Dolina - Dom na Kofcah (past the chapel)
Starting point: Dolina (731 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3912°N 14.3305°E
Path name: past the chapel
Time of walking: 1 h 50 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 757 m
Altitude difference (by path): 757 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Podnart (Ljubelj), and then we continue driving on the road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When "fast road" ends (blue sign), we will on the right side notice gas station, in front of which we turn right downwards towards Tržič. Further, we drive through Tržič, and we follow the narrower road towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska and further to the village Dolina, where on a macadam parking lot before the bridge over the river Tržiška Bistrica we also park.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we at first cross a bridge, and then on the main road, we walk to the near chapel, where we continue left by the garden and older residential house on the forest road. We continue the ascent on narrower and worse macadam road which leads us by the stream Kališnik moderately upwards. The road soon changes into a cart track, and it starts ascending steeper. Higher, we come to a water catchment, above which narrower cart track turns left and after few meters ends, and we continue straight over larger meadow, on which we ascend to a little bigger spruce, where blazes point us slightly right on steeper footpath. We continue on the steep path, which crosses a shorter lane of a forest and then it brings us on moderately steep grassy slopes, on which with nice views on Storžič and Stegovnik we ascend to a saddle Kal, where we also step on the forest road. From the saddle, from which a nice view opens up on Begunjščica, we continue right and in few steps we get to the cottage Zavetišče na Kalu.
From the cottage, we continue on a macadam road, where we quickly get to a marked crossing, where "direct" path towards Dom na Kofcah branches off to the left, and we go straight and we still continue on a macadam road. Higher (only a little after the quarry) we leave the road, because blazes point us slightly to the left on a footpath, on which we at first steeply ascend, and then we are ascending diagonally towards the right. A little further, we reach the other forest road which we only cross because signs for Dom na Kofcah - mimo kapelice (past the chapel), point us on a wide cart track. After few meters of ascent we continue on the right cart track, on which we quickly get to Mrzli studenec (a well). After a well path goes for some time in the forest and then it brings us on a clearing, by the edge of which stands a larger chapel.
From the chapel we continue left in the forest, through which we ascend to the near grazing fence. When we cross a grazing fence footpath partly vanishes, but if we continue on a slope slightly towards the left, we will without any bigger problems come to the mountain hut Dom na Kofcah.
Trip can be extended to: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva
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Tegoška planina
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Planina Pungrat
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Planina Ilovica
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Zavetišče na planini Šija
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Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva
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Mala Košuta
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Kofce gora
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Toplar
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Malo Kladivo
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Veliki vrh (Košuta)
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Veliko Kladivo
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