Križovec - Barentaler Kotschna/Struška (by road)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Lipce and follow the road towards Jesenice. When you reach the semaphoreised junction where you join the old road, turn right in the direction of Žirovnice. Follow this road for only a short distance, as at the next slightly larger junction (traffic lights), turn left in the direction of Javorniški Rovto. The road then passes through an underpass (railway) and then turns left (Koroška Bela on the right). Follow the road, which starts to climb steeply higher up, in the direction of Javorníško Rovto. The road leads us past the Pristava home (the home is just above the road) and after the home we come to the next (smaller) crossroads, where we go right. Next, we drive along the macadam road all the way to Križovec, which we recognise by the crossroads of several roads (there are a few small car parks and a cross at the crossroads).

Path description:
From the parking lot, take a sharp right (direction of arrival) onto the road with the cross. The road then leads past a ramp and then climbs gently through the forest. After about 15 minutes of walking, the marked path from the Pristava home joins us from the right. Continue to the left and the path leads to the pastures of Pustega rovta, where you will see two bytes on your left.
Continue past these bytes to the other side of mountain pasture, where the road turns right and then leads us in a few minutes to a crossroads by a torrent. Take the road to the right, which crosses cart track towards the saddle Kočna (Golica on the left). Further on, you will again come across a barrier which you go around on the left. Just a few tens of metres further on, another barrier stops our route. The road continues to climb in a cross-climb to the east, mostly through the forest. A few minutes before mountain pasture the road passes out of the forest into the Barentaler Kotschna grazing areas and makes a sharp left turn from which we have only a few steps to the hut at mountain pasture.
From the hut continue eastwards, initially only slightly uphill. After a five-minute walk from the hut, the path leads to a less steep ravine, where you continue left on a less visible unmarked path (straight mountain pasture Seča).
Continue up the grass-covered ravine, which is surrounded by dwarf pines. At the top of this gully, the path, which is still difficult to follow, turns right into the vast world of Barentaler Kotschna. The path continues in a moderate ascent crossing the south-western slopes of Barentaler Kotschna, which are partly covered with dwarf pines (as the path is more difficult to follow, it is possible to quickly get lost among the dwarf pines). A little below the summit, the "path" leads to a ridge which is followed to the summit.
Orientation from mountain pasture to the summit is a little more difficult, and very difficult in fog.
Križovec - Svečica 1:30, Svečica - Barentaler Kotschna 45 minutes.

On the way: Pusti Rovt (1300m), Belska planina (Svečica) (1700m)

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