Hintergupf - Matzen

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 a junction where the road to Borovlje / Ferlach branches off slightly to the right and downwards. The road continues to descend and quickly leads us to the aforementioned place, where we soon cross the railway line. Just after the railway line, we join another road, which we follow to the left for a few 100 m, and then turn right towards Železná kaple / Bad Eisenkapel. At the end of Borovelje we reach a roundabout, from which we continue again in the direction of Železná kapla. We continue driving through the villages of Medborovnica / Unterferlach, Ostrovca / Ostrouza, Trata / Tratten, Glinje / Glainach, Vesca / Dörfl, Ždovlje / Seidolach, Dobrova / Dobrowa to the point of Kočuha / Gotschuchen, where we turn right in the direction of the hamlet of Zavrh [Zavrh] / Hintergupf [Hintergupf]. From here, as you leave the main road, you begin to climb steeply up the initially still asphalted, but higher up on a well-maintained dirt road. Just before the hamlet of Zavrh, you reach a small crossroads, where you continue to the right and drive to the hamlet, in the middle of which you see mountain direction signs. From the signs and the nearby houses, follow the road for a few more 10 metres and then park in a suitable place on the roadside.
The starting point can also be reached from the direction of Železná kapla and Koroška.

Path description:
From where you parked, return to the nearby houses, and from there continue along the marked trail No 636. The path first climbs up by the house, and then after it it turns into the grassy cart track, which climbs gently along the edge of a larger meadow. On the other side of the meadow, the path enters the woods and climbs gently for a few minutes before turning right and climbing slightly more steeply. During the ascent, cross a couple of steel cables and then join a fainter forest road, which you follow to the left. Continue for some time on a winding road, eventually reaching a small crossroads, where you continue to the right (you can also go straight ahead on an unmarked shortcut - a beaten track about 5 minutes shorter than the road). There is a short descent, and then the road turns sharp left and climbs steeply to join a wider macadam road. Follow this road uphill and we follow it to the saddle Koce / Hansenruhe, where there is a marked crossroads.
Here, the road to the far left continues towards the Borovnica barrier lake, the path to the left leads towards Javornik / Jauernig and on towards the summit of Freiberg / Freiberg, and the path continues in a straight line down to Bajdiše / Waidisch, while we continue sharp right on the marked path in the direction of the summit of Matzen / Matzen.
The path ahead takes us past a resting place (a table and two benches) and continues along an initially gently sloping ridge. Just a little further on, the marked path splits in two, and we continue on the left in the direction of the summit of the Macna (slightly to the right, St. Anne's Church / St. Anna's and Matzen past St. Anne's).
The path becomes steeper and steeper and continues mostly on the left side of the ridge. Higher up, the forest begins to thin out, and the increasingly scenic route, with views of the northern walls of Košuta and other peaks, quickly leads to the registration box at Macna.
From the registration box, continue along the ridge, and then the trail enters the forest, where it descends along the edge of an exposed slope. When the trail stops descending, it reaches the cliffs of the main summit, and the trail retreats slightly to the right and continues along a steep, partly rocky slope. The steep climb is short, as we quickly reach the viewpoint of the summit of Macna, from which we can see another summit of Macna, on which there is a cross.

On the way: Koce / Hansenruhe (1356m)

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