(ENG) REST ON THE WAY TO MT. STOL
Short rest and wide views on the trail to Mt. Stol.
Mt. Stol above Kobarid is only the first major hill-top in the long mountain ridge, the southern “front guard” of the Julian Alps. It starts at Kobarid towards west with Stol, Veliki Muzec, crosses the border into Italy, to Breška gora. Then it is bisected by the river Ter, but continuew westward to Postovčič, Lanež (Cuel de Lanis), and ends with Veliki Karman (Monte Chiampon) above Humin (Gemona del Friuli), 34 kilometres from Kobarid.
Open grasslands stretch across much of the ridge, inviting to pleasant, scenic hikes. The easiest access to Mt. Stol is from the alpine pasture Božica, which has access by a forestry road. You can usually drive at least to the alpine pasture Spodnja Božica. But we invite you to the southern side of the ridge with most scenic approaches. You can drive through village Breginj and along the forestry road all the way up to the chapel of St. Mary (Sv. Marjeta). However, we suggest leaving the car lower (see waypoint P) and walking up the marked trail. It will take you about two hours and a half from the proposed starting point to Mt. Stol, and only three quarters of an hours to the resting place at the chapel.
A geocache awaits you near the chapel.
If you only planed a hike to the treasure, we suggest that you at least continue for about ten minutes further up the way towards Mt. Stol. Soon the trees are getting thin, and a zigzag path quickly takes you to the grassy slope during the bark. Go to the proposed viewpoint (waypoint R1), or at least slightly lower to waypoint R0. You will not regret it.
Part of the view from the suggested viewpoint / Del razgleda s predlaganega razgledišča
Spoiler photo doesn't show hiding place. But it is taken close to the cache location.
References: Description of the mountain ridge with Mt. Stol is taken from a book "Julijske Alpe nad Sočo" (Julian Alps above Soča river), Andrej Stritar, Ljubljana, Sidarta 1997; all photos: kompaski
(SI) POSTANEK NA POTI NA STOL
Kratek počitek in široki razgledi na poti proti Stolu.
Stol nad Kobaridom je pravzaprav le prva pomembnejša vzpetina v dolgem gorskem hrbtu, južnem »braniku« Julijcev. Prične se pri Kobaridu in se vleče proti zahodu preko Stola, Velikega Muzca, preko meje v Italijo, na Breško goro. Potem ga preseka rečica Ter, zahodno od nje pa se nadaljuje s Postovčičem, Lanežem in se konča šele z Velikim Karmanom nad Huminom, 34 kilometrov od Kobarida.
Čez večji del slemena se raztezajo odprta travišča, ki kar vabijo k prijetnemu, razglednemu pohajkovanju. Najenostavnejši dostop na Stol je s planine Božica, do katere pripelje gozdna cesta. Običajno se da z avtom pripeljati vsaj do planine Spodnja Božica. Verjetno najlepši pa so pristopi z južne strani. Pohodnikom, ki se bodo odpravili iz Breginja je na voljo gozdna cesta, ki pripelje povsem pod kapelo Sv. Marjete. Predlagamo pa, da avto pustite niže in se v hrib podate peš. Od predlaganega izhodišča je do Stola dve uri in pol, do počivališča pri kapeli pa le tričetrt ure.
Zakladek vas čaka v bližini kapele, pri kateri lahko zaspane dolince pozdravite tudi z bitjem zvona.
Chapel of St. Mary in the proximity of the cache / Kapela Sv. Marjete, v bližini zaklada
Tudi, če ste se namenili le na sprehod do zaklada, vam predlagamo, da nadaljujete še dobri deset minut po poti proti Stolu. Kmalu se gozd razredči, cik-cakasta pot pa vas med leščevjem hitro popelje na razgledno travnato pobočje. Pojdite do predlaganega razgledišča (točka poti R1), ali vsaj malo nižje do točke R0. Ne bo vam žal.
"Kvarnik" ali spoiler ne prikazuje skrivališča zaklada. A fotografija je posneta z mesta zelo blizu zaklada.
Viri: Opis gorskega hrbta s Stolom je povzet po knjigi Julijske Alpe nad Sočo, Andrej Stritar, Ljubljana, Sidarta 1997; vse fotografije: kompaski