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Mountain ranges / Karawanks / Veliko Kladivo / Dolina - Veliko Kladivo (past the chapel)

Dolina - Veliko Kladivo (past the chapel)

Starting point: Dolina (731 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3912°N 14.3305°E 
Path name: past the chapel
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1363 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1440 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del - 1:50.000
Views: 2,983
Trip rating: 1 votes
Number of pictures: 100
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Podnart (Ljubelj), and then we continue driving on the road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When "fast road" ends (blue sign), we will on the right side notice gas station, in front of which we turn right downwards towards Tržič. Further, we drive through Tržič, and we follow the narrower road towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska and further to the village Dolina, where on a macadam parking lot before the bridge over the river Tržiška Bistrica we also park.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we at first cross a bridge, and then on the main road, we walk to the near chapel, where we continue left by the garden and older residential house on the forest road. We continue the ascent on narrower and worse macadam road which leads us by the stream Kališnik moderately upwards. The road soon changes into a cart track, and it starts ascending steeper. Higher, we come to a water catchment, above which narrower cart track turns left and after few meters ends, and we continue straight over larger meadow, on which we ascend to a little bigger spruce, where blazes point us slightly right on steeper footpath. We continue on the steep path, which crosses a shorter lane of a forest and then it brings us on moderately steep grassy slopes, on which with nice views on Storžič and Stegovnik we ascend to a saddle Kal, where we also step on the forest road. From the saddle, from which a nice view opens up on Begunjščica, we continue right and in few steps we get to the cottage Zavetišče na Kalu.
From the cottage, we continue on a macadam road, where we quickly get to a marked crossing. From the crossing, we continue left upwards on a marked footpath (straight Dom na Kofcah past the chapel), which starts ascending steeply. After few steps the path flattens and brings us into a lane of bushes, where we cross panoramic slopes towards the right. On the other side, the path returns into the forest and starts ascending steeply by the edge of rocky cliffs. The path ahead leads us past some smaller natural caves, and then it flattens and brings us in more plateau terrain. The path ahead with a view on the western part of Košuta crosses a bad forest road, and then it brings us to the parking lot by the end of the forest road which leads towards Kofce.
From the parking lot, we continue on a wide cart track, on which in 15 minutes we ascend to the mountain pasture Kofce. From the spot, when we stepped on the bottom edge of the mountain pasture, to the mountain hut separates only 5 more minutes of increasingly panoramic path which runs over already mentioned mountain pasture.
From the mountain hut, we continue in the direction of Veliki vrh and Kladivo on at first a little poorly visible path which starts ascending through a panoramic meadow. After 15 minutes of walking from the mountain hut Dom na Kofcah we get to a nice viewpoint by the cross.
The path then slightly descends and in few minutes brings us to steeper slopes of Košuta. The path then ascends through a lane of dwarf pines, where it brings us to a crossing. We continue right (straight Veliki vrh) on the path which already after few meters joins the path without the blazes from the mountain pasture Šija. We continue left upwards on the path which ascends steeply and it quickly brings us to an exposed passage. Without fixed safety gear we cross a short, but crumbly and slightly exposed ledge after which we go in a lane of dwarf pines. The path ahead ascends through a short lane of dwarf pines, and then continues on a side ridge of Košuta. More panoramic and pretty steep path higher joins the ridge path.
We continue right in the direction of Kladivo (left Veliki vrh, straight upwards Kofce gora 10 strides) on a path which starts slightly descending by the edge of the ridge. Very panoramic ridge path which runs on and by the main ridge is ahead on some spots slightly exposed, but when it is dry passages don't cause problems.
A little further, the path gets close to indistinct summit (Malo Kladivo) to which brings us a short steep ascent.
From Malo Kladivo the path starts descending and it quickly brings us on a smaller saddle between the both peaks of Kladivo. Here from the right joins easy unmarked path from the mountain pasture Šija (option of return), and we continue straight on the path which starts ascending steeper on the upper slope of Kladivo. After 10 minutes steep and for slipping dangerous walking, the path brings us on a panoramic peak.
The starting point - Zavetišče na Kalu 1:00, Zavetišče na Kalu - Dom na Kofcah 45 minutes, Dom na Kofcah - Kofce gora 1:00, Kofce gora - Veliko Kladivo 45 minutes.
On the way: Zavetišče na Kalu (1112m), Dom na Kofcah mountain hut (1488m), Kofce gora (1967m), Malo Kladivo (2036m)
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