Pod Krnico - Tolsta Košuta - western peak

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubelj. From this road before the gas station, we turn right in Tržič. The road then quickly brings us in Tržič, and we follow it further in the direction of village Jelendol and Medvodje. In the village Medvodje we turn left towards Košuta (direction Dolga njiva and Košutnikov turn) on the forest road which we follow to a crossroad at Košutnik (1082 meters). Here we go right and on occasionally bad road we drive to the parking lot at a smaller quarry.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a cart track which branches off left from the road. Cart track goes into the forest and is moderately ascending, and in doing so at first crosses smaller and then bigger stream. Cart track, which has some shortcuts makes some turns and after good 15 minutes brings us on the mountain pasture Spodnja Dolga njiva.
After a short walk on the mountain pasture path brings us to a crossing, where there are signposts. We go right in the direction of the path Košutnikov turn eastern approach. A gently sloping path after few ten strides of walking, it brings us to shepherd cottage on the mountain pasture Spodnja Dolga njiva (shepherd hut of open type).
Further, we continue on the mountain pasture upwards in the middle of which runs a wide cart track which after good 15 minutes of walking, it brings us out of the forest on the mountain pasture Zgornja Dolga njiva.
The steepness of the path which was until now moderate decreases and the path on a nice grassy terrain soon brings us on the main part of the mountain pasture, where the blazes end. We continue straight (left Košutnikov turn) on a slightly ascending path which runs by a smaller, but very distinct torrent ditch. A little further unmarked path splits into two parts.
We continue left (slightly right Mala Košuta) on the path which starts ascending through a lane of dwarf pines. If here we miss the right path, we will have to get through a lane of dwarf pines or look for a better passage lower. Above the dwarf pines, the path brings us to a grazing fence, where a nice view opens up on the Austrian side (to here we can also come on an easy passable ditch or gulley, which is in the middle of the mountain pasture Zgornja Dolga njiva branches off to the left, over the mentioned passage the path is a little shorter, but also steeper). The path ahead, and also the ridge turns a little to the left and starts ascending steeply over increasingly steep grassy slopes. The path ahead is ascending by the edge of the eastern ridge of Košuta on a steep southern slopes of Tolsta Košuta. A very steep path, which is in wet dangerous for slipping, a little higher turns left (avoids the cliffs above us) and after a short ascent, it brings us on the eastern peak of Tolsta Košuta.
From the eastern peak of Tolsta Košuta we continue on a hardly followable footpath towards the west. The path ahead at first descends on a steep grassy slope to a small saddle between the both peaks of Tolsta Košuta. Here we can notice a smaller natural window after which the path again starts ascending. After few minutes of additional walking without any bigger problems we step on the western peak of Tolsta Košuta.
In hot days we can on the path or next to it notice a larger number of snakes (carefully).
The starting point - Spodnja Dolga njiva 20 minutes, Spodnja Dolga njiva - Zgornja Dolga njiva 25 minutes, Zgornja Dolga njiva - Tolsta Košuta (eastern peak) 1:20, Tolsta Košuta (eastern peak) - Tolsta Košuta (western peak) 15 minutes.

On the way: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva (1400m), Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva (1580m), Tolsta Košuta - eastern peak (2057m)