Sošice - Pliješ

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Metlika and further to Radovica. We cross the border crossing Kašt into Croatia. A narrow road leads us through small settlements into the forest, where we follow the signs to Sošice. When we arrive in Sošice, we park at one of the parking lots by the visitor center.
b)  We leave the Rijeka - Zagreb motorway at the Jastrebarsko exit and when we reach the roundabout in front of the town, we take the first exit towards Zagreb and Karlovac. We drive all the way to the town of Čeglje, where we turn right towards Bregano. We take this road and drive to Krašić and further past the famous church Grkokatolička Crkva Blagovijesti all the way to Strmca Pribićkega, where we continue on the main road. A long, ascending and winding road leads us through forests and several hamlets. When we arrive in Sošice, we park at one of the parking lots by the visitor center.

Path description:
From the starting point, we proceed forward along the ascending road. After about 5 minutes, we reach a junction where we turn left. The road to the right leads to Hartje and Samobor. At the junction there is a small chapel and some signs. The road ahead loses its asphalt surface and becomes gravel. When the settlement ends, a sign soon directs us right onto a path. Initially a cart track, it quickly changes into a wider path that leads us through dense spruce forest. The path steeply ascends to a small clearing, where it turns slightly left and levels out. Higher up, the path crosses a cart track and ascends again through spruce forest. Then the path traverses the slope for a while, then turns into a trough, which we leave later. The path turns left and steeply climbs to a road, which we follow to the right. We walk along the road for a few minutes, then the markers direct us left onto a path that cuts the road bend, and when we rejoin it, we already see the hut. A few more steps along the road lead us past a water spring and across a small meadow.
From the hut, we continue on the path, soon entering a trough that steeply ascends. The trough leads along the left side of a larger gully, which we also cross higher up. Then the trough becomes sandy and turns left. After a longer steep ascent, the trough turns into a path. Soon we emerge from the forest onto the grassy slopes of Pliješ, where the path over Sopotske planine joins from the right or the path to Ječmište continues. To the summit, another minute's ascent on the meadow awaits. From the summit, due to the nearby forest, there is not much view. There is also a junction at the summit. From the west, a longer path from Planinska koča Vodice joins, and to the north it continues towards Sveta Gera or Trdinov vrh.
Description and photos refer to the condition in October 2025.

On the way: Planinska koča Vodice (850m)