Brancljeva senožet - Rotovc

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Ig, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Iška vas and Iški Vintgar. Immediately after Iška vas we will arrive in the village Iška, where the road towards Gornji Ig and Rakitna branches off sharply to the right. We head onto the mentioned ascending road, on which we drive past Gornji Ig and higher also past the turn-off of the road to Krim. A few 100 m ahead from the turn-off for Krim we arrive at a larger meadow, where the road flattens, and on the other side of the meadow turns left and returns into the forest. Just a few meters before the road enters the forest, we will notice on the left side the NOB monument and next to it an appropriate space for parking.
B) From the Ljubljana - Koper highway we head to the Brezovica exit, then we continue driving in the direction of Podpeč (we can also reach Podpeč from Črna vas or Ig). In Podpeč we continue in the direction of Borovnica, Krim and Rakitna and we continue driving for a short time along the edge of the Ljubljansko barje, then the signs for Rakitna direct us left onto a steep ascending road. The road then leads us through Preserje, where it also starts to descend. After a short descent we continue left in the direction of Krim and Rakitna, and we follow the mostly ascending road to the junction, where the road towards Krim branches off to the left. From the mentioned junction we continue left, then we continue driving on the macadam road. When after a few kilometers the road emerges from the forest onto a larger meadow, we will immediately at the beginning see the NOB monument and next to it a suitable place where we can park.
C) First, we drive to Cerknica, then we continue driving in the direction of Begunje, when we arrive in Begunje we follow the signs for Rakitna. From Rakitna we continue driving on the main road towards the settlement Preserje, we drive along it to the junction, where the road towards Krim branches off to the right. From the mentioned junction we continue right, then we continue driving on the macadam road. When after a few kilometers the road emerges from the forest onto a larger meadow, we will immediately at the beginning see the NOB monument and next to it a suitable place where we can park.

Path description:
From the starting point by the NOB monument we continue on the macadam road in the direction of Rakitna (if we arrived at the starting point according to the description of access b or c, then we walk in the direction from which we came). The road already after a few meters passes into the forest, through which it descends relatively gently. The road, which continues mainly towards the south, first leads us along the forested slopes of the peak Kamenica (1050 m), then turns slightly right and takes us to the slopes above Lepa dolina. Before the macadam road makes a longer right turn, the mountaineering signs for Rakitna direct us left onto a marked footpath, which starts ascending through the forest. The path after a few minutes joins a forest cart track, where it also flattens. The cart track continues along an indistinct valley between Rotovc (964 m) on the left and Županov vrh (999 m) on the right. A few minutes further the cart track splits into two parts, namely a more noticeable and marked left cart track and a less distinct right unmarked cart track (by the right cart track there is a smaller cairn), which after a few 10 m changes into a beaten path towards Županov vrh.
We continue on the marked path, along which we quickly arrive at the marked junction on the saddle between the previously mentioned peaks.
From the junction on the saddle, which is located at 930 m, we continue left in the direction of the peak Rotovc. The path ahead leads us along the edge of the forest, from where we occasionally get a nice view towards Rakitna, Novaška gora, the Avšnik ridge and part of the Notranjsko hribovje. The moderately steep path, along which we also notice some educational trail signs, brings us to the summit in 5 minutes of walking from the junction on the saddle; the summit has a small bench and a logbook box.