Hiking:

• H1 - MALA GORA AND SLEMEN TRAILS

• H2 - WOODENWARE AND PILGRIMAGE TRAILS

• H3 - BEAR TRAILS

• H4 - VERONIKA DESENIŠKA TRAILS

• H5 - ENERGY REFUEL IN THE WORLD OF THE KOLPA RIVER

• H6 - ALONG THE SOUTHERNMOST SLOVENIAN BORDER

• H7 - ŽUPANČIČEVA TRAIL

• H8 - BELA KRAJINA PARTISAN TRAILS

• H9 - THROUGH BEAUTIFUL AREAS OF BELA KRAJINA

• H10 - ALONG THE USKOK TRAILS

• H10.1 Through ferns and vineyards

• H11 - ALONG THE TRAILS OF MONKS

• H12 - OVER THE PLAIN ACROSS THE KRKA RIVER

• H13 - ALONG THE TRAIL FROM ŠMARJETA TO MOKRONOG

• H14 - THROUGH THE MIRNA VALLEY

• H15 - ALONG THE TREBNJE HILLS

• H16 - FOLLOWING THE VESTIGES OF KARSTIC TEMENICA

• H17 - ALONG THE SEVEN HILLS OF NOVO MESTO

• H18 - ALONG STRAŠKA GORA TO SUHA KRAJINA

• H19 - THROUGH THE KRKA RIVER VALLEY

• H19.1 - Cvinger archaeological trail

• H20 - ALONG THE KOČEVSKI ROG PLATEAU

• H20.1 -  Levstikova brigada walking trail

• H20.2 -  Plavica herbal trail

• H20.3 - Polhar trail

• H20.4 -  Trail to Base 20

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H3 - BEAR TRAILS

 

Ribnica - Hrovača - Jasnica - Stojna - Jelenov studenec - Kočevje
The medium-difficult trail will take us through forests to the mountain lodges at the Jelenov spring. Here we can rest and then descend to the town of Kočevje and tour the cultural sights.

Trail length: 26.4 km.

This route is included in the package HTN 17

 SCHEMATIC MAP

We begin the trip in the town of Ribnica. We can also opt for a tour of the town Ribnica and its castle, the Miklova House museum and Church of St. Stephen. Numerous culinary offers are available here. You are especially invited to Ribnica during the Ribnica Fair of Woodenware and Pottery held the first Sunday of each September.

We will then continue past the village Hrovača where the Škrabčev Homestead is located. The villagers hold various ethological and tourist events here throughout the year with Bean Day among the most famous, held the second Saturday of each September.
Our hike will then continue over the Dolenje vas plain through the villages of Otavica and Lipovec. We will stop in Lipovec and view Ribnica woodenware craft articles marked with their geographical origin. We will then walk along the edge of the forest to Jasnica.

Here our ascent to Stojna mountain begins. The trail is marked with the characteristic yellow-green signposts and Knafel markings. At the Jasnica motel, we will cross the road and turn southwards at the bust top athrough the meadow into the hill and cross to the path leading to the top of four forest roads and arrive on Slovenski vrh (1040 m).

From the peak, we will descend southwards, cross the forest road and arrive on a less-maintained forest road which we will follow and then turn left along a tractor track to the other forest road. We will walk along the road to two old fir trees on the left (there are 3 forest cottages called bivaks in the valley on the right) and then hike along the hill slope on the right south-eastwards and later, southwards. We will arrive at a forest road and walk along it on the right to the turnaround area at the end of the road and then onwards along the bike trail and along the steep hill trail. We will soon arrive at the top of Ledenik (1068 m), the highest peak of the Stojna mountain. When the trees are bare, one can see the Snežnik mountain in Notranjska from Ledenik to the west. Ledenik does not have any lookout points.

We will descend along the steep curved trail to the left and to the bike trail and then continue along it and turn left onto the forest road, continuing past two forks in the road,  taking a left at each fork and then turning right at the third fork and following the signposts and visit the Elenor Cave bearing witness to the karstic world and prehistoric Strmec one of the Kočevje primeval forests.

We will then return to our original trail. We will cross the road bend and go right onto the forest trail, first walking downwards and later, upwards and we will again arrive on the forest road. Here we will go right (the Mostna Cave is located alongside the road on the left) and then left at the crossroads (signpost) to the road block and continue downards to Koča by the Jelenov spring. The lodge is located in the middle of a pine forest and is managed by the Kočevje Alpine Society. Benches are situated around the area for weary travellers. Nearby, the murmur of the Jelenov spring can be heard. Here we can rest partaking of home-made delicacies prior to commencing the all-day ride. A walk towards the south will bring us to an ice cave which once served as a natural refrigerator.

If we decided not to sleep over in the shelter of the mountain lodge, we can descend along the so-called Kalan trail to Kočevje and select an overnight accomodation, restaurant or inn. If we still have the energy, we can tour some of the other sights of Kočevje, such as the old town centre with the Church of St. Jernej, the Provincial Museum or the mining lake.

 

Additional information about the trail:

Lowest point:	463.7 m
Highest point:	1037.5 m
Total ascent:	778.8 m
Total descent:	749.8 m
Estimated hiking time:	6.5 h