Hiking trail

JULIANA TRAIL: stage 8 Bistrica - Bača summit - Podbrdo

13.7km 8:00h 770m 782m Difficulty difficult

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13.7km 8:00h 770m 782m Difficulty difficult

km 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2 Base Map: outdooractive Cartography; ©OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)

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13.7km 8:00h 770m 782m Difficulty difficult

km 0 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.2 Base Map: outdooractive Cartography; ©OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)

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Road surface Elevation profile

Asphalt 1.8km m Železniška postaja Bohinjska Bistrica Dirt road 0.9km Ceconijev park 1500 Path 8.1km Cerkev svetega Ahacija, NemškiVrh Ba Rovtče TIC Podbrdo Unknown 2.1km 1200

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Tour data Best time of year Ratings Hiking Trail Difficulty difficult Authors JAN FEB MAR Distance 13.7 km Stamina Experience APR MAY JUN Duration 8:00 h Technique JUL AUG SEP Landscape Ascent 770 m Altitude OCT NOV DEC 1287 m Descent 782 m 508 m

More tour data this trail was one of a few options for people to pass from one region to another. Properties Public transport friendly Multi-stage tour Follow the directions for Nemški Rovt to a forest road that takes us to the abandoned Kobla ski centre. The Scenic Geological highlights alpine trail leads us through the last forest below the Faunistic highlights Healthy climate ridge and to the Vrh Bače saddle. In and out Cultural/historical value The latter is a perfect viewpoint of Baška grapa, Marko Lenarcic Porezen and other surrounding mountains. We can rest Updated: February 14, 2020 at the saddle near a beautiful hunters lodge, and on both sides we can see bunkers and the remains of military taverns, typical examples of almost 2000 km long Vallo Alpino system which defended the Italian border between both world wars. Source Julische Alpen From the saddle, the trail descends to Bača and further Bled, Ljubljanska c. 27 to Podbrdo, the largest village in Baška grapa. 4260 Bled Phone +386(0)4 / 578 02 00 Author’s recommendation Fax Due to a high difference in altitude, this stage is [email protected] quite demanding. In bad weather we Centuries before the construction of roads and recommend you to take the train through the railways connected Bohinj and the Primorska region, Bohinj tunnel (10 minutes).

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Safety information The stage starts at the railway station in Bohinjska The trail is steep and has no phone reception in some Bistrica. We initially turn towards the village and keep sections. Due to a high mountain pass (1,273 m), the left, continue along the Belca brook to the main road. stage is almost impassable in winter without proper We continue up the main road and at the road turn we mountaineering equipment, therefore, it is turn right in the forest. We continue along the forest recommended, from the end of November until mid- path and then turn right to an unpaved road. Then we April and in bad weather conditions, to take the train slowly ascend to the village of Nemški Rovt. In the from Bohinjska Bistrica to the Primorska side. middle of the village (in front of the wayside shrine) we turn right downhill to a small pond, where we can rest. Then we continue left, along the alpine trail and Equipment partially along the tree removal train upwards. We soon Hiking equipment suitable for the season. arrive to a panoramic clear spot and go off the tree removal trail, seek for a poorly visible path that Additional information ascends to the left. We soon come to the tree removal trail, turn left and keep to the right, ascend until Tips, hints and links reaching the viewpoint on the edge of the Strme Hint by National Park: The south-facing and pasture. There is a tree in the middle of the pasture, north-facing sides of the and we turn right there and seek for a path on the forest edge. We arrive to a small meadow and cross it The Peči ridge, which separates the Bohinj area from (poorly visible path). Then we come to a large meadow the Tolmin basin, marks the hydrological divide with a house where there is a cart road behind it, turn between the Soča and its tributaries that flow left and continue to an unpaved road, turn right and southwards into the Adriatic Sea, and the Sava, which continue along the forest road. There is a turning for drains into the Black Sea. Soriška planina here and we continue straight on along the road, turn right at the first turning and follow the The watershed acts as a barrier between the mild forest road to the crossroad and continue straight on. Mediterranean climate and the cold alpine, or The road crosses a few meadows and soon comes to continental, . Explore the differences between the hunters lodge Za Malim vrhom. Turn upwards at the both sides of the ridge in terms of geomorphology, lodge and continue left to the forest. We continue vegetation, and architecture, and marvel at the straight on along the forest road and arrive to Vrh Bače, diversity of two different worlds. where there is a hunters lodge on the Bača side. We descend on the steep slopes down to Bača village, www.julijske-alpe.si search for the church and the path to continue to Podbrdo. www.bohinj.si Getting There www.dolina-soce.si This tour is conveniently accessible by public www.slovenia-outdoor.com transport.

Turn-by-turn directions Public transport Bus: Starting point / trailhead Railway station in Bohinjska Bistrica. www.arriva.si Coordinates: – Bled – Bohinjska Bistrica or Geogr. 46.271759, 13.957810 UTM 33T 419696 5124770 – Bled – Bohinjska Bistrica Train: Point of arrival Podbrdo www.slo-zeleznice.si Turn-by-turn directions The trail runs from Nemški Rovt along the Bohinj Hiking Ljubljana – Bohinjska Bistrica Trail and the marked alpine trail to Strme, forest roads and forest path to the Vrh Bače saddle. Salzburg – Jesenice – Bled –Bohinjska Bistrica

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Nova Gorica – Podbrdo –Bohinjska Bistrica Museum 6 Jakovka\'s house Getting there Source: Turizem Dolina Soce Motorway:

Ljubljana – Jesenice – exit Bled, Bohinj

Salzburg – Jesenice – Ljubljana – exit Bled, Bohinj

Regional road:

Bled – Bohinjska Bistrica

Ljubljana – Škofja Loka – Soriška planina – Bohinjska Bistrica

Petrovo Brdo – Podbrdo

Parking Car parks in Bohinjska Bistrica.

Car par at the railway station in Podbrdo.

Points of Interest (6)

Park 1 Ceconijev park Source: Turizem Bohinj

Railway Station 2 Železniška postaja Bohinjska Bistrica Source: Turizem Bohinj

Church 3 Church of St. Achatius in Nemški Rovt Nemški Rovt Source: Turizem Bohinj

Summit 4 Vrh Bače Source: Turizem Bohinj

Tourist Information 5 TIC Podbrdo Podbrdo 18 5243 Podbrdo +386 (0)5 38 00 485

[email protected] Source: Turizem Dolina Soce

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