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May 14, 2025
Wonderful spring tour to Slavnik from Prešnica... path gentle, mostly shady, through beautiful thermophilic forest scented with lilies of the valley, on the summit part plenty of flowers, among which narcissi prevail. At the closed hut some satisfied hikers, then shock: a Mazda with people from Zagreb arrives, parks by the hut and a trio of "hikers" gets professionally to work: they quickly stamp a whole bundle of books they brought in a bag, so that many of their friends will rejoice at conquering Slovenian peaks. At the same time they grumble because the stamps are chained (otherwise they would take them?). They ask where to go to Hrpelje hill, take some photos and drive off to new hiking victories. Obviously Croats like to boast about our transversals they have conquered, for which they don't need to sweat...

From the asphalt road at the end of Kopišč a macadam forest road (logging road) branches off towards the slope, which climbs ever steeper to the turning bay around a large rock. Here we search for the little path that starts on the right side of the incised "roundabout", among fallen trees and undergrowth. Later no more problems, except at "detours" around fallen trees.
If we tackle the Martinj trail from the upper side, we go along the forest road that continues from planina Dol past the last cabin towards the west, past the hunting hut (on the left). When the road after about a kilometer starts to climb steeper in the forest, we notice a cart track branching off to the left, which soon continues as a little path, which is harder to follow in autumn or winter due to the cover. Orientation issues end when we reach the edge of the plateau, where the path with ample views starts to descend.
Bojan, 19.11.2015