Soča - Bavški Grintavec

Access to starting point:
From Trenta or Bovec we drive to the village Soča, where by the road we notice the church. The beginning of the footpath is 200-300m from the church towards Trenta, where by the road we notice signposts and a smaller parking lot for 2-3 cars.

Path description:
From the village Soča we go on a footpath following the signs Bavški Grintavec. The path already at the beginning starts quite steeply ascending through the forest and in good half an hour of walking, it brings us to the mountain pasture or village Lemovje. Here the path at first turns a little to the left through a meadow, after that soon turns to the right and again starts steeply ascending partly through the forest, partly over steep meadows. The path then turns to the left, where the steepness slightly decreases. Next follows crossing of steep south slopes below Kol (1924 meters), which brings us to the hunting cottage on the mountain pasture Planina nad Sočo.
On the mountain pasture path turns to the right and is ascending on grassy slopes and past fallen trees. The path continues to ascend over high grass on the south grassy slopes, and occasionally is ascending also through the forest. The forest soon passes into dwarf pines and the path starts turning slightly to the right towards small valley between Mali Grintavec (2282 meters) and Kol. After the ascent through the valley, the path brings us to scree below Bavški Grintavec. Here the path becomes pretty steep, and in the last part also slightly crumbly and exposed to falling stones. The described path is the easiest approach on Bavški Grintavec, but the path can also be very strenuous because it is all the time exposed to sun.

On the way: Lemovje (856m), Planina nad Sočo (1400m)