Soča - Vrh Ovčje planje

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, we continue along the main road towards Trenta. After a little more than 200 meters, we arrive at a small chapel, in front of which we notice red mountaineering signposts directing us 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, we reach a junction where we continue left on the marked path. Just a few minutes later, we step out of the forest onto partly overgrown meadows of the once extremely picturesque but now abandoned hamlet of Lemovje, which with its old houses and ruins today more resembles a mountain pasture.
Here, a path joins us from the right starting from the hamlet V Klancu (path past the Žot farm), but we continue slightly left and follow the signs for Bavški Grintavec. On this section, we first walk along the edge of the meadow, then approach an overgrown gully where there is a small spring that often dries up on dry days. The path soon turns right and then climbs steeply again through the forest and partly over steep grassy slopes. Higher up, the path turns slightly to the left, and the steepness begins to ease. This is followed by traversing steep, mostly southern slopes of the peak Kol (1924 m), which leads us to Planina nad Sočo, where there is a hunting hut.
A few meters above the hunting hut, we leave the marked path and head left onto a poorly trodden trail. The trail then takes us through a short stretch of forest to a hunting observation post, where we continue right uphill. Here the path runs along the right side of the grassy slope upwards. The path then brings us back into the forest and continues to climb towards the north. The trail is very poorly visible here and slowly turns slightly to the right. A bit higher, the path turns left and leads us out of the forest. From here, there is a nice view of Vrh Leh (1958 m), which is entirely covered with dwarf pines. Slightly to the right of the mentioned peak, the path (a narrow strip without dwarf pines) leading straight up is clearly visible. We then climb steeply along this path. Just before reaching the ridge, a poorly visible path joins from the right, traversing the slope below Vrh Ruš (1995 m). Here we continue left and traverse the slope on a narrow trail through the dwarf pines. Soon we emerge from the dwarf pines onto a grassy slope and begin to climb towards a small saddle between the peaks Pri Banderi and Vrh Leh.
At the saddle, where a view opens into the Bavšica valley, we continue left along the grassy ridge and soon reach the summit of Pri Banderi.
From the summit, we continue along the ridge and after a short descent and another ascent reach Vrh Ovčje planje, from which we have a nice view towards Svinjak.

Starting point - Lemovje 1:00, Lemovje - Planina nad Sočo 1:30, Planina nad Sočo - Pri Banderi 1:20, Pri Banderi - Vrh Ovčje planje 0:10.

Along the route: Lemovje (868m), Planina nad Sočo (1400m), Pri Banderi (1974m)

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