Podbrdo - Črna prst

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki, Podbrdo and Tolmin. When we get to Podbrdo, we park at an appropriate place in the center of the settlement.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at the settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left, if we come from the direction of Posočje, and we continue driving towards Podbrdo. When we get to Podbrdo, we park at an appropriate place in the center of the settlement.

Route description:
From the center of Podbrdo we continue by the main road towards Tolmin. The road first leads under the railway, and then it brings us to a crossroad, where the road towards the village Porezen branches off to the left, and right towards Bača pri Podbrdu. From here we continue on the main road only a few dozen meters, and then signs for the village Trtnik and Črna prst point us on a narrower and ascending road. The somewhat narrower road, which is ascending west from Podbrdo, we follow all the way to the village Trtnik, which we reach after approximately 20 minutes of walking.
In Trtnik signs for Črna prst point us straight upwards on a marked footpath, which at first leads up the stairs of the nearby residential house, and then passes on a grassy slope, where it steeply ascends beside the orchard. The path higher passes into the forest and gradually flattens. The path continues through the forest and soon joins a partly stony cart track, which we follow to the right. On the cart track, we further ascend diagonally towards the right, and it occasionally leads over steeper slopes. Since the path is wide enough, the steepness of the slope does not cause bigger problems; we have to be careful mainly on one spot, where there is usually a lot of leaves and the path is consequently quite slippery. Higher, we cross a somewhat larger gully, and then the cart track brings us to a forest road, on which in a few minutes we ascend to the nearby saddle Sedlo, where there is a marked junction.
From Sedlo, where the path from the village Kal and the path from Kocenpohar join us, we continue straight on the cart track, which we follow only a short time, as the markings then point us left on a footpath, which starts to ascend steeper and steeper through the forest. Higher, the footpath temporarily flattens a little, and then it brings us to a viewpoint with a bench. A little after the bench the footpath splits into two parts (the right path is more trodden), and after approximately 15 minutes they join again. Only a little above the junction of both paths, we get to the next bench, from which a beautiful view opens towards Kobla and the peaks above Soriška planina.
From the bench we continue through the forest for a short time, and then the path passes on increasingly panoramic grassy slopes. When we step out of the forest, the path slowly starts turning a little towards the right, and then turns left and ascends diagonally to the saddle Čez Suho, where the path from the Bohinj side joins.
Here we continue left and with views on Baška grapa, Bohinj and the highest peaks of the Julian Alps, in a few minutes we ascend to the mountain hut Dom na Črni prsti, which is situated only a few meters below the summit.
The mountain hut Dom Zorka Jelinčiča we bypass on the left side and over a short steep slope in a few steps we ascend to the panoramic peak.

Along the route: Trtnik (656m), Sedlo (985m), Čez Suho (1760m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Četrt ( 50 min), Črna prst, Konjski vrh (1 h 5 min), Poljanski vrh (1 h 20 min), Matajurski vrh (1 h 40 min), Rodica

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