Ljubelj - Begunjščica (through the Central gully, snowy approach)
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4324°N 14.2602°E 
Path name: through the Central gully, snowy approach
Time of walking: 2 h 45 min
Difficulty: very difficult pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 1002 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1002 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.00
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubelj and follow the road ahead to the border crossing. Only few meters before the border crossing signs for Zelenica point us to the left and after few 10 meters of additional driving the road brings us on a parking lot below the ski center Zelenica.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a footpath in the direction of Zelenica, Vrtača and Stol. Cart track which runs on the left side of the ski track, after approximately 15 minutes of a moderate ascent through the forest brings us to the before mentioned track by which we are then ascending. The path which offers nice views on extensive scree of Begunjščica on the left and to a ridge of Ljubeljščica on the right then in a gentle ascent brings us to the hut Vrtača.
From the mountain hut, we continue straight on a marked path, which slowly turns slightly to the left and after a shorter diagonal ascent brings us into a lane of dwarf pines. Further, the path is for a short time steeply ascending and then brings us on a cart track (transport road), which we follow in a moderate ascent to the mountain hut Dom na Zelenici.
While ski track operates it is forbidden to walk on a ski slope. At that time we use the winter path which runs on a transport road.
From the mountain hut on Zelenica we go on the south side towards the northern wall of Begunjščica. Direction is shown by a wide gully, which in the middle part narrows and higher again widens. There we ascend to rocky barrier, where walls from the left and right are more and more closing it. On the right we see short gully, on the left steep rocky jump. In middle is narrow groove on which we ascend. Over short jump we come in a little wider gully, which flattens and widens. To the right we ascend to shoulder from where we can see Smokuški plaz. From here we already see the peak to which we come in few minutes.
The steepness of the slope is up to 45°.
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