Mesnice - Županov vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we take the Brezovica exit, then continue driving towards Podpeči (we can also reach Podpeči from Črna vas or Ig). In Podpeči, we continue towards Borovnica, Krim and Rakitna, driving briefly along the edge of the Ljubljana Moor, then the signs for Rakitna direct us left onto a steep ascending road. The road then leads us through Preserje, where it also starts to descend. After a short descent, we continue left towards Krim and Rakitna, and we follow the mostly ascending road to the crossroads, where the road to Krim branches off to the left. At the crossroads, there is enough space where we can park.
B) First, we drive to Cerknica, then continue driving towards Begunje; once we arrive in Begunje, we follow the signs for Rakitna. From Rakitna, we continue on the main road towards the settlement Preserje to the crossroads, where the road to Krim branches off to the right. At the crossroads, there is enough space where we can park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road in the direction of Krim, which is 8 km according to the signs. The road quickly passes from the bushes into the forest and ascends relatively gently, first on the slopes of the peak Reber (923 m), then also on the slopes of Županov vrh (999 m). After approximately half an hour of walking, we arrive at a longer left bend, where we almost imperceptibly cross the upper part of the forested Lepa dolina. From the mentioned bend along the road, beside which from the starting point we noticed only a few old, partly faded blazes, we arrive at a marked junction, where the signs for Rakitna direct us right (straight ahead on the road to Krim) onto an ascending footpath that continues through the forest. After a short ascent, we step onto a rutted cart track and follow it to the right. The gentle cart track continues through an indistinct valley between Rotovc (964 m) on the left and Županov vrh (999 m) on the right. A few minutes further, the cart track splits into two parts, namely a more noticeable and marked left cart track and a less distinct right unmarked cart track.
From the mentioned junction, we continue on the poorer right cart track, beside which a small cairn usually stands. The old barely traceable cart track turns slightly right a bit further and changes into an initially less traceable path, to which on the indistinct ridge of Županov vrh the path from the saddle (path from Rakitna via the saddle) joins. From here on, the path is easier to follow and also relatively well-trodden. There follows a somewhat steeper path that leads us through occasionally sparser forest, which like most other forests in Slovenia was somewhat affected by glaze ice at the beginning of February 2014. A little below the summit, while still in the forest, the path splits again into two parts. We continue left over a small grazing fence and after a few steps step out of the forest onto the expansive Županov vrh. The highest point is located a little before the antenna tower, which we spot when we step out of the forest; on it (the summit) stands the trigonometric point. Since the summit is expansive, we must walk a little on the summit for views in different directions.

Trip can be extended to: Rotovc ( 15 min)