Ljubelj - Prešernova koča na Stolu (upper way)
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,4324°N 14,2602°E |
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Name of path: upper way
Time of walking: 4 h 45 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Altitude difference: 1116 m
Altitude difference po putu: 1315 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Ljubelj exit and follow the road to the border crossing. Just a few metres before the border crossing, the signs for Zelenica direct us to the left and after a few 10 metres of further driving, the road leads to a parking lot under the Zelenica ski centre.
Path description:
From the parking lot, follow the marked footpath towards Zelenica, Vertatscha and Hochstuhla. The path initially leads along the moderately steep cart track, which climbs through the forest, then turns slightly to the right and leads out of the forest onto the ski slope. The ascent continues along the ski slope, which offers beautiful views of the Begunjščica wall and scree, with the ridge of Ljubeljšice on the right. The trail, which continues on a worse road, takes us only a little higher up to Koča Vrtača, where chairlift Zelenica I ends and chairlift Zelenica II begins. Here the transport and rescue road turns sharp right, and we continue straight on in the direction of Zelenica, following the initially still sloping, then steeper path that climbs up the ski slope. Climbing higher, we pass through a rare lane of dwarf pines and then return to the road. Continue on the minor road, then, as the road turns left, continue right on a steep footpath which returns to the road just below the top station of the single-seater Zelenica II. From here there is a short descent and the path leads to Doma na Zelenica.
Just before the lodge, a path branches off to the left, leading to Begunjščica and Roblek's lodge, and we continue to the left after the lodge and start climbing alongside the Ciciban children's ski lift. Somewhere in the middle of the ski lift we reach a small crossroads, where we continue to the right over the ski slope (straight ahead Koča pri izviru Završnice, Srednji vrh and Hochstuhl - the lower path). On the other side of the Ciciban ski slope the path goes into a narrow lane of a forest, after which you reach the next lift. Cross this ski slope as well, and then, by a small boulder, find the continuation of the marked trail leading to Vertatscha and Hochstuhl. The trail continues along the slopes below the ridge of Na Možeh, then descends slightly and leads to a point where an unmarked trail branches off to the right into the valley of Suhe dwarf pines and Palcu (there is a smaller cairn at the crossroads). Beyond the crossroads, the trail gradually transitions to the slopes of Vertatscha, over which it climbs mostly cross-climbing. Higher up, an unmarked path from Koča pri izviru Završnice joins from the left, and we continue straight on to the next marked crossroads. At the crossroads, the path to Vertatscha branches off slightly to the right and towards Hochstuhl and Bielschitza via Vatelka or the Bowl, and we continue straight on the lower path, which crosses lane of dwarf pines and raspberry groves. After a few minutes of further walking we arrive at the next crossroads, where we can go left downhill in a few minutes to the Šija saddle, from where the lower trail leads to Hochstuhl, to the right branches off a worse trail towards Vertatscha (the latter joins the above-mentioned marked trail a little higher up), and we continue straight on again, this time over occasionally steeper grassy slopes, interrupted by a few less-steep gullies. The crossing of the grassy slopes soon ends, and the path leads us to a steep gully, through which we start to descend on a path that is broken and in some places dangerous for slipping. When the gully ends, the path passes onto a scree slope, over which it descends crosswise under the cliffs to cirque in Kožne. Here the path starts to climb again, and the lower path and the path from Završnice join us on the left.
Continuing straight ahead, the path continues past several large boulders. A shorter, slightly steeper climb follows and we reach a crossroads where the path to Klagenfurter Hutte and Bielschitza branches off to the right, or joins the path via Vatelka or Sklede. Here again, continue straight ahead, and the path from the valley between Srednja peč 1920 m (Srednja peč is the lesser-known peak on the left) and the Orlice ridge (Orlice is the more difficult ridge between the Belščica saddle and Hochstuhl) gradually passes onto a larger scree slope, over which you climb crosswise to the right, and then the path gradually passes into a steeper valley between Maly Hochstuhl on the left and Hochstuhl on the right. Here the path climbs steeply, then gradually flattens out and leads to a marked crossroads. Continue left here (right Hochstuhl for 10 minutes) and after a few minutes of moderate ascent, you will reach the top of Mali Stol, from which you are only a few steps away from a descent of 10 steps to the Prešernova hut.
Ljubelj - Zelenica 1:20, Zelenica - Prešernova koča 3:25.
We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Stol
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Discussion about the trail Ljubelj - Prešernova koča na Stolu (upper way)
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| zdomec12. 06. 2010 |
Tukaj opisana pot na Stol ali do presernove koce ni ZGORNJA pot! To je takoimenovana SREDNJA pot na Stol. Vsaj pred leti smo imeli 3 poti na stol od Koce na Zelenici.
Zgornja pot je potekala takole:
Od koce na zelenici smo sli skoz po poti na Vrtaco vse do tiste tipicne Jugozahodne rame kjer se pot na Vrtaco obrne desno in se zacne strmo vzpenjati proti vrhu. Z rame smo se spustili nekaj metrov navzdol na melisce in po slabo vidni nemarkirani stezi skoraj vodoravno precili celotno melisce do sedla v blizini mejnega prehod, (Od koder se pot spusti proti celovski koci) Naprej po markirani poti katera pride od celovske koce in vodi na Stol. To po smo rabili ce smo sli z Vrtace na Stol, (zelo majhna izguba na visini)
Tisti nemarkirani del steze je vcasih slabo viden, ampak duti ce se malo paz, se pride na avstrijsko markirano pot, saj jo imamo skozi pred ocmi.
Zdomec
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| zdomec12. 06. 2010 |
Zgornja pot katero sem opisal zgoraj je lepo opisana v starejsem vodniko KARAVANKE, (Stanko Klinar) na strani 139 pot Stv. 272.e
Zdomec
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| heinz13. 06. 2010 |
Kolikor vem, je na splošno ta poimenovana kot pot "Stol- Vrtača" (čez Vatelco ali Skledo). Spodnji dve pa kot "zgornja" in "spodnja".
Kajti če imamo za cilj Stol, izhodišče pa bodisi Ljubelj ali Tinčkovo kočo, je pot čez JZ raz Vrtače ne samo najdaljša varianta, ampak v resnici bolj primerna v kolikor smo namenjeni na Svačico, Celovško kočo ali Geissberg.
Če bi hoteli vse poti šteti kot poti na Stol, potem bi bilo potrebno všteti še naj višjo in sicer tisto čez Grad.
Naj dodam še, da je spust v krnico "v Kožnah", kateremu v zgornjem opisu ni namnejenega kaj dosti, zaradi strmine in grušča zahtevnejši od ostale poti. Zato naj na tem delu velja previdnost v obeh smereh.
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