Podbrdo - Vrh Bače

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki and Tolmin. When we get to Podbrdo, we need to pay attention, because immediately behind the church we will turn right onto a narrower local road which starts ascending by the river Bača. We park at an appropriate place by the road, or on a smaller parking lot by the local cemetery.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left, if we come from the direction of Posočje and we continue driving towards Podbrdo. At the end of the settlement Podbrdo, we need to pay attention, because just before the church of St. Miklavž we will turn left onto a narrower local road which starts ascending by the river Bača. We park at an appropriate place by the road, or on a smaller parking lot by the local cemetery.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the initially still asphalted road, from which a marked footpath towards Vrh Bače soon branches off sharply to the left. Further, we continue past an old residential house, behind which we gradually enter the forest. Through the forest, we ascend on a relatively well-marked and partly also quite steep mountain path, which higher up levels out and brings 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 to the village Bača pri Podbrdu. Through the small and panoramic village, we follow the blazes, which lead us to a cart track which starts ascending through the forest. A narrower and at first also somewhat overgrown cart track already after a few minutes joins an old mule track. We follow the wide mule track to the right, and it already after a few minutes brings us to a smaller crossing, where we continue on the upper left path in the direction of Vrh Bače (slightly right Petrovo Brdo).
Further, we ascend for quite some time on a well-preserved and quite wide mule track, which higher up we leave for a short time because the path leads via a marked shortcut. Higher on the mule track we a few times encounter some fallen trees, and then we approach the cliffs of the peak Šance, where we leave the mule track. Next, we ascend on a quite steep path, on which in 5 minutes of additional walking we arrive at the hunting cottage on Vrh Bače.

Along the route: Sveti Lenart (Bača pri Podbrdu) (751m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Za Črno goro (1 h 30 min), Kobla ( 45 min), Krevl (1 h), Šavnik ( 45 min), Slatnik (southeastern peak) (1 h 10 min), Možic (1 h), Slatnik (northwestern peak) (1 h), Rušni vrh (2 h 15 min), Črna prst (3 h 10 min)

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