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Mountain ranges / Posavsko hribovje and Dolenjska / Jelovička jama and Mihova jama / Bridge over Kotnica - Jelovička jama and Mihova jama

Bridge over Kotnica - Jelovička jama and Mihova jama

Starting point: Bridge over Kotnica (211 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.5188°N 14.9116°E 
Time of walking: 10 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 29 m
Altitude difference (by path): 29 m
Map: Pohodniška karta - kočevsko 1:50.000
Views: 445
Trip rating: 3 votes
Number of pictures: 11
Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Kočevje, and then we continue driving towards Delnice. Before Colnarji we turn left in the direction of the castle Kostel, and through the villages Delač, Stelnik and Kostel we descend to Gorenja Žaga, where we reach the road which leads along the river Kolpa. We continue left and soon after the settlement Gorenja Žaga ends, the road makes a longer right turn, after which we already get to a smaller bridge over an usually dry riverbed of the stream Kotnica. We park on an appropriate place before the bridge.
B) From Vinica or Črnomelj we drive to Stari trg ob Kolpi, where we go left towards Prelesje. Next follows a descent towards the valley of river Kolpa, and when we reach the road which leads along the river, we continue right. Along the river we drive almost to the beginning of the settlement Gorenja Žaga or right behind the bridge over an usually dry riverbed of the stream Kotnica on the right we notice signs for caves Jelovička jama in Mihova jama. Here on the both sides of the road, there is some space where we can park.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a path in the direction of cave Jelovička jama (slightly right cave Mihova jama - both paths higher join at the torrent stream), where we at first walk gently through the forest on the left side of the torrent (right bank). Few minutes ahead the footpath brings us into a riverbed of an usually dry stream Kotnica, where it ends. We continue on rocks vegetated with moss, and we soon get to the foot of the wall. We continue by the wall and we quickly get to the entrance into the cave Jelovička jama.
Cave Mihova jama is located a little more to the east from the cave Jelovička jama and it has smaller entrance and it is also a smaller.
Even if at the beginning we continue in the direction of cave Mihova jama, the footpath brings us to the same torrent.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in August 2020.
Pictures:
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