| j.17. 05. 2022 13:30:30 |
The day before yesterday (Sunday, May 15) from the end of the road in Lučka Bela to Planina Šibje, along the hunting path to Presedljaj, across to Planina Stare Stale, along the lower path over Grofov Štant, over the ridge and back to Planina Šibje.
That day I was lucky: at Šibje or where this pasture used to be, I accidentally spotted a trail branching right up towards Lastovec. A bit further on the other side of the dry streambed, a rock with a red label and arrow: "Lovska Pres". Following the red marks, after about ten minutes right below the edge of the scree area, I came upon a completely untrodden but long ago clearly man-made hunting trail towards Presedljaj.
The path is well traceable, for a hunting trail almost too well marked. The last few meters of the path right below Presedljaj had almost untouched brush along the trail, the path somehow concealed from the eyes of visitors who wander here on marked trails. From Presedljaj I descended about fifty meters back and followed the left fork that I had spotted on the way up. After two or three hundred meters, the trail got lost for five or ten meters in a steep, sandy and crumbly gully that dropped precipitously far down into the valley. The crossing seemed quite demanding to me. Higher up a spring flows from the wall, a bit further about fifteen meters of slanted black slabs block the path. Tiny holds and steps in the solid black rock were a real balm for the soul after the experience with dangerous crumbly sand down there.
Planina Stare Stale, a round clearing at over 1600 meters altitude and about 170 meters diameter seemed really pleasant to me. From its other side a small waterfall was gurgling refreshingly. It was hot.
From the pasture a marked path leads towards Šibje. At the saddle, the upper hunting path over Grofov Štant branches off first. After about ten minutes towards Šibje, at a hidden dried tree, a hard-to-follow trail branches left from the marked path. After two hundred meters it leads to Zijalka under Starimi Štalami, a hole about 15 meters across like from a fairy tale. Lower down is a modest hunting blind with a nice view over the entire Grofov Štant area. On the other side of the slope I spotted a bushy little ridge that I reached last time. From the blind the trail leads across to the left, then down and through partially overgrown scree terrain. From there towards the distinct pot-bellied conical tower with a narrow top tip ended by three unusual stone fingers.
The passage under the tower was undemanding. Quite another story was on the other side of the tower. Narrow sandy clearing, above which the rock had not a single reliable hold led to a short wall. From afar the steps and holds over there looked even comfortable. But on the wall everything was wobbling. Here and there a stone fell from under me, bounced off the wall a few times and crashed deep down on the scree. Carefully I cheated my way across there onto the scenic bushy ridge and further to the ridge edge, to which there were only a few dozen meters of real hunting path above the precipice.
On the other side I descended along a barely perceptible trail that I already knew. After ten minutes, at the place where I lost it last time, from the gully by the fallen tree I turned onto the grassy ridge where I found it again this time. After a nice passage under the rocky barrier I followed it to about 100 meters above Planina Šibje, where it hopelessly disappeared under numerous fallen trees. Among them I searched for a passage and surprisingly reached the pasture right along that trail I had spotted completely by chance in the morning.
At five large rocks in the dry streambed, about 70 meters before entering the watery valley of Bela, out of curiosity I crossed the streambed once more. Through the forest I climbed straight up to the path to Presedljaj known from the morning and returned down it to find its start. But a few dozen meters above the streambed this trail also disappeared. Many years ago I heard rumors that hunting paths deliberately start only a bit higher in the forest, because they are thus hidden from unwanted visitors. Maybe there's something to it.
I still had a little strength and peeked into the valley under Presedljaj. Cold pools were a real refreshment after the hot day. The soul will probably give peace now for a while. At least two to three days would be decent.
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