Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4324°N 14.2602°E
Time of walking: 2 h 15 min
Difficulty: difficult pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: demanding
Altitude difference: 726 m
Altitude difference (by path): 726 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
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.
From the mountain hut Koča na Zelenici we continue right in the direction of Stol and Vrtača (left Begunjščica on the path which immediately behind the hut turns left and it ascends by children's ski lift. Somewhere on the halfway of the cableway, we come on a less noticeable crossing, where we continue right and we diagonally ascend over a ski track (straight mountain hut Koča pri izviru Završnice). Ahead we cross a short lane of a forest and the path brings us to the next ski lift which we cross in a gentle descent. On the other side of the ski track, we notice a bigger rock and there a blaze, and only few steps to the right from this blaze we notice the beginning of the transport road on which we go. This road (cart track) we then follow to the spot, where it brings us to the button ski lift Triangel. Here we leave this cart track and we go left between the cart track and ski lift. The path ahead vanishes. Among the trees and later dwarf pines we look for the best passage through an indistinct small valley towards the saddle. We are looking for passages a little towards the left. A little higher, the passages are easier to follow but we still have to be careful, that we don't get lost in dwarf pines. Only few meters before the saddle we go left upwards on a very steep slope. At first, at the ascent, we get help from some dwarf pines, which we can use as some sort of fixed safety gear, but be careful the branch can quickly break. Few meters below the summit quite some climbing is needed, but climbing doesn't exceed the first grade. The climbing section is short only good 10m.
At the descent, even greater caution is needed.
Ljubelj - Zelenica 1:30, Zelenica - Na Možeh 45 minutes.
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