Podljubelj (Lajb) - Zajmenove peči

Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at the junction Podtabor, and then we continue driving towards the border crossing Ljubelj. Further, we drive past the turn-off for Bistrica pri Tržiču, and higher also past the turn-off for Podljubelj. A little after the road sign 4.5 km, after the underpass we turn right and then once again right in Podljubelj. We park on an appropriate place at the sign, which marks the beginning of Podljubelj.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a local road which leads in the direction of center of Podljubelj, and we walk there to the hamlet Črni Gozd, and to the hamlet we get to after good 5 minutes of easy walking on the asphalt road.
At the mentioned hamlet we continue left on a bad forest road which by the edge of the forest splits into two cart tracks. We continue on the left cart track which further leads by the edge of a meadow, and at the next crossing we go straight (right cart track on the south side bypasses Rjavka 998 meters and there it is also possible to come on Zajmenove peči). Cart track only a little further once again splits, and this time we continue right, so that we gradually pass into a small valley north from Rjavka. Next follows an ascent on a cart track which is quite steeply ascending through the forest, and higher for some time splits on left less steep and right steeper. Higher cart tracks join, and then at the smaller crossing, we continue on the right wider cart track which from the valley leads on a slope. Next follows a diagonal ascent towards the right, in doing so the path leads us over the ridge northeast from Rjavka. Cart track a little further makes the left hairpin turn, and follows few smaller crossings, where we follow a wider cart track. Higher, we reach indistinct southern side ridge, which is from Zajmenove peči descending towards the valley. On the mentioned spot cart track ends, and we continue few 10 strides diagonally towards the right, where on an indistinct ridge appears worse footpath (here we join the path from other starting points). We continue the ascent on a worse footpath which here and there entirely vanishes, and next to it we notice few cairns. We are all the time steeply ascending in approximately the same direction, ridge is becoming less and less distinct, and the slope increasingly steep. Higher the footpath almost entirely vanishes, and individual cairns point us few steps to the left, where we reach some kind of grassy groove, on which we continue the ascent. Grassy slope is occasionally interrupted by lanes of thin forest or dwarf pines, and direction of the ascent remains the same, that means straight upwards. Shorter rocky cliffs we bypass on the left side and on steep grass and dwarf pines we reach the ridge of Zajmenove peči, from where a beautiful view opens up. If we reached the ridge left from the peak, we continue right and with nice views, we reach the bench and few steps ahead also peak of Zajmenove peči.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (September).