Solarji - Deveti konfin (survey point 942) (via Ježa)

Access to starting point:
A) From Nova Gorica or from Tolmin we drive towards Bovec. Only a little after the roundabout, where the roads from Nova Gorica and Tolmin join, we get to an intersection, where the road towards the Solarji pass and Kolovrat branches off to the left. The road then brings us by the edge of Volče, where a signpost for the Solarji saddle directs us right onto the road which after the last houses starts to ascend more steeply. Further, we drive on an asphalt road which after a few kilometers of ascent brings us to the saddle, where there is also an intersection of roads. Here we continue on the left lower road, along which already after a few meters we park on a large parking area (we park in a way that does not hinder possible forestry work).
B) From Bovec we drive towards Tolmin, but we follow the road to the spot where the road towards Kolovrat branches off to the right (the turn-off is marked and is located only a little before the roundabout where the road splits towards Nova Gorica and Tolmin). The road then brings us by the edge of Volče, where a signpost for the Solarji saddle directs us right onto the road which after the last houses starts to ascend more steeply. Further, we drive on an asphalt road which after a few kilometers of ascent brings us to the saddle, where there is also an intersection of roads. Here we continue on the left lower road, along which already after a few meters we park on a large parking area (we park in a way that does not hinder possible forestry work).

Path description:
On the opposite side of the "parking lot" we notice a mountain direction sign with the inscription Ježa and Planinski dom pod Ježo, which directs us onto a gently undulating and relatively overgrown cart track. The cart track soon turns into a footpath, which first descends gently, then ever more steeply. The path further leads us past an old military cavern and behind it brings us to a short section secured with a steel cable (undemanding). A short descent follows and the path brings us to a macadam road, which we reach right at a smaller intersection. Here we continue along the left road, from which we soon turn right onto an ascending and initially wide cart track. We follow the cart track for a short time, then the signs for Ježa direct us right onto a footpath that starts to ascend more steeply through the forest. The less trodden and in places more overgrown path levels out higher up and brings us out of the forest onto the partly panoramic summit ridge of Ježa, along which we walk a few dozen steps to the logbook box.
From the top of Ježa we continue along the marked path in the direction of Planinski dom pod Ježo. The path from the summit itself immediately enters the forest, through which it descends to a marked junction. At the junction we continue left in the direction of Očna (straight to Planinski dom pod Ježo) and continue along the increasingly overgrown path. After a few minutes at a fallen spruce the path completely disappears, but we follow the blazes, as they quickly bring us to a wide cart track, which we follow to the right. After a few steps along the cart track we arrive at the spot where the marked path to Deveti konfin branches off to the left. Here we continue left and after a short ascent climb to a small saddle, where we continue left. Only a short ascent through the forest follows and the moderately steep path brings us to the summit.

On the way: Ježa (949m)