Rodine - Pleče (via Sankaška koča)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Gorenjska highway at the Lesce exit, then from the roundabout we take the exit in the direction of Radovljica. From the next roundabout we head to the Hraše exit, then we drive through the underpass under the highway, after which we already arrive in Hraše. Through Hraše we continue straight, at the crossroads we follow the main road. After Hraše the road leads us under the high-voltage power line, then from the next crossroad we continue straight. There follows driving on a narrower asphalt road, then we arrive in Rodine and a little further to the crossroad by the birth house of Janez Jalen, where the described footpath begins. At the starting point there are no designated parking spaces.
We can also reach the starting point from Žirovnica or Begunje na Gorenjskem.

Path description:
The path first leads past Jalen's birth house and the church of St. Klemen, and we follow the road at the crossroads in the direction of the Pot kulturne dediščine Žirovnica. Higher up, the road leads us past the children's playground and the ecological island, then we reach the upper edge of the village, where we cross a metal grazing fence. On the other side of the fence we continue on the cart track, which leads us across the pasture, at the edge of the forest it turns left and flattens out completely. For a short time we continue along the edge of the forest, then the path turns slightly right into the forest. Through the forest we ascend transversely towards the left, then we quickly reach another cart track, on which we ascend only a few steps. After a few steps we go right onto the path, which then ascends transversely towards the right. We follow this moderately steep path, which for most of the time runs through the forest, all the way to the Sankaška koča, from which a beautiful view opens up.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Begunjščica, Roblekov dom, Poljška planina and Završnica, where we first ascend steeply, then continue in a gentle descent to the nearby private hut, which we bypass on the right side. There follows some ascent, then we reach the hunting hut LD Stol - Žirovnica. Here, from the nearby viewpoint, a nice view opens up on Gorenjska and the Julian Alps, the path returns to the forest and continues on the cart track. At the junctions we follow the blazes, and for some time we also leave the cart tracks. When we return to the cart track, the terrain gradually flattens, and from the marked path, at the part where the path to Smokuški vrh branches off to the left, we continue right.
After a few steps we reach the turning area of the nearby forest road, from the turning area we continue right onto the cart track, which descends slightly, then begins to ascend gently. Here some views open up on the Karawanks, the cart track, which gradually leads onto the slopes of Pleče, begins to ascend moderately. While ascending transversely, best before the end of the cart track, we continue right, where there are several poorer paths, and on one of them we ascend to an indistinct ridge and along it on a somewhat more visible path to the nearby summit.
Rodine - Sankaška koča 0:55, Sankaška koča - Pleče 0:55.

On the way: Sankaška koča (867m)