Podljubelj (Lajb) - Roblekov dom na Begunjščici
Starting point: Podljubelj (Lajb) (770 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4151°N 14.2701°E
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: demanding
Altitude difference: 887 m
Altitude difference (by path): 887 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at the junction Podtabor, and then we continue driving towards the border crossing Ljubelj. Further, we drive past the turn-off for Bistrica pri Tržiču, and higher also past the turn-off for Podljubelj. A little after the road sign 4.5 km, after the underpass we turn right and then once again right in Podljubelj. We park on an appropriate place at the sign, which marks the beginning of Podljubelj.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which crosses narrower bridge (overpass) and on the other side turns left. After few ten strides of walking by the road we notice signs for Preval, Begunjščica and Dobrča. Further, we continue on the road which ascends above the village and by the end of the village, we notice a sign that prohibits further driving. The road which is further moderately ascending soon over a bridge crosses the stream and continues on mostly vegetated slope. Somewhere on the halfway of ascent to Prevala road crosses some panoramic slopes, after that goes again in the forest, where we have two options to continue. On the right side of the road, we notice a steep cart track which soon brings us on Preval, or we can continue on a little more gentle road which only about a minute later brings us to Preval. On Preval both paths join and only a short ascent follows to the cottage, which we notice on the left side.
From Preval we continue on a slightly ascending road in the direction of the mountain hut Roblekov dom and mountain pasture Poljška planina. After approximately 15 minutes of easy walking on the macadam road we will on the right side notice a trough with water and above it signposts for Roblekov dom (over Roža). We go on this path, which ascends through a lane of a forest and after few minutes brings us on unvegetated southern slopes of Begunjščica. The path ahead is ascending diagonally towards the west, and meanwhile it crosses few steep gullies. The path on some spots is even secured with iron spikes, so that snowless it doesn't represent bigger problems. After approximately half an hour of walking from the spot, when we left the road, we get to a pleasant bench, which is situated direct by a well (source) named Roža. A moderately steep path crosses few more gullies, and then flattens and brings us in a short lane of a forest, where we join the normal path on Roblekov dom. Here we continue right and the path which is moderately ascending we follow to Roblekov dom on Begunjščica, which we reach after 10 minutes of additional walking.
The starting point - Preval 1:30, Preval - Roblekov dom 1:30.
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