Kupljenik - Gradišče pod Babjim zobom
Starting point: Kupljenik (642 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3382°N 14.0785°E
Time of walking: 25 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 182 m
Altitude difference (by path): 182 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce, and then we continue driving towards Bled and forward towards Bohinj. When Bled ends, at first road towards Bohinjska Bela branches off to the right, and approximately 1.5 km ahead, on the top of the slope road towards the village Kupljenik branches off to the left. We continue towards Kupljenik and continue driving on an ascending asphalt road which we follow to the mentioned settlement. In the settlement, otherwise on the part where there aren't any houses, we get to the left hairpin turn, in the middle of which short road towards marked parking lot branches off to the right.
B) First, we drive to Podbrdo and from there in Bohinjska Bistrica (with car shuttle train or over Soriška planina). From Bohinjska Bistrica we continue driving towards Bled. Before we get to Bled, we will get to a crossroad, where a road towards the village Kupljenik branches off to the right (turn-off from the main road is marked). We continue towards Kupljenik and continue driving on an ascending asphalt road which we follow to the mentioned settlement. In the settlement, otherwise on the part where there aren't any houses, we get to the left hairpin turn, in the middle of which short road towards marked parking lot branches off to the right.
Path description:
From the marked parking lot, we continue on a bad road in the direction of cave Jama pod Babjim zobom and Babji zob. The road at first leads us by the edge of the pasture, and from there for some time a nice view opens up, which reaches all the way to the highest peaks of Karawanks, and after the left turn, the path passes into the forest. A wide cart track at the nearby water supply building turns sharply right, and then it is ascending diagonally towards the right. A little higher, the marked path (cart track) towards Babji zob turns left, and we continue right, on a little narrower cart track which leads towards the cave below Babji zob (at the crossing there are only signs for Babji zob).
After a short ascent, we get to the next, this time a well-marked crossing, where another path branches off to the left on Babji zob, and we continue straight and marked path towards the cave below Babji zob we follow to a larger clearing, by the edge of which there are located haylofts.
At the haylofts, we leave the marked path and we continue right on a poorly visible footpath which on the left side bypasses the haylofts. Further, the path leads us through an indistinct small valley, and in the upper part we continue slightly left and we ascend on a smaller ridge, which we follow to the right, and there in a minute or two of additional walking, we ascend to the summit of Gradišče.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (February).
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