Ljubelj - Veliki vrh (Košuta) (via Koča na Ljubelju)

Access to the starting point:
Leave the Gorenjska Motorway at the Podtabor junction, then continue to Tržič and Klagenfurt. When you reach Ljubelj, turn right before the tunnel into a large asphalt parking lot, where you park.

Path description:
From the starting point, head in the direction of Koča na Ljubelju. After a short climb, you will reach a macadam road, along which you will continue your ascent. The ascent follows a fairly steep road, which leads us over a few torrents and past a chapel and a pleasant little well with a bench. Higher up, the road makes a few more serpentines, and at the last left serpentine we get a nice view of Loibler Baba and Veliki vrh, and then we arrive at the Ljubelju Cottage.
From the hut, walk along the road to the state border, cross it, and then descend on the Austrian side to a marked crossroads a few minutes away. From the crossroads, turn right towards the marked trail to Loibler Baba / Loibler Baba and continue along the worse road. The marked trail soon turns right off the road and climbs steeply at first. The path soon levels out and turns left. There is a cross-climb to the left, on a path that is usually quite slippery. After a few minutes of cross-climbing, the path leads to the border ridge, where it climbs gently to moderately at first, and then climbs quite steeply for a while higher up. During the steep climb, looking back, we get a nice view towards Stolo, Vertatscha, Palco. . . , and the steep path leads us to a metal ladder, where we climb steeply using fixed safety gear. Above the ladder, there are a few more ropes, then the path is laid and the difficult part via the Brown Ovens is behind us. A little further on, we cross a grazing fence, and then the path leads us along the grassy slopes of Grunt. With beautiful views of Lokovnikov Grintovec, Loibler Baba (Ljubeljska Baba), Veliki vrh in the ridge of Košuta and other surrounding mountains, we soon arrive at a marked crossroads, where we continue to the right in the direction of mountain pasture Korošica and Hajnževo sedlo (straight ahead Loibler Baba, slightly to the left Lokovnikov Grintovec).
The path ahead leads along cart track, which descends gently, crossing a few small wells in the process. A little lower down, the hunting trail from the concentration camp Ljubelj joins us from the right, and we continue straight on and within a few minutes of further walking arrive at mountain pasture Korošica, where on the right-hand side, on a small rise, we see a pasture.
From mountain pasture Korošica, follow the signs for Hajnževo sedlo, Veliki vrh and Kofce along the path which leads into the forest with mountain pasture. Continue through the forest, crossing to the right, and the path leads past a wooden trough, after which you will come out onto a grassy slope with a view. On the other side of the meadow, the forest is gradually replaced by dwarf pines, and we only occasionally follow a slightly steeper path to Hajnževo sedlo, which offers a fine view towards Austria.
From the saddle, continue right, where you continue along the ridge for a short distance, then enter the climbing part of the route, where the path begins to climb steeply using the fixed safety gear. The technically difficult part is particularly dangerous for slipping in wet conditions, and the path from the saddle onwards is exposed to falling rocks. Higher up, the fixed safety gear ends, and the route leaves the wall onto steep slopes, over which you then climb to Veliki vrh, with increasingly fine views.
Ljubelj - Koča na Ljubelju 45 minutes, Koča na Ljubelju - Planina Korošica 1:30, mountain pasture Korošica - Hajnževo sedlo 30 minutes, Hajnževo sedlo - Veliki vrh 1:05.

On the way: Koča na Ljubelju mountain hut (1370m), Grunt (1614m), Planina Korošica (1554m), Hajnževo sedlo (1701m)

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