Dolina - Kofce gora (past the chapel)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we take the Podnart (Ljubelj) exit, then continue driving on the fast road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When the fast road ends, we will notice a gas station on the right side, in front of which we turn right downwards towards Tržič. Further, we drive through Tržič, but we follow the narrower road towards Dovžanova soteska gorge and further to the village Dolina, where on a macadam parking lot before the bridge over the Tržiška Bistrica river we also park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we first cross the bridge, then walk along the main road to the nearby chapel, where we continue left beside the garden and the older residential house onto the forest road. We continue the ascent on the ever narrower and worse macadam road, which leads us along the Kališnik stream moderately upwards. The road soon turns into a cart track, which then starts to ascend more steeply. Higher up, we reach a water catchment, above which the narrowing cart track turns left and ends after a few meters, but we continue straight across a larger grassy meadow, up which we climb to a somewhat larger spruce, where the blazes direct us slightly right onto a steeper footpath. We continue on the steep path, which crosses a shorter stretch of forest, then brings us to moderately steep grassy slopes, along which, with nice views of Storžič and Stegovnik, we ascend to the Kal saddle, where we also step onto the forest road. From the saddle, from which a nice view of Begunjščica opens up, we continue right and reach the Zavetišče na Kalu in a few steps.
From the shelter, we continue on the macadam road, where we soon reach a marked junction, where the "direct" path to Dom na Kofcah branches left; we continue straight ahead and further on the macadam road. Higher up (just a little after the quarry), we leave the road, as the blazes direct us slightly left onto a footpath, on which we first ascend steeply, then diagonally up to the right. A bit further, we reach another forest road, which we merely cross as the signs for Dom na Kofcah - mimo kapelice direct us onto a wide cart track. After a few meters of ascent, we continue on the right cart track, on which we soon reach Mrzli studenec. Behind the spring, the path briefly enters the forest, then brings us to a clearing, on the edge of which stands a larger chapel.
From the chapel, we continue left into the forest, through which we ascend to the nearby pasture fence. Once we cross the pasture fence, the trail partly disappears, but if we continue along the slope slightly to the left, we will reach Dom na Kofcah without major difficulties.
From the mountain hut, we continue in the direction of Veliki vrh and Kladivo on an initially somewhat less visible path that begins to ascend across a scenic meadow. After 15 minutes of walking from Dom na Kofcah, we reach a nice viewpoint at the cross.
The path then descends slightly and brings us to the steeper slopes of Košuta in a few minutes. The path then ascends through a belt of dwarf pines, bringing us to a junction. We continue right (straight to Veliki vrh) on the path to which an unmarked but signposted path from the Šija pasture soon joins after a few meters. We continue left upwards on the path, which ascends steeply and quickly brings us to an exposed passage. Without fixed protection, we cross a short but crumbly and slightly exposed ledge, behind which we enter a belt of dwarf pines. The path ahead ascends through a short belt of dwarf pines, then continues along the side ridge of Košuta. The increasingly scenic and quite steep path higher up joins the ridge path.
We continue straight upwards on the unmarked path, which brings us to the summit after 10 steps (left Veliki vrh, right Kladivo).
Starting point - Zavetišče na Kalu 1:00, Zavetišče na Kalu - Dom na Kofcah 50 minutes, Dom na Kofcah - Kofce gora 1:00.

Along the route: Zavetišče na Kalu (1112m), Dom na Kofcah mountain hut (1488m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Toplar, Malo Kladivo, Veliki vrh (Košuta), Veliko Kladivo

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