Bavšica - Vrh Brda

Access to starting point:
From the road Bovec - Predel, at the fortress Kluže an asphalt road branches off to the right into the Bavšica valley. We take the mentioned road, which we follow in a moderate ascent to the parking lot in Bavšica (the parking lot is located by the mountain signposts and an information board).

Route description:
From the parking lot we continue along the right road, which quickly takes us to the Mountain Learning Centre Bavšica. We continue straight, initially still along the cart track towards Planina Bukovec and Bavški Grintavec. At the benches with a table the cart track ends and the markings direct us slightly right onto a footpath. The path crosses the stream Kopica, along which it then ascends. Soon we cross the bed to the left side and thereafter we ascend relatively steeply for quite some time, mostly above the mentioned stream. The path leads us occasionally through forest and occasionally by shrubbery. Higher up the valley we are ascending narrows and the path leads us under steep walls. Here the path comes very close to the streamlet and later also crosses it. After crossing, the path ascends a steeper slope where a piton is also helpful at one short section. There follows a further ascent mostly through forest, after which the path brings us to the hunting hut on Planina Bukovec.
From the hunting hut we continue right along the marked path and the path soon brings us to a steeper slope above a vegetated gully. Along the track we descend to the gully and cross it to the other side. The slope above the gully is quite steep so some caution is required. At a short section a few pitons and steps are also helpful.
On the other side of the gully the path runs in a southerly direction and brings us to slopes partly overgrown with dwarf pine. From here increasingly beautiful views of the surrounding mountains also begin to open up. Here we can notice an unmarked track branching off to the right, but we continue for a short time still along the left marked path and then reach a marked junction.
The signpost directs us right towards Bavški Grintavec via Vrh Brda, while left the path leads towards Sedlo Kanja. We therefore continue right and the somewhat less trodden path ascends transversely by the dwarf pine. When the path crosses a scree slope we must be somewhat more attentive, as at the end of the scree the marked path turns left upwards. Straight ahead the unmarked path continues, which further crosses the slopes towards the west.
We continue along the marked path, which ascends more steeply along the edge of the scree upwards. The path then turns right and ascends a steep slope. Thereafter we ascend for some time along a relatively steep slope through dwarf pine. Higher up the dwarf pine ends and the path then mostly ascends transversely across quite steep slopes, which are occasionally also slightly exposed. Later the path turns left and there follows a further ascent along a more gravelly slope to the ridge on which a beautiful view also opens to the southern side.
On the ridge we continue left along the marked path and then ascend along the ridge, which is initially still mostly grassy. Higher up the ridge becomes quite steep on the left northern side, so if we walk along the edge of the ridge some extra caution is required. Later the ridge becomes more rocky and brings us to Vrh Brda on which there is a cairn.

Along the route: Planinsko učno središče (713m), Planina Bukovec (1346m)

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