Križovec - Kahlkogel/Golica (on ridge)
Starting point: Križovec (1222 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4699°N 14.0838°E
Path name: on ridge
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 613 m
Altitude difference (by path): 645 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lipce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jesenice. When we come to the traffic light crossroad, where we join an old road, we continue right in the direction of Žirovnica. And we follow this road only a short time because at the next little larger crossroad (traffic light) we continue left in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road then goes through the underpass (railway) and then turns left (right Koroška Bela). The road that higher starts ascending steeply we follow in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road ahead runs past the mountain hut Dom Pristava (mountain hut is little above the road) and behind the hut we come on next (smaller) crossroad, where we go right. Ahead we drive on a macadam road all the way to Križovec, which we recognize by crossroad of multiple roads (by the crossroad is few smaller parking spots and a cross).
Path description:
From Križovec we continue past a cross on the road in the direction of Pusti Rovt. The road at the beginning leads past a gate and is then slightly ascending through the forest. After approximately 15 minutes of walking, the road turns to the left and out of the forest brings us on the bottom edge of Pusti Rovt. We continue on the road which from the right joins the marked path from the mountain hut Dom Pristava v Javorniškem Rovtu, and after few 10 strides of additional walking brings us to the shepherd hut on Pusti Rovt.
From the shepherd hut, we continue on the road, and in the upper part Pusti Rovt it turns right in the forest. And only a little further we come to a marked crossing, where we continue left (slightly right saddle Kočna and Struška) on the road which ahead in a gentle ascent crosses slopes towards the left. A little further from the left joins the path from Markljev Rovt, and the road quickly brings us on or right below the saddle Suha.
From the road in few steps we walk to the border ridge and then we continue the ascent towards the west. Ahead unmarked, but orientationally undemanding path, starts at first moderately, after that steeply ascending on a grassy ridge of Mala Golica. The path bypasses the mentioned peak on the left side, and then it flattens and in short descent brings us on a small indistinct saddle between Mala Golica and Krvavka. The path ahead is again ascending by the ridge and then avoids it on the Slovenian side, where we cross slopes of Krvavka. Next follows a short descent and the path brings us on the saddle between Krvavka and Golica. From the saddle, we short time continue diagonally on an unmarked path, and then we join the marked path from Koča na Golici. We continue straight and an increasingly panoramic path we follow all the way to the top of Golica, and we reach it without any bigger problems.
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