Podgorje - Slavnik (steep path)
Starting point: Podgorje (518 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.5353°N 13.9435°E 
Path name: steep path
Time of walking: 1 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 510 m
Altitude difference (by path): 510 m
Map: Slovenska Istra - Čičarija, Brkini in Kras 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper we take the exit Kozina, and then on the old road towards Koper we drive to the settlement Petrinje (smaller settlement on the right side of the main road), where we turn left in the direction of Podgorje. The road, which at first steeply ascends, soon brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue left, again in the direction of Podgorje. We then drive ahead to the village Podgorje, where we park on a large parking lot near the sports field.
B) From the highway Koper - Ljubljana we take the exit Kastelec, and then we continue right in the direction of Ljubljana, Kozina and Podgorje. Two more crossroads follow, at both we go left or straight in the direction of Podgorje (at the first crossroad we also follow the signs for Kozina). We follow this road to the large parking lot near the sports field, which is situated in the village Podgorje.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the main road which we follow ahead in the direction of driving. After a few dozen meters, we come to a crossroad, where wooden signposts point us to the left past the chapel upwards. We then follow the asphalt road to the next crossroad where there are a few benches. Here we continue left upwards and past houses we get to the beginning of the steep path on Slavnik. A wide path then soon goes into the forest, where it moderately and occasionally steeply ascends. A little higher, the path crosses a newly made wide cart track and then for some time still ascends through the forest on a well-marked path. After a good 45 minutes of walking from the parking lot, the path passes out of the forest on the more and more panoramic slopes. After additional 15 minutes of walking, we finally step out of the forest and in front of us, we notice a wide upper slope of Slavnik. The path ahead leads us past the sign, which informs us that we are entering the area of natural monument Slavnik. From here on we already clearly see the peak of Slavnik which we reach after a few minutes of easy walking.
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