Rutarski gozd - Suha Rodica (Novi vrh)

Access to starting point:
From Podbrdo we drive towards Tolmin or vice versa, but only to the village of Koritnica. In Koritnica we will notice a sign for the village Rut, which directs us right (from Tolmin sharply left). We then follow the mostly ascending road to the mentioned village, where there is also a smaller crossroads. We continue straight (village Grunt to the left) on the road, which soon loses its asphalt covering. The wide macadam road quickly ascends above the village and turns right. There follow three zigzags; at the third or second left one, the marked path from Stržišče also joins us from the right, and from here onwards we need to pay attention to possible parking by the road, because driving from the next crossroad onwards is forbidden.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the macadam road, then we quickly arrive at an unmarked crossroad, where we continue on the upper right road, by which there is a gate and a traffic sign that prohibits further driving.
After the gate the road starts to ascend more steeply, then at the next crossroad, where a narrower road branches off to the right, we continue straight, and we walk along it to the place where the road narrows or splits into two cart tracks.
We continue on the upper wider cart track, by which there are signs for Rodica. Further on, we ascend diagonally for some time on a poor road or cart track, which leads us past the hunting observatory and occasional views of the mountains on the other side of Baška grapa. Higher up, a marked path from the village Grant joins us from the left, a few 10 meters further we continue right from the cart track in the direction of Rodica (straight to Koča na planini Razor - path over Huda stopna).
Behind the junction named Mladinska koča we start to ascend a well-preserved mule track, which after a few minutes turns sharply to the left, then ascends diagonally towards the left for quite some time, first still through the forest, then through dwarf pines. During the diagonal ascent the path also leads us over some gullies, and the passages over them are not demanding, since the path is wide all the time. With nice views on Idrijsko and Cerkljansko hribovje, at the right zigzag we approach the summit Jehlc completely, which we see in front of us all the time during the crossing. At this zigzag, the pathless approach to the mentioned summit continues straight ahead (the last part before the ridge is demanding), while we continue on the marked path, which continues on the mule track. Two zigzags higher, an easier approach to the aforementioned summit branches off to the left, while we continue ascending through dwarf pines. A little higher we reach the ridge that stretches from Jehlc to the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, and the path avoids it several times, once to the left, another time to the right side. Higher up, dwarf pines are replaced by grasses and stones, and nicer views open up with every step. There follow a few more hairpin turns, where we ascend over a steeper slope, then the slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked junction, where we join the path from the Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left to Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and ascend the moderately steep ridge in a good 10 minutes of further walking to the 1966 m high summit of Rodica.
From the summit of Rodica we continue along the ridge in the direction of Črna prst. The path first starts descending along the ridge, then passes to the southern slopes, where just a few meters below the ridge it crosses occasionally quite steep slopes. The very panoramic path at the foot of Suha Rodica passes to shady slopes, where it crosses the slopes of the mentioned summit (snowfield that persists until the beginning of summer). On this section, where the path runs on the northern side, we will notice some mountaineering inscriptions on the rock (ahead Črna prst, back Rodica). Just a few steps ahead of this inscription we leave the marked path and head right into steep pathless terrain. After 10 minutes of steep ascent on rocky terrain we reach the summit of Suha Rodica.
Starting point - Rodica 2:30, Rodica - Novi vrh 45 minutes.

On the way: Rodica (1966m)