Bučan - Ferlacher Horn / Grlovec (over saddle Oselca)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Ljubelj (Tržič) and then continue in the direction of Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. After the Ljubelj tunnel, the road starts to descend, and we follow it on the Austrian side until the first left turn, where the old Ljubelj road branches off to the right. Park in a suitable place at the junction, or higher up on the Austrian side of the former Ljubelj border crossing.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the macadam road, at which you will see a sign saying that driving for public traffic is prohibited. There are two successive serpentines, then a short cross-climb to the right. Higher up, there is another left serpentine, and we follow the road leading to Koča na Ljubelju to the next right serpentine, where we continue on a slightly worse road to the left, over which there is a barrier. The road continues to climb for another 10 steps and then gradually starts to descend. After crossing a torrential stream, we stop descending, and the road just ahead leads us to the next crossroads, where we take a sharp right.
Above the crossroads the road turns sharp left and then climbs with fine views of Selenitza and Rjavca. Higher up, the road curves slightly to the right and leads us to a small pass, where we are joined on the right by the described Ljubelj - Žerjavov Praprotnik route.
Continue along the road and cross the road and descend to the left. Go around the nearby hunting lodge on the left and then cross the torrent. There is some walking along the road, which gradually begins to climb, and we often have beautiful views of the surrounding mountains. Higher up, at a height of about 1300 m, a road branches off to the right, leading to a saddle to the north of the Brown Peć, and we continue straight ahead along a wider road. The road soon forks again, and we continue along the lower road on the left (slightly to the right, the Strgavica Pass at 1350 m and a possible ascent to Žerjavov Praprotnik).
From the crossroads onwards the road starts to descend more visibly, crossing the south to south-west slopes of Žerjavovův Praprotnik. As we approach the Ljubljana road, which we can see below us, the more visible descent ends and the road moves more to the western to north-western slopes of the aforementioned peak. A little further on, the road splits once more, and we continue along the upper right-hand road, which climbs for a while, then gradually levels off. The road, from which we have been enjoying beautiful views from the start, then leads us to another junction, where we continue along the leftmost road, which descends slightly and leads us past a ramp. A little further on from the ramp, we first join a forest road from the right, and a few steps further on the road splits. Once again, take the left road, which is only a few steps further on, and join the marked path from the Franc / Franzbauer homestead, where you will see a chapel on the right, at the Oselca saddle, with a bench next to it for resting.
Continue on the 638 trail, which continues along the road (the 639 trail just crosses the road and leads to the Urh homestead / Urch). The road continues to climb crosswise along the slopes of the Koško Grintovec / Zeller Grintoutz (1368 m), and at the right-hand bend we are joined by the marked trail from Dajčpetr / Ghf. Deutscher Peter on the left.
At this crossroads, we first see the signs for Ferlacher Horn, and we walk along the road for a short distance before turning slightly left at a small stream onto a footpath that continues along the stream. Higher up, the path bends and leads us past a hunting observation post, which is slightly to the right of the path, back to the forest road, which we reach at a small crossroads. Cross the road slightly to the right, then continue for a few minutes parallel to the road above. Once back on the road, follow it to an old clearing where new spruce trees are already growing, and from there follow the marked path which continues parallel to the road, which this time is below us. When we arrive in the lane of the forest, the path from the Franc homestead joins us from the right, and then we cross another clearing, which opens up a beautiful view towards the northern walls of Košuta. On the other side of the clearing the path enters the forest and then gradually begins to climb steeply along the western ridge Velika gora. From the ridge, we continue to have several nice views to the north, where we can see Borovlje / Ferlach and the surrounding mountains. The trail continues along ridge Velika gora, where it climbs steeply a few times and occasionally flattens out completely. The path, which occasionally passes over precipices (the path is mainly not exposed, as it passes a few steps to the right of the precipice), then leads us to the upper slope of Grlovec, where we also emerge from the forest. When we step out of the forest, we see a large cross in front of us, which is only a few minutes away from a moderate climb with beautiful views.

On the way: Oselca / Eselsattel (1175m), Velika gora (1512m)

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