Draga - Dobrča (via Ledena trata)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Radovljica (from Gorenjska side exit Lesce) and follow the road ahead in the direction of Begunje. At the end of the village Begunje we turn left towards Dom v Dragi (right Tržič), and we follow the road to a large parking lot by the hostage cemetery.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which is further gently ascending by the stream Begunjščica. After approximately 5 minutes of walking, we will get to a smaller crossroad, where the forest road branches off to the right. We go on the mentioned road which is further moderately ascending by the edge of a larger meadow. For quite some time, we continue by a meadow, and then the road turns right, crosses a riverbed of the stream Črni potok and only few 10 meters ahead brings us to the unmarked crossroad, where we continue on the right road (left road soon ends). Further, we are ascending diagonally towards the right, and the road brings us to a sharp left turn, from which a nice view opens up on Julian Alps with Triglav and Stol and Begunjščica.
Further, we continue for quite some time on a macadam road, and with occasional views on surrounding mountains we follow it to its end (to here possible also with a car, this shortens the path for approximately hour and a half).
From the end of the road, we continue on a relatively steep cart track which is further ascending on the left side of smaller indistinct small valley. Higher, the cart track starts vanishing, and we follow the remains of some sort of the footpath until we get on the main ridge, where we also step on a marked path Preval-a - Dobrča.
When we step on a marked path we follow it to the right, and at first, it steeply ascends, and then gradually flattens and turns right on relatively steep slopes, through which we are ascending diagonally. Next follows few minutes of crossing, and then the path again steeply ascends, this time over a steep slope, which is on some spots mainly because of leaves dangerous for slipping (if on this part of the path are still snow fields is mandatory to use ice axe and crampons). The path then flattens, crosses a grazing fence and only few meters ahead splits into two parts. We continue on the bottom path (cart track), which after a shorter crossing brings us to a forest road which leads to the mountain hut Koča na Dobrči. On the mentioned road in good 2 minutes we walk to the mentioned mountain hut, or we can immediately turn left on a marked path which leads towards the summit of Dobrča.
Holiday cottages on Podgorska planina we bypass on the right side and we ascend on a panoramic grassy slope, and then the path passes into at first thin, and higher more and more dense forest. When the steepness decreases from the right join two paths, and we in both cases continue straight. The path ahead again steeply ascends and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the summit of Dobrča.

On the way: Koča na Dobrči mountain hut (1478m)

Trip can be extended to: Šentanski vrh ( 5 min)