Bučan - Žerjavov Praprotnik / Loibler 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 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, but this time we take the upper, slightly right path (the lower path leads to the saddle Oselca / Eselsattel), which we follow up to a small pass south of Žerjavov Praprotnik, where we see a cleft a little to the right of the path.
At this pass is the next road junction, and we continue straight ahead, on cart track, which continues between the two roads. The rather overgrown cart track soon turns right, where it briefly crosses slopes, then turns left uphill and climbs steeply to a newer forest road. Continue along the road to the first left turn, which is on an undistinguished ridge.
Leave the road at this bend and, with fine views, continue along an undistinguished ridge, walking along a trackless track. Higher up, we cross a few strips of forest, all the time accompanied by a grassy surface. After about 15 minutes of ascent from the point where we left the last road, we reach a viewpoint with a trigonometric point and a small cross on a nearby tree.

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips