Sviščaki - Snežnik (footpath)

Access to starting point:
A) From Cerknica or Nova vas na Blokah we first drive to Bloška Polica, from there we continue driving in the direction of Lož and Babno Polje. In the settlement Pudob we turn right in the direction of Snežnik, Ilirska Bistrica, Knežak and the nearby settlement Kozarišče. In Kozarišče we continue slightly left in the direction of Snežnik and also in the next crossroads we follow the road in the direction of Snežnik. When Kozarišče ends, the asphalt also ends, and we immediately after the bridge over Mali Obrh continue left in the direction of Mašun and Knežak. There follows a long drive on a macadam road, after which after approximately 19 km from Kozarišče we arrive at a crossroad, where the road from Mašun joins us from the right. Here we continue left in the direction of Sviščaki, to where we have approximately 10 km of macadam, at crossroads we follow the signs for Sviščaki. After approximately 29 km of macadam road we arrive at the Planinski dom na Sviščakih mountain hut, where we park.
B) We drive to Pivka, from there we continue driving towards Knežak. In Knežak at the marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of Mašun and the settlements Bač and Koritnice. A little further we go right in the direction of Mašun and Koritnice (straight Bač). After Koritnice the road starts to ascend more noticeably, then after 18 km from the main crossroad in Knežak it brings us to Mašun, from where we continue driving right in the direction of Sviščaki, to where we have approximately 12 km of macadam road. When we arrive at the Planinski dom na Sviščakih mountain hut we park.
C) First we drive to Ilirska Bistrica, then we continue driving towards Sviščaki (the turn-off is in the middle of Ilirska Bistrica and is marked, perhaps it is only a little less noticeable). At first we ascend on an asphalt road, then after roughly 12 km of ascent asphalt is replaced by macadam. There follows approximately 7 km of macadam, then we arrive at a crossroad in the immediate vicinity of the Planinski dom na Sviščakih mountain hut, where we continue straight towards the nearby mountain hut, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the Planinski dom na Sviščakih mountain hut we continue on the road that goes across the meadow. On the other side of the meadow we leave the road and ascend the grassy slope in the direction of Snežnik. Already after a few minutes of walking we come back to the road and follow it to a crossroad, where we continue on the left road. The road then after a few dozen steps brings us to the parking lot at the chapel.
Here the signpost for Snežnik directs us onto a cart track that moderately ascends through the forest. After 15 minutes the cart track slightly descends and crosses a forest road. On the other side of the road it starts ascending again, then the steepness eases. The cart track then past a cross brings us to a forest road, where there is a junction.
We continue on the poorer road in the direction of Snežnik, which after 15 minutes brings us to the place where the road ends. Here a nice view opens towards the summit of Snežnik. The signpost then directs us onto a nice path that ascends among dwarf pines in a traverse below Mali Snežnik. The increasingly panoramic path brings us to the ridge, where the path to Mali Snežnik branches off to the left. We continue right and in ten minutes we reach the shelter on Snežnik.
From the shelter to the summit we have only a few steps.