Grant - Suha Rodica (Novi vrh)

Access to starting point:
From Podbrdo we drive towards Tolmin or vice versa, but only to the village Koritnica. In Koritnica we will notice a sign for the village Rut, which points us right (from Tolmin sharply left). We then follow the mostly ascending road to the mentioned village, where there is also a smaller intersection. We continue left towards the village Grant, to which we arrive after approximately 1 km of additional driving. In the village there are no designated parking spots, therefore we park at a suitable place somewhere nearby.

Path description:
At the end of the village Grant we look for the continuation of the marked path, which further runs on a rougher road or cart track. Further on there are some junctions, where we follow the otherwise rare blazes, and we quickly ascend above the village. Higher we leave the nearby pasture, then we ascend to a wider macadam road, which we cross, and continue the ascent through the forest. Quite steep path, along which the blazes further on are more frequent, and higher it crosses another forest road. Above the road the path turns slightly to the left, then it starts to ascend quite steeply. Higher the steepness eases a bit, then we join a wider cart track path, which we follow to the left, along it we quickly arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Rodica (straight Koča na planini Razor and Geološka pot).
After the junction named Mladinska koča we start to ascend on a nicely preserved mule track, which after a few minutes turns sharply to the left, then for quite some time it ascends transversely to the left, first still through the forest, then through dwarf pines. During the transverse ascent the path also leads us over some gullies, the passages over them are not demanding, as the path is wide all the time. With nice views on Idrijsko and Cerkljansko hribovje, at the right serpentine we approach completely the summit Jehlc, which we see in front of us all the time during the crossing. At this serpentine straight ahead continues the pathless approach to the mentioned summit (the last part before the ridge is demanding), we continue on the marked path, which continues further on the mule track. Two serpentines higher a still easier approach to the previously mentioned summit branches off to the left, we continue ascending through dwarf pines. A little higher we reach the ridge, which stretches from Jehlc to the main ridge of Spodnjih Bohinjskih gora, the path withdraws from it several times, once to the left, the other time again to the right side. Higher dwarf pines are replaced by grasses and stones, and with every step nicer views open up. A few more serpentines follow, where we ascend over a steeper slope, then the slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked junction, where we join the path from the Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and along a moderately steep ridge in good 10 minutes of further walking we ascend to the 1966 meters high summit Rodica.
From the summit Rodica we continue along the ridge in the direction of Črna prst. The path first starts descending along the ridge, then passes to the southern slopes, where just a few meters below the ridge it crosses occasionally quite steep slopes. Very scenic path at the foot of Suha Rodica passes to shady slopes, where it crosses the slopes of the mentioned summit (snow patch that persists until the beginning of summer). On this section, where the path runs on the northern side we will notice on the rock some mountaineering inscriptions (forward Črna prst, back Rodica). Just a few steps further from this inscription we leave the marked path and head right into steep pathless terrain. After 10 minutes of steep ascent on rocky terrain we reach the summit Suha Rodica.
Starting point - Rodice 3:30, Rodica - Novi vrh 45 minutes.

On the way: Rodica (1966m)