Podljubelj (Pod Košuto) - Zajmenove peči

Access to the starting point:
Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Podtabor junction and continue on the expressway towards Tržič and Border crossing Ljubelj. After the turn-off for Tržič, follow the main road towards Austria to the turn-off for Podljubelj, and when you leave the main road, turn left at the nearby junction and follow the signs for Dom na Kofcah and Karami. Continue on the ascending asphalt road and follow it to the junction where the roads for Dom na Kofcah and Karami separate. At this junction, the route described above starts and you can park nearby in a suitable place.

Path description:
From the starting point, turn left onto cart track, which climbs transversely through the forest, and after a few minutes turns left and becomes quite steep. A few longer serpentines follow higher up, and at crossroads follow the wider cart track. After a while, the ridge at Vodale is reached and cart track continues along and occasionally along the ridge. At the part where cart track follows the ridge, a smaller cairn will be observed, where cart track continues to the ridge, (if you miss cairn, you can also leave cart track at the smaller trough and go left from there to the ridge).
From the point where you leave cart track, first climb through lane of younger spruces, then follow the ridge, where occasionally, you can follow a fainter track.
The ascent continues on a fainter track, which disappears completely here and there, but along it you can see some cairns. We keep climbing steeply in roughly the same direction, with the ridge becoming less distinct and the slope steeper. Higher up, the occasional track disappears almost completely, and the individual cairns direct us a few steps to the left, where we reach a kind of grassy gully, after which we continue our ascent. The grassy slope is interrupted by occasional strips of sparse woodland or dwarf pines, but the route of ascent remains the same, i. e. straight up. The shorter rocky cliffs are bypassed on the left and, crossing steep grasses and dwarf pines, the Zajmenove peči ridge is reached, from where a fine view opens up. If you reach the ridge to the left of the summit, continue to the right and, with good views, reach a bench and, a few steps further on, the top of the Zajmen stoves.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in September 2018 and November 2020.

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