Cycling trail Witch (Kolesarska pot Coprnica)

[eng] See the lake from near and far.

For avid climbers, the ideal trail is from Lake Cerknica to the 1114-metre-high lookout on Mt Slivnica. On your way, you will be able to see the lake from near and far.

You start your way in Dolenje Jezero and head towards the village of Otok. Continue through the villages along the eastern edge of Lake Cerknica where you can stop, rest and enjoy a meal at some of the tourist farms and restaurants. Cycle on through the village of Grahovo and take a right turn at the church. Soon afterwards, there’s some 10-km climb on Slivnica, mountain of witches. We recommend making a stop at the top to take in the view while resting and eating in the Slivnica Mountain Lodge.

You descend along the same road, but after some two km turn left towards Cerknica. From here, return to the starting point in Dolenje Jezero.

[slo] S Cerkniškega jezera na zacoprano Slivnico in nazaj. Pot, polna lepih razgledov, a zaradi vzpona na Slivnico primerna le za dobro pripravljene kolesarje.

Pot začnete ob Dolenjem Jezeru in se odpravite proti vasi Otok. Nadaljujete skozi naselja ob vzhodnem robu Cerkniškega jezera, kjer imate na okoliških turističnih kmetijah in restavracijah nekaj priložnosti, da se ustavite in okrepčate.  Nadaljujete pot skozi Grahovo, kjer na križišču ob cerkvi zavijete desno in kmalu zatem začnete s približno 10 km dolgim vzponom na Slivnico, goro coprnic. Priporočamo, da se na vrhu ustavite in se naužijete razgleda ter okrepčila v Domu na Slivnici.

Od vrha Slivnice se sprva vračate po isti poti, kot ste prišli, a po približno dveh kilometrih zavijete na levo proti Cerknici. Skozi Cerknico se nato vrnete do Dolenjega Jezera na izhodišče.