Planina pod Golico - Kahlkogel/Golica (via Suha saddle)
Starting point: Planina pod Golico (980 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4706°N 14.0599°E
Path name: via Suha saddle
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 855 m
Altitude difference (by path): 900 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lipce (possible also Hrušica) and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jesenice, and there signs for Planina pod Golico point us on an ascending road (turn-off is marked and is located at health center in Jesenice). The relatively steep road soon brings us in the mentioned village, where we can in May on surrounding meadows admire blooming of daffodils. From Planina pod Golico we drive ahead to the next crossroad, where we notice numerous signposts. Here we continue right and we drive good 50 meters to the parking lot below Savske jame.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the bottom road in the direction of Golica and sledding track Savske jame. After 10 minutes sledding track goes left steep upwards, and we continue on a wide road which is still moderately ascending by the stream. A little further, we come to the crossroad, where we continue straight (between the both roads) in the direction of Golica. Further, we are ascending on a worse, quite overgrown cart track which after 15 minutes of a moderate ascent brings us to a macadam road which we only cross. Next follows a crossing of a grazing fence and the path brings us on grassy slopes of Markljev Rovt.
Behind the mountain pasture path goes into the forest, crosses a smaller sand gully and it is then moderately ascending to the next forest road, where we continue left. We follow the road only few minutes to a crossing on the saddle Suha. Here we continue on the ridge path in the direction of Golica (bottom path leads to the mountain hut, right Ptičji vrh, Struška and Stol). Further, we are ascending on the path which is relatively steeply ascending on grassy slopes. Higher, the steepness decreases and the path on the left side bypasses less known peak named Krvavka (1784m).
A gentle descent follows and the path brings us on the saddle between the mentioned peak and Golica. And only few steps ahead from the left side joins the path from the mountain hut Koča na Golice. From here to the top we have only 10 more minutes of a light ascent on panoramic upper slope of Golica.
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