Planina Polog - Planina Sleme

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Tolmin, from there we follow the road in the direction of Zatolmin (leaving the main road at the traffic light). In Zatolmin we notice signposts for Javorca, which direct us onto the ascending road towards Javorca. The occasionally quite narrow and in places 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 follow the road for just over 100 meters to a marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a concrete road which quickly enters the forest and starts ascending 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 by the edge of 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 at first gentle cart track which quickly enters the forest. Here we can hear, to the left below us, the roaring of the waterfall of the Peščak stream, and we continue on the marked path (cart track), which higher over a bridge crosses the mentioned stream. Further, we ascend on a moderately steep cart track which ahead runs 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, signs for mountain pastures Sleme, Medrje and Laška seč direct us slightly to the left, where over high grass we ascend to an indistinct ridge along which a grazing fence runs. Further, we ascend by the grazing fence, then the path enters a dense forest, where for a short time it steeply ascends to a trough with water. Here the path turns slightly to the right, after some 10 steps bringing 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, which continues on a wide cart track. A little higher we come out of the forest, and we continue left on a poorly visible and poorly marked path just a few meters after crossing a grazing fence. 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 diagonally ascend towards the left, where we quickly reach a poor forest road. We follow the road to the left, and it, after the initial gentle ascent, gradually starts to descend lightly. Higher we approach the mountain pasture Pretovč completely, and at the crossroad at the eponymous saddle we continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Sleme. The road ahead starts to ascend more steeply, higher crosses a belt of dense forest, then flattens out and, with ever more beautiful views, brings us to the mountain pasture Sleme.

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

Trip can be extended to: The lake Jezero v Lužnici (2 h) , Srednji vrh (2 h 30 min) , Batognica (3 h) , Vrh nad Peski (3 h) , Krn (3 h 45 min)