Soča - Pri Banderi

Access to starting point:
From Trenta or Bovec, we drive to the village of Soča, where we notice the church along the road. The start of the hiking trail is 200-300m from the church towards Trenta, where we notice signposts along the road and a small parking lot for 2-3 cars.

Route description:
From the church in the village of Soča, continue along the main road towards Trenta. After a little more than 200 meters, you reach a small chapel, in front of which red alpine signposts are visible, directing left uphill towards Bavški Grintavec. The path immediately begins to climb steeply through the forest and in the first part mostly traverses to the right. Higher up, reach a junction and continue left on the marked path. Just a few minutes later, step out of the forest onto partly overgrown meadows of the once extremely picturesque but now abandoned hamlet Lemovje, which with its old houses and ruins today more resembles a mountain pasture.
Here, a path joins from the right starting from the hamlet V Klancu (path past the Žot farm), but continue somewhat left and follow the signs for Bavški Grintavec. On this section, first walk along the edge of the meadow, then approach an overgrown gully with a small spring that often dries up in dry periods. The path soon turns right and climbs steeply again through the forest and partly over steep grassy slopes. Higher up, the path turns somewhat left, and the gradient eases. Followed by traversing steep, mostly southern slopes of the peak Kol (1924 m), leading to Planina nad Sočo, where a hunting hut stands.
A few meters above the hunting hut, leave the marked path and head left onto a poorly trodden trail. The trail then leads through a short stretch of forest to a hunting observation post, from where continue right uphill. Here, the path runs along the right side of the grassy slope upwards. The path then returns to the forest and continues climbing northwards. The trail is very poorly visible here and slowly turns slightly right. A bit higher, the path turns left and leads out of the forest. From here, there is a nice view of Vrh Leh (1958 m), entirely covered with dwarf pine. Slightly to the right of the mentioned peak, the path (a narrow strip without dwarf pine) leading straight up is clearly visible. Then climb steeply along the mentioned path. Just before reaching the ridge, a poorly visible path joins from the right, traversing the slope below Vrh Ruš (1995 m). Here, continue left and traverse the slope on a narrow trail through the dwarf pine. Soon emerge from the dwarf pine onto a grassy slope and begin ascending towards a smaller saddle between the peaks Pri Banderi and Vrh Leh.
At the saddle, where a view opens into the Bavšica valley, continue left along the grassy ridge and soon reach the summit of Pri Banderi.

Starting point - Lemovje 1:00, Lemovje - Planina nad Sočo 1:30, Planina nad Sočo - Pri Banderi 1:20.

Along the route: Lemovje (856m), Planina nad Sočo (1400m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrh Ovčje planje ( 10 min)

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