Planina Polog - Mrzli vrh above Planina Pretovč

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Tolmin, from there we follow the road in the direction of Zatolmin (we leave the main road at the traffic light). In Zatolmin we notice signposts for Javorca, which direct us onto the ascending road towards Javorca. Occasionally quite narrow and in parts precipitous road after approximately 8 km of driving brings us to a smaller crossroad, where the road towards Javorca branches off to the left upwards. Here we turn left and we follow the road for just over 100 m to a marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a concrete road, which quickly enters the forest and starts to ascend steeply. After approximately 15 minutes of walking, the forest thins out, and the road turns sharply to the right. There follows only a few minutes of walking along the edge of the pastures, and the road brings us to the memorial church of the Holy Spirit on Javorca.
We bypass the church on the left side and continue on a wide and initially gentle cart track, which quickly enters the forest. Here we can hear the roaring of the waterfall of the stream Peščak to our left below us, but we continue on the marked path (cart track), which higher crosses the mentioned stream over a bridge. Further, we ascend on a moderately steep cart track, which continues partly through the forest, partly through dense bushes and brambles. Higher, we cross one more of the numerous grazing fences, and the path brings us to the mountain pasture Črča, on which a few old cottages stand.
Just before the cottages on the mountain pasture, the signs for mountain pastures Sleme, Medrje and Laška seč direct us slightly to the left, where we ascend through high grass to an indistinct ridge, along which a grazing fence runs. Further, we ascend along the grazing fence, then the path enters a dense forest, where it steeply ascends for a short time to a trough with water. Here the path turns slightly to the right, and after a few dozen steps it brings us to the next grazing fence. We cross the grazing fence and walk to the cottages on the mountain pasture Laška seč.
Above the mountain pasture the path goes into the forest, where it continues on a wide cart track. A little higher we come out of the forest, and just a few meters after crossing a grazing fence, we continue left on a poorly visible and poorly marked path. The path higher joins the cart track and brings us just a few meters further to the shepherd's cottage on the mountain pasture Medrja.
From the cottage on the mountain pasture we ascend diagonally to the left, where we quickly reach a poor forest road. We follow the road to the left; after an initial gentle ascent, it gradually starts to descend lightly. A little further we arrive at a road junction, where the road to the mountain pasture Sleme continues to the right, but we continue left downhill, where a marked path from the village Krn joins us after a few steps. There follows a short descent along the road to a marked junction on a small saddle, where we continue right in the direction of Mrzli vrh. The path ahead leads us past an information board, behind which we quickly arrive at the shepherd's cottage on the mountain pasture Pretovč.
From the mountain pasture Pretovč we continue on the marked path in the direction of Mrzli vrh. From the shepherd's cottage the path ascends along a panoramic grassy ridge, then a little higher it turns to the left, where it crosses a short rough slope. Further through low bushes and with nice views of the surroundings we quickly ascend to an old Austrian cavern, where there is today a nicely arranged small memorial park. If we have a flashlight with us, we can also view the interior of two caverns, in one of which there is also a well-preserved altar.
From the memorial park we continue left and ascend diagonally through a strip of forest to the left. When we step out of the forest, we cross a short somewhat steeper grassy slope, then the path turns to the right and brings us to the main ridge of Mrzli vrh, along which we ascend to the panoramic summit in a few minutes.

On the way: Javorca (571m), Planina Črča (800m), Planina Laška seč (1000m), Planina Medrja (1133m), Planina Pretovč (1160m)