Concentration camp - Koča na Ljubelju
Starting point: Concentration camp (1000 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4334°N 14.2707°E
Time of walking: 1 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 370 m
Altitude difference (by path): 385 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at Podtabor junction, and then we continue driving in the direction of border crossing Ljubelj. On the road towards Ljubelj we drive past the memory park of concentration camp Ljubelj south, where the road turns a little to the left. Next follows a right hairpin turn, some of the ascent and a left hairpin turn. At the beginning of the left hairpin turn we leave the main road and we continue straight on a macadam road, by which there are signs for Korošica and a parking lot. On the road, we drive few 10 meters more further to unmarked parking lot, where we park the way we don't hinder forestry work.
Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a cart track which continues from the end of the road, and at the sign which we notice on the left side of the cart track and on which there are signs for mountain pasture Korošica, we leave the cart track and we continue left on the old border guard path. At the beginning we cross a smaller torrent, and then we start ascending diagonally towards the left, and the path a little ahead leads parallel with the main road which we see steeply below us. After the steep slope, the path slightly descends into a riverbed of the torrent which we also cross. Immediately after the crossing, we continue right and for a short time, we are ascending along the stream and then the footpath turns left and further it is ascending diagonally. A little further a nice view opens up in the direction of Begunjščica, and a little after the panoramic part, we reach a macadam road, where we join the normal path from Ljubelj.
We follow the road to the right, we ascend on two hairpin turns, and then a nice view opens up towards the valley Šentanska dolina and Begunjščica. Higher, we go also past transmitters, chapel, trough and bench. After the bench follows few more hairpin turns, and with increasingly beautiful views we get to the mountain hut Koča na Ljubelju and mountain pass Ljubelj, from where a nice view opens up also towards Austria.
Description refers to a condition in November 2020, and pictures are from various periods.
Trip can be extended to: Žerjavov Praprotnik / Loibler Prapotnik
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Polna peč
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Dom na Zelenici
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Planina Korošica
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Hajnževo sedlo
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Vrh Ljubeljščice (Triangel)
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Hajnžev Praprotnik / Zeller Prapotnik
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Lokovnikov Grintovec / Grintoutz
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Ferlacher Horn / Grlovec
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Loibler Baba/Košutica
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Veliki vrh (Košuta)
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