Črni kal - Blegoš (via Prva ravan)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, then we continue driving towards Gorenja vas. Before we get to Gorenja vas, at the traffic-light intersection we turn right into Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, then we follow the signs for the settlement Javorje. The ascending road brings us higher into the mentioned village, then at the next crossroads we follow the signs for Blegoš. Further, we drive on a narrower but still asphalt road. After the settlement Gorenja Žetina the asphalt ends, and only a few minutes of a diagonal ascent separate us from Črni kal, where there is a larger parking lot and a crossroad of multiple roads.
B) From Žiri, Sovodenj or Horjul we drive to Gorenja vas, then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. A little after Gorenja vas, at the traffic-light intersection we turn left into Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, then we follow the signs for the settlement Javorje. The ascending road brings us higher into the mentioned village, then at the next crossroads we follow the signs for Blegoš. Further, we drive on a narrower but still asphalt road. After the settlement Gorenja Žetina the asphalt ends, and only a few minutes of a diagonal ascent separate us from Črni kal, where there is a larger parking lot and a crossroad of multiple roads.
C) From Železniki we drive towards Podbrdo, then before the settlement Zali Log we turn left in the direction of Davča. At the crossroad a few hundred meters away, at the confluence of Davča and Muštrova grapa, we continue on the left road, which higher leads through the hamlet Potok; behind it, before we cross Matevžkova grapa, we continue sharply left onto the road by which we diagonally ascend to the parking lot on Črni kal.
D) From Petrovo Brdo or Sorica we descend to Podrošt, then we continue driving towards Železniki. After the settlement Zali Log we turn right in the direction of Davča. At the crossroad a few hundred meters away, at the confluence of Davča and Muštrova grapa, we continue on the left road, which higher leads through the hamlet Potok; behind it, before we cross Matevžkova grapa, we continue sharply left onto the road by which we diagonally ascend to the parking lot on Črni kal.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the nearby NOB monument, then we continue on the road in the direction of Blegoš over Prva ravan. Soon after the sign, the road splits once again, and we continue straight (right Koča na Blegošu), on the road over which there is a gate. We continue on the macadam road, which is closed to public traffic, and which ascends diagonally. At a smaller right bend, a short path to the vantage point and NOB monument branches off to the left, and we continue on the road, from which occasionally a nice view opens up on the surrounding mountains, mainly on Koprivnik and Mladi vrh. When the road flattens we arrive at Prva ravan, where marked paths from Jelovica and Čabrač also join from the left.
Here at the marked junction we continue right, on the footpath in the direction of Blegoš. After a short ascent we arrive at the next junction, where the path to Koča na Blegošu branches off to the left.
From the junction we ascend for a few more minutes through the forest, then we cross a grazing fence and the path passes onto the upper grassy slope of the mountain, where it continues moderately to steeply ascending. A little below the summit we encounter old fortifications from the time of the Rapallo border, and the path then turns somewhat to the left and brings us to the expansive summit amid ever more beautiful views reaching as far as Triglav.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (September).

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