Podbrdo - Lajnar

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 a suitable 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 a suitable place in the center of the settlement.

Route description:
From the center of Podbrdo we continue by the main road towards Železniki, where the path at first leads past the kindergarten and primary school Simon Kos Podbrdo. Some 10 m ahead, at the smaller crossroad we continue left towards the parish church of St. Miklavž in Podbrdo, where opposite the TIC Podbrdo we notice the first mountain signposts for Bača pri Podbrdu and Vrh Bače (nearby are also signs for mountain marathon of 4 municipalities (GM4O)). A little further, the road on which we walk turns a little to the left over a small bridge (straight cemetery) and starts ascending diagonally above the riverbed of the Bača River. The asphalt soon ends, and the road after a wooden religious symbol brings us to a marked junction, where a marked footpath branches off to the left towards Vrh Bače (path through Bača pri Podbrdu), and we still continue on the road, by which there are still signs for GM4O. On a smaller level area the road turns right and splits into two parts. On the left path (at first road) it is possible to come to the settlement Bača pri Podbrdu, and here as well we continue straight, this time on the road which gradually passes to the left bank of the Bača River. A little further from the marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of GM4O (straight Petrovo Brdo).
Further, we ascend on a macadam road which first makes a right serpentine, in the middle of the next left serpentine we leave it and continue straight on a cart track (if we continue on the road we get to the nearby homestead). The path ahead leads us on a cart track or old road and for some time ascends diagonally towards the right, higher where another path joins from the right we go sharply left. Next follows a diagonal ascent, where we pass through a more grassy part, where below the path we also notice old hayracks, the wide path, old road then starts ascending in longer serpentines. Higher we get to a decaying structure of the Rapallo border, after which a worse footpath branches off to the right, which leads towards the nearby Kup, and we still continue on the wider path. Next follows some more diagonal ascent, and then we get to the next structure, which is quite bigger than the first and from which a nice view opens up. Higher at a few junctions we follow the wider path, and when we join the marked path from Petrovo Brdo we go sharply left. Next follows a walk through the forest and some gullies and the path brings us to a junction near the Lovčev bivak Pri Koucah.
Here we go right towards Lajnar and Slatnik (straight 1 minute Lovčev bivak Pri Koucah).
The path, which ahead is not marked, continues on an old mule track, which quickly brings us out of the forest, where we cross relatively steep slopes. Higher the path passes into a belt of forest, where it turns sharply to the left. This easy-to-follow and increasingly panoramic path, which higher makes a few more serpentines, we follow all the way to the main ridge, where we again step on a marked path.
When we step on the marked path we continue sharply right (straight Možic and Slatnik) and then after a few steps we get to signposts. We continue in the direction of Lajnar and follow the moderately steep path, which ascends on and along the ridge of Lajnar, to the top, which we reach after approximately 10 minutes of additional walking.
Podbrdo - Lovčev bivak Pri Koucah 1:55, Lovčev bivak Pri Koucah - Lajnar 1:00.

Along the route: Lovčev bivak Pri Koucah (1192m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dravh

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