Sele-Zvrhnji Kot (Male) / Zell-Oberwinkel (Male) - Hajnžev Praprotnik / Zeller Prapotnik

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 to Podljubelj / Unterloibl, where we turn right towards Borovlje / Ferlach (there are also signs for a Hofer shop at the junction). We cross the railway line at a lower level, and then at the next slightly larger junction we turn right towards Sele / Zell. The road then continues past the Eurospar shop, and then Borovlje slowly comes to an end. A little further on, we leave the main road leading towards Sele-pri Cerkvi / Zell-Pfarre and continue right towards Sele-Zvrhnji Kot / Zell-Oberwinkel. The road then leads past individual houses, and then we reach a crossroads with yellow mountain signs (the route described starts at the signs), and we drive on for another 100 metres to the marked parking area for the Volksschule.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot, follow the asphalt road back to the marked crossroads, and from there continue in the route Loibler Baba (Ljubeljske Baba) / Loibler Baba. The way forward is along a dirt road, which is closed to public traffic by a road sign. The road crosses the Hajnžev graben stream over a bridge a little further on, and then leads past a few more houses. Slightly higher up, markings point slightly left from the road to a footpath which then crosses the stream once more via a wooden bridge. The path continues along the picturesque stream, for a while on the right bank and for a while on the left bank, and in between the path leads us past a small, but usually quite watery, waterfall. Above the waterfall, the stream becomes less rainy for a while, and the path becomes quite sloping. Later, the path leads over a few more small bridges, and the stream becomes more picturesque again. After a while, when you reach a macadam road, follow it to the left and quickly reach a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads continue right (left Koschutahaus), past the mill and over the bridge. The path continues through the woods and then reaches a gravel area, where the path becomes faint. A few 10 metres further on, take the second dirt road and walk along it to the nearby crossroads, from which go left in the direction of Loibler Baba (straight Hajnž Farm).
The way ahead leads along a dirt road, which leads to a small meadow. In the middle of the meadow, where the road turns slightly right, we continue slightly left on cart track, and slightly right on cart track on a footpath a little further on. The path ahead climbs steeply for the first time and after a few minutes returns to the road. Follow the road to the left, and after a short right-hand bend, leave the road and continue left into the woods. There are a few more minutes of climbing through the forest, and then the path is laid again and leads to a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads, continue right towards Ljubelj on route No 650 (Hajnževo sedlo on the left, route No 651). Initially still level, the path becomes steeper in the forest and turns left after a small spring. There is a slight ascent to the left, then after a warning sign that we are entering a grazing area, the path turns slightly right and starts to disappear. Through sparse woodland, higher pasture, follow the occasional sparse markings, and the increasingly scenic path, higher up, leads to a small ridge where there is a grazing corral.
At the ridge, the marked trail turns left, and we continue straight ahead, over a pasture fence and then right, initially slightly downhill in a north-easterly direction. At this point the path disappears completely, and we continue along the gently sloping world to cairn, after which a fainter path appears on the slope (if we continue down to the left here, we reach Lokovnikova mountain pasture, but if we keep to the right, along the ridge, we are stopped by dwarf pines).
It is very good to stick to the worse path, as it takes you over the steep part without any major problems. Above the steep slope, the path passes between dwarf pines, but occasionally it still climbs steeply. Higher up, the ridge Hajnžev Praprotnik is reached and the path continues for some time through the sometimes quite overgrown dwarf pines. Despite the occasional heavi overgrowth, the path through dwarf pines is quite easy to follow.
At the ridge, the trail flattens out, and there are a few more short ascents and descents to the main summit. Before reaching the summit, the dwarf pines ends, and we first climb steeply up to the ridge, which we then follow in a few 10 steps to reach the summit.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (July and October).

On the way: Slap v Hajnževem grabnu (720m)

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