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Wow, I see more interest in Starec than expected.
I parked right on the road where stream/valley Lobnica/Vobnica/Vobenca joins Kokra, careful not to block forestry. Followed by 3 km walk on wide gravel road (turquoise), drivable. But early morning start worth using for warm-up and watch rising sun light Kočna, Srednji vrh and our goal.
Path (orange) after bridge becomes steep vertical, gaining height starts. Upper zigzag less steep but offers some "fun". July visit path overgrown with sword-cutting grass, this time carefully avoid abundant dung. So if not crashing too much won't miss roe deer encounter.
To Starec and Akle so far two different approaches (red). Previously first to saddle between peaks, this time as high as possible on path then direct to Starec. Neither feels optimal. Mostly used youthful strength and partly on all fours up the hill. From seen doubt easy path exists, but with thought and off-trail experience avoid issues.
View from top not top-notch, but little moving along ridge catches most "neighbors". Starec attractive surely due to wilderness and "rawness".

Today on Starec. In line with the above description, in the off-trail part especially in current conditions with slope partly covered in snow, utmost caution needed, especially on descent.
Then directly from Starec I set off searching for Hajnriharjeva planina. On maps it's marked very differently if at all (not unusual for a pasture). Walk along Bornova hunting fence and push through dense conifer forest. Head towards Srednji vrh and to my relief reach much sparser deciduous area (pic). Decide enough exploring for today and descend to valley where I quickly find relatively wide previously surprisingly unnoticed path joining the one I used for access to Starec
Surely some expert can tell if I "was" on Hajnriharjeva planina or not. Due to my green years I lack historical knowledge when the pasture was abandoned. Can we still find remnants of human activity like meadow, half-collapsed hut? Or has so much time passed that forest covers everything?