Zabočevo - Rakitna

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we take the Vrhnika exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Verd, Bistra, Borovnica and Podpeči. In Borovnica we come to a crossroads, where we continue right in the direction of Pekel. We follow the relatively narrow road ahead in the direction of Brezovica pri Borovnici, but only to the spot where the signs for the village Zabočevo direct us to the left. The road soon brings us to the mentioned village, and we follow it a little further to the mountain signposts for Rakitna. We park some 10 meters higher on one of the parking lots by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, by which there is also a warning sign that we are entering the bear area, we head onto the footpath in the direction of Rakitna. The path initially leads along a wide cart track, which after good 10 minutes of moderate ascent brings us to a smaller clearing, where there is also a poorly marked junction.
Rare and occasionally quite faded blazes here direct us right onto a noticeably steeper cart track, which then continues to ascend diagonally. The path higher up brings us to a forest road, which we only cross, as the signs for Rakitna and Krimšček direct us onto a cart track that continues to ascend through the forest.
The increasingly gentle path, which continues towards the southeast, brings us after a while to a junction at the NOB monument.
Here we continue left downhill along an initially wide cart track (straight ahead Krimšček), which after a short descent joins a macadam road. After a few minutes the road gets an asphalt surface and brings us to the village Rakitna. We continue along the gentle asphalt road, which past houses in 15 minutes of further walking brings us to the main road.
When we reach the main road, we can walk in a few minutes to the parish church of the Holy Cross, or continue right and after good 5 minutes of further walking arrive at the lake on Rakitna, by which there is a newly built hotel.