Susalitch - Blekova planina
Starting point: Susalitch (625 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.5455°N 13.844°E
Time of walking: 3 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1004 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1004 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
Over the border crossing Korensko saddle we drive to Austria and then we continue right towards Beljak / Villach. Still before we cross river Zilja / Gail, we leave the road which leads towards Beljak and we continue driving right in the direction of the lake Baško jezero / Faaker See. Ahead we drive towards the mentioned lake, and after the settlement Stopca / Stobitzen we turn right towards Teharče / Techanting and Žužalče / Susalitch (turn off is poorly marked). In Teharče we turn right towards Žužalče, and then also before we get to Žužalče we continue left on a little narrower road, where also blazes for Blekova planina / Blekowa Alm (path number 685) point us to. Further, we drive on a narrower macadam road which at first leads through the forest and then it brings us on a grassy terrain (pastures), where we get to a smaller crossroad. Here we continue left and then after few 10 meters we park on an appropriate place by the road.
Path description:
Already few meters behind that, when the road goes into the forest, blazes point us to the left on a marked cart track, and at the crossings we follow it right, where also signposts point us to. After few minutes of ascent we return on the road, and then we follow it for quite some time. At the crossroads of roads we follow "main" road, and in a gentle to moderate ascent we follow it to Pridovske koče / Pridouhütten.
Here the road at first slightly descends and brings us into a smaller valley, where from the right side almost unnoticeably joins marked, but quite an overgrown path from the village Grpiče / Korpitch. Here we bypass few cottages, and then the road turns sharply to the right and after few 10 strides it brings us to the spot, where blazes lead left on a footpath which is then ascending through the forest. After a short ascent, we return on the road and after 20 meters we again leave it. Only few meters higher we for the last time cross the road, and then we start steeply ascending through the forest. Higher, we are ascending over steep grassy slope surrounded by lush bushes, and then the path returns into the forest. Still steep path, then crosses a grazing fence and behind it flattens. Next follows a gentle ascent to the border ridge and an increasingly panoramic path (a view on Dobrač and Martuljek group) brings us to the shepherd hut on the mountain pasture Blekova planina.
On the way: Pridovske koče (1276m)
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