Pod Krnico - Koschutnikturm (Košutnikov turn) (western way)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubelj. From this road before the gas station, we turn right in Tržič. The road then quickly brings us in Tržič, and we follow it further in the direction of village Jelendol and Medvodje. In the village Medvodje we turn left towards Košuta on the forest road which we follow to a crossroad at Košutnik (house) approximately at 1000m. Here we go right and we drive to the parking lot at a smaller quarry.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a cart track which branches off left from the road. Cart track goes into the forest and is moderately ascending, and in doing so at first crosses smaller and then bigger stream. Cart track, which has some shortcuts makes some turns and after good 15 minutes brings us on the mountain pasture Spodnja Dolga njiva.
After a short walk on the mountain pasture path brings us to a crossing, where there are signposts. We go left in the direction of Košutnikov turn (straight Košutnikov turn east path) and after few steps the path brings us into the forest, where it starts gently ascending. The path ahead crosses a grazing fence and soon after that, it brings us to the next crossing, where we go sharply right in the direction of Košutnikov turn (straight mountain pasture Tegoška planina). Next follows a moderate ascent through the spruce forest from which path brings us on a narrow and high clearing. The path is then ascending by this clearing in numerous zig-zags relatively steeply upwards. Above the clearing, the path crosses a short lane of a forest and brings us on the upper unvegetated slopes of Košuta. Here the path turns a little towards the left and after few minutes gets very close to one of numerous gullies in the ridge of Košuta. Right at the spot, where the path gets close to a gully, marked path on Košutnikov turn turns sharply right.
The path ahead in a gentle ascent crosses grassy slopes, which are in some parts vegetated with dwarf pines towards the east. The path then again steeply ascends and brings us into a small steep valley between Košutnikov turn on the right and less known peak Ostrv on the left. Here the path ascends even steeper and in few minutes of ascent brings us on the border ridge, where a view opens up towards Austria. Here joins also the climbing path, which comes from the Austrian side.
We continue right on the more and more rocky slope, which soon bypasses less noticeable window in the ridge. Steepness on the path is increasing and in front of us, we notice a steep rocky jump, which is high around 10m. On this part we have to help ourselves with hands, because the path is very steep and in wet very dangerous. Still steep path then soon brings us on the ridge, where the steepness decreases. The path which runs on in parts exposed ridge we follow to the peak, which we reach in few ten strides of additional walking.

On the way: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva (1400m)