Račja vas - Mocvil (eastern path)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Primorska highway at the Kastelec exit and follow the signs for Podgorje. Over the Podgorje border crossing, we enter Croatia. We drive through Jelovice to Vodice, where we turn right. Then we drive through Dane to the next crossroad, where we turn left toward Račja vas. We drive through Rašpor and soon arrive at Račja vas, where we park in a suitable spot by the church.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go across the road to the signposts and continue towards Orljak. We walk on a cart track past a few houses to the next crossing, where a path branches off to the left towards Gomila and Sveta Jelena. We continue on the cart track, which slightly ascends. We walk along it for approximately 20 minutes, when it makes a turn, and we pass into a small, indistinct valley, then cross an edge and arrive at a plateau. We soon reach a crossing where another path branches off to the left towards Gomila, and we continue slightly to the right. The cart track ascends a bit steeper a few times, and we find ourselves at an unmarked crossing below Vidonj vrh, where we continue left on a rough logging trail. To the right, the cart track leads to Orljak. We first cross the slope near Vidonj vrh, then begin slightly ascending and cross a few smaller clearings. After about 10 minutes, we arrive at a barely noticeable crossing, where we must turn left onto a poorly visible footpath. A faded trail blaze on a tree helps us. The footpath leads us through low bushes, and we follow it carefully all the way to a cairn on a smaller summit. Then follows a short, gentle descent, and we follow a barely visible footpath that gets lost several times. Rare, faded blazes help us. After a few minutes of gentle ascent, we cross a small meadow, then the path ascends more steeply to a rocky section, which we cross. The footpath directs us to the right, and we cross a strip of forest, then arrive at the less vegetated grassy slopes of Mocvil. We cross it intuitively, and when a beautiful view of Istria opens up, we pay attention to the passage through a strip of forest that leads us to another meadow. We ascend to the right along the ridge, with some thorns on the footpath. We return to the forest, and a short, steep ascent awaits us; in 5 minutes, we reach the forested summit of Mocvil, where a faded sign on a rock greets us.
Orientation from the last junction onward is challenging; cairns and faded blazes help us. The path is mapped in most digital maps, but it is not completely accurately drawn.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in October 2024.