Mesnice - Županov vrh (via Reber)

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

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the macadam road towards Krim, which quickly takes us into the forest, through which it gently ascends. After a good 10 minutes of walking, we will notice a grassy slope to the right above the road, and the road brings us to the branch of a cart track from the road to the right (the beginning of the cart track is only a few meters before the road sign 18.5 km).
We continue on the mentioned cart track, which for a short time ascends along the edge of the forest, then turns right onto the already mentioned grassy slope. Across the grassy slope we ascend transversely towards the right, and with views on part of the Karawanks and the highest peaks of the Kamnik Savinja Alps, we soon step back into the forest. In the forest, at the smaller junction, we continue on the left ascending cart track, which we follow to the place where it brings us to some kind of ridge, where the next junction is.
This time too we continue on the left upper cart track, and after some 10 m of further walking we arrive from the forest onto a panoramic gentle grassy slope. Across the meadow the cart track is a little less visible, and we continue on it to the upper part, or to the place where the cart track passes to the right side of the slope (via the cart track we arrive at Rakitna).
When we have enjoyed the views, which in fine weather reach all the way to Triglav, we continue slightly left onto a footpath which goes through a belt of shrubs into the forest. The path, along which we further notice some blue-yellow blazes, mostly continues along the ridge, where we soon reach the indistinct and forest-covered peak Reber (923 m).
We continue on the forest ridge path, which, with the exception of the initial slight descent, mostly ascends gently. When the path levels out completely, it brings us out of the forest, from where a nice view opens towards the nearby Krim and Kamnik Savinja Alps. When the path returns into the forest, another path from Rakitna joins from the right, and we continue the path on the cart track, which a little further turns left onto the grassy slope of Županov vrh. There follows some gentle walking, then the path moderately ascends to the nearby peak, from which a nice view opens, reaching all around, in fine weather also to Snežnik.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2015 (January).

On the way: Reber (923m)

Trip can be extended to: Rotovc ( 30 min)