Ljubelj - Srednja peč (via Vatelca or Skleda)

Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj, where before the tunnel we turn left towards Zelenica. Then we drive across a small bridge, and then 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 (peak, on which 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.
After the mountain hut, we continue left and we ascend to half of the children's ski lift, and then on the right we notice signs for Vrtača and Stol, which point us to the right into a lane of a forest. A little further, we cross a connecting lane between children's ski lift and anchor ski lift, and then we cross also the other ski track.
Continuation of the path, we find at smaller boulder, and then we cross slopes below the ridge of Na Možeh. When the crossing ends, we get to a small indistinct valley, where the path branches off to the right in Suho rušje (by the turn off there is usually a cairn).
From the crossing ahead, we for a short time ascend through the forest and then the path brings us on slopes of Vrtača, where we in a gentle ascent cross few lanes of the scree, and occasionally also some really short lane of a forest. Further from the left the path from Dom pri izviru Završnice joins, and a little further, the path splits.
At the crossing, the path to Vrtača branches off slightly to the right, and straight continues the upper path towards Stol. We continue on the right path in the direction of Vrtača, and which ascends a little steeper. Higher, we get on grassy slopes, where the path becomes even steeper, and then turns to the left and passes on to the steep slopes. Next follows a crossing of slightly exposed gully, after that over steep grass we ascend on the southwest shoulder of Vrtača.
Here the marked path which leads on Vrtača turns sharply to the right, and we continue straight on the other side of the ridge, where we descend on the path to the nearby scree. When we reach the nearby scree we continue on a little less beaten, but marked mountain path (path is marked with red lines). The path which at first gently, and then moderately, occasionally also steep descending on the scree, almost semicircular bypasses the nearby cirque. The path which is on some spots also exposed to falling stones, lower stops descending and brings us on a short but steep grassy slope. On the steep slope we ascend few meters and then we get to plateau terrain around a sinkhole Skleda (on some maps also Vatelca). Next follows few minutes of relatively gentle path, and then we get to a smaller crossing, where we continue left downwards (right saddle Belščica, Svačica and mountain hut Celovška koča). The path ahead at first steeply descends through the gully, and then turns to the right, where passes on ample scree, through which is ascending diagonally. Higher, we leave the scree and we slightly descend to the nearby crossing, where we join the upper and lower path on Stol.
From the mentioned crossing, we continue sharply left in the direction of Zelenica (slightly right - Stol), and after few 10 strides, still before the path starts considerably descending, on the right we notice a smaller cairn and a nice passage on pathless terrain towards the saddle between massif of Stol and Srednja peč.
We continue by the edge of dwarf pines, on easy passable pathless terrain, by which individual cairns showing the right direction. After approximately 5 minutes, we get to a small saddle west from Srednja peč, where on the left, on the scree we notice a worse footpath. We ascend to the mentioned footpath, and then we cross the scree towards the right. When the scree ends, the footpath leads through a narrow lane of dwarf pines, and then a worse footpath turns left along the dwarf pines steeply upwards and after few steps, it ends in relatively steep grass. We continue the ascent by dwarf pines steeply upwards, and in approximately the same direction we continue all the way until we get on a ridge, where a worse footpath appears again. We continue right, a little further also through a short lane of cutted dwarf pines, and then on and by the ridge which is on the left side occasionally also precipitous, we ascend on a little visited and panoramic peak.
Ljubelj - Koča Vrtača 40 minutes, Koča Vrtača - Dom na Zelenici 40 minutes, Dom na Zelenici - turn-off from the marked path 2:30, turn-off from the marked path - Srednja peč 25 minutes.

On the way: Koča Vrtača mountain hut (1288m), Dom na Zelenici mountain hut (1536m)