the blazes direct us slightly to the right into a strip of bushes, and the path then takes us over a pasture fence onto the vast grassy slopes of Slivnica. Along the gentle path, which leads us further across these grassy slopes, beautiful views open up onto the Javorniki ridge and Cerkniško polje with Cerkniško jezero lake. Further on, the path enters a strip of sparse pine forest and begins to ascend moderately. When we step out of the forest again, we already see the Dom na Slivnici mountain hut ahead of us, which is just 5 minutes of easy walking away.
We bypass the mountain hut on the right side, and the blazes direct us into the forest onto a moderately steep footpath that continues ascending via gentle steps. The mentioned path ends at the turning area (parking lot) of the forest road to Slivnica. From the turning area, we continue along a partly overgrown path that climbs through a strip of raspberry bushes, then transitions onto a grassy slope, across which we ascend to the summit of the 1114 m high Slivnica in a few 10 steps of further walking.

On the way: Dom na Slivnici mountain hut (1078m)