Sveta Jedert (Lajše) - Bela peč (Podbliška gora) (via Rigli)

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, we drive on the old road towards Kranj, and there we stick to the main road, and we follow it to the bridge over the river Sava. Just before the bridge we leave the main road and we continue driving straight in the direction of Besnica. Further, we drive through settlements Rakovica, Spodnja and Zgornja Besnica, Njivica, Nemilje to the settlement Podblica. A little above Podblica we get to a marked crossroad, where we join the road Dražgoše - Kropa. Here we continue sharply left (we can continue also right and then after 50 meters at the turning point we turn around) and on a narrower road we drive to the church of St. Jedert, where we park on a smaller parking lot nearby.
B) We drive to Kropa and from there we continue driving on the zig-zag road towards Železniki. At the settlement Jamnik the road flattens a little and then crosses relatively steep slopes towards the south. Further, left downwards the road branches off towards Podblica, Besnica and Kranj, and here we continue straight and on the road we drive to the church of St. Jedert, where we park on a smaller parking lot nearby.
C) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving towards Železniki, but we drive on the main road only to the settlement Selca, where behind the church we turn right on a local road, on which we start ascending towards the village Lajše. Above Lajše it joins the main road Dražgoše - Kropa, and we follow it right and we drive there to a smaller parking lot near the church of St. Jedert.
D) We drive to Bača pri Modreju, and then we continue driving towards Podbrdo and Železniki. In Železniki we turn left towards Dražgoše, and from there we drive towards Kropa. Only a little after from the right side joins the road from the village Lajše, we will get to a smaller parking lot at the church of St. Jedert.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the church of St. Jedert we continue on the asphalt road towards Dražgoše and Železniki. Soon, the road branches off to the left towards the valley, and we continue straight, where we go past NOB monument. We leave the road only a little further from the memorial, where we go on a cart track which from the road turns sharply to the right. The cart track immediately brings us into the forest and starts ascending, and after few minutes it turns to the left. A little further, we join another cart track which from the road branches off a little further in the direction of Dražgoše, and we continue there slightly right and we are still ascending. Higher at two crossings we continue right, and when we already get from the southern on the southeastern slopes we go left upwards. The path ahead leads us past a smaller entrance into a cave, and the cart track soon ends.
From the spot, where the cart track ends we follow the footpath which is accompanied by signs in the shape of green-white triangle. Few minutes higher we reach another cart track which we follow towards the left, and in light ascent it brings us to an asphalt road which we follow to the right. The road on which we continue is for few minutes ascending steeper, and then at the left turn it flattens. Here at the information board of area Natura 2000 we leave it and we continue right, on a cart track which leads us by the periphery of Jelovica, and we are still accompanied by green-white signs. After a short descent, the cart track ends, and we continue on a beaten path which continues in approximately the same direction and still runs by the edge of plateau. Next follow few shorter ascents and descents, and occasionally from the path also a nice view opens up a little. The path which runs above the slopes of Rigli, crosses also a shorter steeper slope, where mainly in wet there is a greater danger of slipping (the mentioned part we can also bypass on the left on a plateau). Next follows some more of a moderate ascent and we reach the shoulder of Jelovica, where we go right and in few steps we get to Bela peč, from where a beautiful view opens up.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in June 2020.