Planina pod Golico - Rosenkogel/Hruški vrh

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. We park on one of the parking lots by the foot of the ski center Španov vrh.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which after few minutes of walking, it brings us to a marked crossroad, where we continue left downwards in the direction of Rožca (straight Golica, right Španov vrh). We continue on the road which past the church of the Holy Cross brings us to an unmarked crossroad (by the cross), where we continue right. The path ahead leads us past few houses, and then we soon notice signposts, which point us to the left on a footpath.
The path ahead ascends on quite muddy cart track, and then passes into a dense forest, where we continue on and by the cart track. In parts poorly visible path, which all the time runs through the forest, higher brings us to a forest road which we only cross. We continue the ascent on a wide cart track which at first ascends by the clearing, after that returns into the forest.
Cart track, which is becoming worse, then quickly brings us to a smaller, usually swampy clearing where it ends.
Here we will a little to the right notice already quite faded blaze, which points us on for a short time poorly visible and a little steeper footpath. The path soon brings us on a wide ridge, where it widens. We continue the ascent on the mentioned ridge, which is surrounded by grazing fence. By the grazing fence we are ascending only few 10 strides, and then blazes point us to the left downwards.
Next follows gently sloping diagonal descent on the path which runs through at first dense spruce forest. The path then flattens, crosses two successive streams and then it brings us to a bad forest road (road from Plavški Rovt). The mentioned road which partly runs through the forest, and partly over meadows (road has some marked shortcuts) we follow all the way to the mountain pasture Jeseniška planina, from which a nice view opens up.
From the mountain pasture, we continue on a moderately steep grassy slope, over which lead many smaller footpaths. Higher footpaths join and by the path, we notice some faded blazes. After approximately 20 minutes of the ascent from the mountain pasture Jeseniška planina, the path turns to the left, where passes into a short lane of a forest. Next follows few minutes of crossing the slopes of Klek, and then the path passes out of the forest, where crosses a little clumsy, but in dry not difficult passage through the gully. From the gully, to the hunting cottage on Rožca, follows only a short walk on a very panoramic grassy slope.
From the hunting cottage, we continue on one of footpaths, which in a diagonal ascent ascends on the border ridge between Slovenia and Austria.
When we step on a ridge we continue on a well-beaten path which continues towards the west (right Klek). By the path which ahead runs on the border ridge, we will instead of Slovenian, notice Austrian blazes (blazes in color of Austrian flag). This more and more panoramic and undemanding path, which is occasionally relatively steeply ascending, we follow all the way to Hruški vrh, on which there is a smaller chapel.
Planina pod Golico - Jeseniška planina 1:30, Jeseniška planina - Rožca 30 minutes, Rožca - Hruški vrh 30 minutes.

On the way: Jeseniška planina (1380m), Rosenbachsattel/Rožca (1587m)

Trip can be extended to: Klek , Frauenkogel/Dovška Baba