Škofja Loka - Lubnik (via Stari grad)
Starting point: Škofja Loka (348 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,1669°N 14,309°E |
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Route name: via Stari grad
Walking time: 2 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Elevation gain: 677 m
Elevation difference along the route: 715 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): crampons
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Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana, Kranj or Gorenja vas, we drive to Škofja Loka and park on one of the parking lots near Loški grad.
Route description:
From the starting point we first walk to Loški grad, then continue the ascent on a marked and initially still asphalted road. The road soon loses its asphalt surface and leads us to panoramic grassy slopes. With ever better views of Lubnik, Škofja Loka and Kamniško Savinjske Alpe, we walk to the viewing platform on Kranclj in a few minutes of further walking.
From the viewing platform the road descends to the Grebenar homestead, from where we continue the ascent on a macadam road towards Lubnik. After a short ascent we enter the forest, where the road turns into a cart track. There follow a few minutes of walking through the forest, then the path descends to the nearby road leading from Škofja Loka towards Gabrovo and Breznica.
We reach the road right on the serpentine, where there are some parking lots, and we continue the path right in the direction of Stari grad (straight on the Lubnik road via Gabrovo, straight on the footpath Lubnik via Luža).
We continue on the cart track which crosses the slopes to the right, then turns left and brings us to a viewpoint on Kamniško Savinjske Alpe. There follows a short descent, then the path turns right across a gully, from which we quickly ascend to a marked junction. Here we continue right towards Stari grad, to which only a few minutes of walking remain.
From the castle we return to the junction, then continue towards Lubnik. The path ahead crosses a clearing, then enters the forest, where it turns right and begins to ascend more steeply. After a few minutes the steepness eases and we join the path via Luža.
We continue right, and the path takes us from the forest to a grassy slope from which a nice view opens up. The path ahead crosses a short strip of forest and then brings us to a wide cart track, along which we walk to the village of Gabrovo. Through the village we follow the blazes, which first lead us on asphalt, then on macadam road. Above the village the path leaves the road and turns slightly right into the forest, through which it begins to ascend steeply. Higher up the path gradually levels out and after a while joins a wide cart track, which the marked path crosses several times. There follow a few more minutes of walking and the path, which ascends moderately to steeply, quickly brings us to the summit of Lubnik.
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Discussion about the trip Škofja Loka - Lubnik (via Stari grad)
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| Enka12. 04. 2011 |
We returned from Lubnik along this path. Stari grad is really worth a visit!
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| ljubitelj gora25. 01. 2013 |
If someone is not interested in the castle and wants to start a bit higher, drive towards Poljanska dolina. Just outside Škofja Loka the road branches off to Gabrovo village. After about a kilometer at the sharp bend there is a parking lot and a bit further signposts for Lubnik.
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