Podbrdo - Slatnik (southeastern peak)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, then we continue driving towards Železniki and Tolmin. When we arrive in Podbrdo, we need to pay attention, because right after the church we turn right onto a narrower local road that starts to ascend along the Bača River. We park at a suitable spot beside the road, or on a small parking lot beside the local cemetery.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at the settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left if coming from the direction of Posočje, and continue driving towards Podbrdo. At the end of the village Podbrdo, we need to pay attention, because just before the church of St. Miklavž we turn left onto a narrower local road that starts to ascend along the Bača River. We park at a suitable spot beside the road, or on a small parking lot beside the local cemetery.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue along the initially still asphalted road, from which soon a marked footpath towards Vrh Bače branches off sharply to the left. We continue past an old residential house, behind which we gradually enter the forest. Through the forest, we ascend along a relatively well-marked and partly quite steep mountain path, which higher up levels out and leads us from the forest onto a short panoramic slope, across which we walk to the nearby church of St. Lenart.
At the church, we step onto a narrow road along which we quickly walk into the village Bača pri Podbrdu. Through the small and panoramic village, we follow the marks, which lead us onto a cart track that starts ascending through the forest. The narrower and initially somewhat overgrown cart track joins an old mule track after just a few minutes. We follow the wide mule track to the right, and it brings us after a few minutes to a smaller junction, where we continue along the upper left path in the direction of Vrh Bače (slightly right Petrovo Brdo).
Further on, we ascend for quite some time along the well-preserved and fairly wide mule track, which we leave higher up for a short time as the path takes us along a marked shortcut. Higher up, the mule track is blocked a few times by fallen trees, after which we approach the cliffs of the peak Šance, where we leave the mule track. Next, we ascend along a quite steep path, along which after 5 minutes of further walking we reach the hunting hut on Vrh Bače.
From the hunting hut, we continue in the direction of Črna prst, then just a few steps below the indistinct saddle Vrh Bače, we continue right in the direction of Šavnik and Možic. The path ahead steeply ascends through the forest for a short time, then brings us to a grassy plateau, where the path temporarily levels out. The path ahead returns to the forest, where after a short ascent it brings us to an old military bunker that has been converted into a kind of weekend cottage, which the path bypasses on the right side. A moderately steep path then brings us to the edge of the ridge (here we can climb in a few steps to a nice vantage point - view of Baška grapa and Kobla) along which we then ascend through more or less dense forest. Higher up, the path turns left and levels out completely. This is followed by about 5 minutes of walking, after which the path brings us to a larger grassy slope between Šavnik and Slatnik. Here we continue along an easy path that turns right and after a few steps brings us to a marked junction.
We continue straight ahead (left Šavnik) and proceed across the meadow named Na poljani. After a few steps, we bypass the emergency bivouac and shortly afterwards reach a less noticeable junction, where we continue slightly right (slightly left planina za Šavnikom). The marked path then enters the forest, where it starts to ascend relatively steeply. Higher up, the forest thins out, and the path brings us to a small saddle between Možic on the left and Slatnik on the right. Here we continue right (sharply left Možic) along the path that ascends to the ridge of Slatnik. Once we reach the mentioned ridge after a short ascent, we continue slightly right (straight kasarna and Soriška planina, right northwestern peak of Slatnik) along a wide path, along which we descend transversely to the saddle between both peaks of Slatnik.
Here we continue slightly left along an unmarked path (the right marked path bypasses the peak on the right side), along which after a few minutes of further walking we reach the southeastern peak of Slatnik, where there is a stamp and from which a nice view opens onto the surrounding hills.

On the way: Sveti Lenart (Bača pri Podbrdu) (751m), Vrh Bače (1273m)