Trail nr. 18: Matuckar Trail
HIKING AND CYCLING TRAILS
Starting point
Pr’ Mark Farm
The Črni Vrh Plateau is famous for winter sports, especially the Trnovo Marathon. Year round, it offers numerous possibilities to spend active time in nature and learn about the natural and cultural heritage of the area. On the north, it rises steeply above the Idrijca River Valley; on the South, it is surrounded by steep peaks that offer amazing views onto the Adriatic Sea and Mt. Triglav.
One of the numerous hiking and cycling trails of various difficulties that are available on the plateau is the Matuckar trail. It is an easy flat trail, appropriate for a family cycling trip, and can partly also be hiked. Going past homesteads, meadows, and chapels, it traverses the entire Zadlog Plateau.
You will learn how geological features influenced the typical Karst landscape and its natural elements; see the architecture typical for Zadlog; witness the life of the Zadlog people past and present; and learn about the life and work of Zadlog-born Dr Frančišek Lampe.
The trail offers a wonderful trip: breathe fresh air, listen to the birdsong, and chat with the locals!
Attractions
- Zadlog
- Flax cave
A small stone building used to dry flax, which was sown and produced in the Črni Vrh region until the mid-20th century. - Ivanšek’s linden tree
- Ivanšek’s pond
As the karstic surface could not hold much water, people used to collect water in pools (called lokev in the Črni Vrh dialect). Nowadays, they are used as drinking spots for the livestock and are home to numerous interesting animals and plants. - Tominc homestead
A typical example of a Zadlog homestead with a residential building, stable, shed, a well, and a partly preserved forge. - Dr Frančišek Lampe
Frančišek Lampe, doctor of Theology and Philosophy, was born in Zadlog. He is the founder of the magazine Dom in svet, has written several philosophical works and published Zgodbe iz Svetega pisma, Bible stories. - Lampe chapel
- Štefk Sinklohes
Sinkholes that gather waters from the southern part of Zadlog Field. - Tectonic contact – quarry
The Trebče quarry is is situated on the tectonic contact between two different thrust slices of main dolomite. It was formed more than 200 million years ago. - Trails in the vicinity
Karst forest educational trail
The Hight Karst trail
Kampare trail
Lookoutpeaks above Črni Vrh
Feldban - Panoramic summits
Javornik
Velika peč
Špičasti vrh
Čelkov vrh
Local services
Trail map
Trail description
Reaching the starting point: From the direction of Ljubljana, drive to Logatec, then towards Godovič. When you reach Godovič, take the second exit (Črni Vrh) at the roundabout. In Črni Vrh, turn right at the crossroads towards Zadlog. After approximately 800 m, park at the Pr’ Mark farm parking lot.
From the direction of Idrija, take the Zala Valley road to Godovič. At the roundabout, take the first exit to Črni Vrh. In Črni Vrh, turn right at the crossroads towards Zadlog. After approximately 800 m, park at the Pr’ Mark farm parking lot.
From the direction of Nova Gorica, take the Vipava Valley road to Ajdovščina, then continue towards Col and Črni Vrh. In Črni Vrh, turn left at the crossroads towards Zadlog. After approximately 800 m, park at the Pr’ Mark farm parking lot.
Trail description: From the Pr’ Mark farm head towards Zadlog. After a short ascent, the Zadlog Plateau with its endless meadows opens before you. A guide peg equipped with a QR code (via which you can access web content on your mobile phone) will guide you to your right on the first crossroads. After 700 m, you will reach a crossroads and beyond the meadow you will see the remnants of the flax cave. Turn left onto a gravel road and continue until you reach a crossroads with an asphalt road where you turn right. The road will lead you past the once magnificent Ivanšek’s linden tree and the Ivanšek’s pool to the crossroads with the Zadlog–Idrijski Log road, where you turn left. After 400 m, turn right at the first crossroads and left at the second one: you will reach the main road going through Zadlog. After a good 300 m drive, a guide peg will again steer you to your right, past a farm and onto a gravel road. The road that winds between the fields and meadows will soon lead you to a chapel and soon after to Tominc homestead. In the crossroads, turn right in the direction of a sandpit, and along the road, you will see a memorial plaque for Dr Frančišek Lampe and, a little later, Lampe chapel, where you turn left. After 500 m, turn left onto a local road and follow it in the direction of Črni Vrh until you reach a signpost for Štefk sinkholes and Špičasti vrh. Here, turn right onto a gravel road and follow it until your reach and asphalt crossroads, where you turn left, and then, after a few meters only, right. Cycle past houses and onto the main road through Zadlog, where you continue right towards Črni Vrh. A few hundred meters before your starting point, the road forks right and goes uphill towards a quarry where the tectonic contact between two thrusts is visible to the eye. Return to the main road. If you cycle a few meters from the starting point, the Pr’ Mark farm, you can visit Ivan Rudolf’s War Museum (Črni Vrh 36).
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