Križovec - Barentaler Kotschna/Struška (footpath)

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 Križovec, continue past the cross on the road in the route Pusti Rovt. The road initially leads past a ramp and then gently climbs through the forest. After about 15 minutes of walking, the road turns left and leads out of the forest to the lower edge of Pusti Rovt. Continue along the road, which is joined on the right by a marked path from Dom Pristava v Javorniškem Rovtu, which leads us after some 10 steps of further walking to the shepherd's hut at Pust Rovt.
From the shepherd's hut, continue along the road, which turns right into the forest at the upper part of Pusti Rovt. Just a little further on, you reach a marked crossroads, where you continue slightly to the right (left Kahlkogel) along a moderately steep path, which only a few metres higher crosses a relatively new road leading to Belska planina - Svečice. Cross the road and continue the ascent along the marked path, which soon leaves the forest and leads to the viewing slopes below the Kočna saddle. Continue the ascent past a small hunting lodge, beyond which you will soon reach a watering point for animals. There is only a short climb and the trail leads to Sedlo Kočna, which offers a beautiful view of the Austrian side.
At the saddle, continue right towards Barentaler Kotschna (Kahlkogel and Ptičji vrh on the left) on a relatively gentle path that continues along the main ridge. After a few minutes the path starts to climb steeply and then turns sharply to the right, where it crosses the slopes to the right in a traverse. Higher up, the path leads from a belt of sparse wods and scrub to a scenic ridge where, after a further climb of some 10 m, a grazing fence is crossed.
Immediately after crossing the grazing fence, the track splits into two parts. Continue along the lower right and marked path (slightly left Barentaler Kotschna along the ridge or along and near the state border), which continues across the slopes to the south-east. The trail continues through the forest for some time, then passes into the dwarf pines zone, where it starts to climb more visibly again. Higher up, the path briefly returns to the forest before passing into the Belska planina - Candle pastures. Here continue slightly left and after a few minutes of further walking reach the shepherd's hut at the above-mentioned 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 a grassy ravine surrounded by dwarf pines. The path, which is a little more difficult to follow, turns right at the top of this gully 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, you can quickly get lost among the dwarf pines). A little below the summit, the "path" leads to a ridge which you follow to the summit.
Orientation from mountain pasture to the summit is a little more difficult, and very difficult in fog.
Križovec - Svečica 1:45, Svečica - Barentaler Kotschna 45 minutes.

On the way: Pusti Rovt (1296m), Sedlo Kočna (1469m), Belska planina (Svečica) (1700m)

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