Grahovo - Slivnica

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, take the Unec exit and follow the road towards Cerknica. From Cerknica, continue along the main road towards Bloke and Lož, then in the village of Grahovo, at the memorial park and next to Baza bar, notice the mountaineering direction signs marking the start of the path to Slivnica. Park at one of the nearby parking areas, or drive along the side road following the Slivnica signs, through the settlement and along the meadow to one of the parking areas in the forest. This shortens the path by about 15 minutes.

Route description:
From the centre of the Grahovo settlement, head onto the side road with signs for Slivnica, first passing the memorial park. Continue walking through the compact part of the settlement, following the markers at a few intersections.
When the settlement ends, proceed across a vast meadow, then the road enters the forest, where we reach a junction by a chapel. Here, go slightly left (left Martinjak, right Grahovo and Radlek) and arrive at a marked junction, near which there are still a few parking options (parking lot in picture no. 1).
Continue left in the direction of the usual path to Slivnica (right path past the ruins of St. Nicholas church), then from the road immediately right onto the cart track, which initially ascends gently along the fence.
Further on, the path enters dense forest and gradually begins to ascend more steeply. Higher up, the path starts turning more to the left, where it also levels out somewhat. As we gain elevation, the forest begins to thin and beautiful views start to open up, reaching from Cerkniško polje across Javorniki all the way to Snežnik.
Higher, we cross another belt of dense forest, where the path from Martinjak joins from the left, which is noticeably steeper than ours.
Follow the signs for Slivnica, the path then ascends transversely to the left and soon we reach extensive grassy slopes that offer exceptional views of the surroundings.
Here we ascend transversely, during the ascent passing the branch to Coprniška jama, or Anžetova jama, a little higher the path forks again, and we choose the path leading towards the top of Slivnica (straight to Dom na Slivnici, 3 minutes).
A short ascent follows on the mentioned grassy slope, then through a belt of shrubs we join the path leading past the mountain hut.
Continue right and in one or two minutes of further ascent climb to the top of Slivnica, from where a view also opens to the north, while to the south the view is obstructed by a belt of forest and shrubs.

Grahovo - Doli 0:15, Doli - Skrajnice 0:55, Skrajnice - Slivnica 0:20.

Along the route: Platovo (587m), Doli kapelica (632m), Doli (640m), Skrajnice (1007m), Odcep k Coprniški jami (1065m)

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