Mesnice - Baba (at Javorniki)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Koper - Ljubljana highway, take the Postojna exit, then drive towards the center of Postojna. In the mentioned settlement, we will notice signs for Pečna reber and the railway station, which direct us to the right; then, approximately 200 m before the railway station, turn left (the crossroad is not marked) onto the road that soon takes us over the highway. On the other side of the highway, we arrive at a crossroad where the road towards Stara vas branches off to the right; we continue in the direction of Javornik and Sveta Trojica. A little further on, by the NOB monument, the road towards Pečna reber branches off to the left, and we continue on the slightly right road. Further on, we drive on a macadam road from which a marked path towards Sveta Trojica soon branches off to the right; we continue straight ahead and drive to the crossroad approximately 2.5 km away, where the road and marked path towards Javorniki branch off to the left. We also continue straight here; the road then enters the valley between Javorniki on the left and Baba on the right. During the drive, we will notice a large sinkhole on the left (Javorniška koliševka); a little further on, we arrive at the next crossroad, where we notice old wooden signs for Postojna and Sveta Trojica. At the mentioned crossroad, park in a suitable place by the road.
B) From the Ljubljana - Koper highway, take the Unec exit, then continue driving towards Unec and Cerknica. In the settlement Unec, leave the main road towards Cerknica and continue driving right in the direction of Postojna. Further on, we drive on a somewhat narrower road that runs parallel to the highway. When, after a few kilometers through the underpass, we arrive on the other side of the highway, at the first crossroad continue straight. When we return to the original side of the highway, at the crossroads continue left, i.e., in the direction of Pečna reber and Sveta Trojica. When we soon arrive at the crossroad where the road towards Pečna reber branches off to the left and the road towards Sveta Trojica continues to the right, we will notice the NOB monument between both roads. Here, go slightly right. Further on, we drive on a macadam road from which a marked path towards Sveta Trojica soon branches off to the right; we continue straight ahead and drive to the crossroad approximately 2.5 km away, where the road and marked path towards Javorniki branch off to the left. We also continue straight here; the road then enters the valley between Javorniki on the left and Baba on the right. During the drive, we will notice a large sinkhole on the left (Javorniška koliševka); a little further on, we arrive at the next crossroad, where we notice old wooden signs for Postojna and Sveta Trojica. At the mentioned crossroad, park in a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue right along the road, which starts to descend slightly; from it, after just a few steps, we go right onto an unmarked but easy-to-follow path, which for the first few steps continues quite gently, then starts to ascend the slope straight upwards. During the ascent, we cross a few cart tracks, and above them the path turns slightly left and exits the forest. There follows a few minutes of diagonal ascent, then we arrive at the indistinct ridge of Baba, where we continue right along a panoramic path, which in a few minutes of light to moderate ascent climbs to the spacious and panoramic grassy summit.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (December).