Ljubelj - Dom pri izviru Završnice
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4324°N 14.2602°E
Time of walking: 1 h 40 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 367 m
Altitude difference (by path): 500 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, at the junction Podtabor we continue in the direction of Ljubelj and Tržič. We continue driving on a highway, after that regional road which we follow all the way to the border crossing Ljubelj. Just before the border crossing we turn left (direction Zelenica) and then after few 10 meters of additional driving, we park on a large parking lot.
Path description:
At the beginning of the parking lot signpost for Stol, Vrtača and Dom na Zelenici point us on a wide cart track which starts ascending by the torrent. When a little higher the cart track turns left, we continue straight on the mountain path which continues through the forest and soon returns on a cart track. Cart track a little higher turns right and brings us out of the forest on a ski track of the former ski slope Zelenica. Next follows a short steeper ascent on a ski slope, and then the path flattens and leads us by the foot of the scree below Begunjščica.
From the marked path soon the path which runs on a transport road branches off to the right, and we continue on "road" to the nearby hut Koča Vrtača.
At the mountain hut, the road turns right, and we continue straight in the direction of the mountain path on Zelenica. A short time we continue below the former one-seater chairlift Zelenica II, and then the path starts ascending steeper on a slope, which is partly overgrown by dwarf pines. After few hairpin turns, we return on a transport road, on which we continue with a view towards the gully Šentanski plaz.
The path ahead leads us on slopes of Spodnji Plot (the peak, on which years ago they made a sport climbing path), after that from the road we turn right on a footpath which cuts a longer turn. When we return on the road we are already at the upper station of the former one-seater chairlift Zelenica II, and to the mountain hut Dom na Zelenici separates us only few steps of descent.
We bypass the mountain hut Dom na Zelenici on the right side, and behind the mountain hut we go left and we start ascending by the ski track. After few 10 strides of an ascent, the path on Vrtača branches off to the right and the upper path on Stol, and we continue slightly left in the direction of the cottage Dom pri izviru Završnice. A short ascent follows, and then on a cart track we start descending. After a short descent, we reach the ending of the other now already former ski track, and then we are lightly descending on a wide path, which mostly leads through pastures. With nice views on Begunjščica on the left and Vrtača on the right, we then get to the source of Završnica. After the source, the path for few 10 strides descends steeper, and then turns right and with a view on Lake Bled brings us to the mountain hut Dom pri izviru Završnice.
Ljubelj - Koča Vrtača 40 minutes, Koča Vrtača - Dom na Zelenici 40 minutes, Dom na Zelenici - Dom pri izviru Završnice 20 minutes.
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