Solarji - Deveti konfin (survey point 930) (via Ježa)

Access to starting point:
A) From Nova Gorica or from Tolmin we drive towards Bovec. Only a little after the roundabout where the roads from Nova Gorica and Tolmin join, we arrive at a crossroads where the road towards the Solarji pass and Kolovrat branches off to the left. The road then brings us by the edge of Volče, where a signpost for the Solarji saddle directs us right onto the road, which after the last houses starts to ascend more steeply. Further we drive on the asphalt road, which after a few kilometers of ascent brings us to the saddle, where there is also a crossroads. Here we continue on the left lower road, along which already after a few meters we park on a large parking lot (we park in a way that we do not hinder possible forestry work).
B) From Bovec we drive towards Tolmin, but we follow the road to the place where the road towards Kolovrat branches off to the right (the turn-off is marked and is located only a little before the roundabout where the road splits towards Nova Gorica and Tolmin). The road then brings us by the edge of Volče, where a signpost for the Solarji saddle directs us right onto the road, which after the last houses starts to ascend more steeply. Further we drive on the asphalt road, which after a few kilometers of ascent brings us to the saddle, where there is also a crossroads. Here we continue on the left lower road, along which already after a few meters we park on a large parking lot (we park in a way that we do not hinder possible forestry work).

Path description:
On the opposite side of the "parking lot" we notice a mountain signpost with the inscription Ježa and Planinski dom pod Ježo, which directs us onto a gently undulating and relatively overgrown cart track. The cart track soon turns into a footpath, which first descends gently, then increasingly steeply. The path ahead leads past an old military cavern and behind it brings us to a short section secured with a steel cable (undemanding). A short descent follows and the path brings us to a macadam road, which we reach right at the smaller crossroads. Here we continue on the left road, from which we soon turn right onto an ascending and initially wide cart track. We follow the cart track briefly, then the signs for Ježa direct us right onto a footpath which starts to ascend more steeply through the forest. The less trodden and on some places more overgrown path levels out higher and brings us out of the forest onto the partly panoramic summit ridge of Ježa, along which we walk in a few dozen steps to the logbook box.
From the top of Ježa we continue on the marked path in the direction of Planinski dom pod Ježo. The path from the summit itself immediately enters the forest, through which it descends to a marked junction. At the junction we continue left in the direction of Očna (straight to Planinski dom pod Ježo) and continue the path along an increasingly overgrown footpath. After a few minutes at the fallen spruce the footpath completely disappears, but we follow the blazes, as they quickly bring us to a wide cart track, which we follow to the right. After a few steps walking on the cart track a marked path to Deveti konfin (elevation 942) branches off to the left to which it is 5 minutes, while we follow the cart track for a few more minutes, i.e. to its end at a lonely wooden cottage.
From the cottage, by which there is also a wide artificially carved tunnel, we continue on the path which starts to ascend more steeply through the forest and shrub belt. After a short ascent on the overgrown slope we quickly arrive at the concrete pillar on Deveti konfin with elevation 930.
From the pillar we can continue a few dozen more steps forward and the path brings us out of the forest onto a panoramic meadow.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in May 2011.

On the way: Ježa (949m)