Ljubelj - Potočnikova planina (Bornova pot)
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4306°N 14.261°E 
Path name: Bornova pot
Time of walking: 1 h 50 min
Difficulty: partly demanding unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 352 m
Altitude difference (by path): 400 m
Map: Karavanke 1:50.000 - osrednji del
Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj, where before the tunnel we turn left towards Zelenica. Then we drive across a small bridge, after that we descend along the parking lot to the lower southern part of the parking lot, where we park.
Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, we notice signs for mountain pasture Preval, which direct us onto the Bornova pot. Initially, we ascend transversely across a smaller scree slope, then the path enters the forest, where with some shorter ascents and descents it crosses steep slopes to the left. The forest is soon replaced by steep rocky slopes, through which a wide and in exposed places also secured path leads. With nice views on the mountains rising above Podljubelj, we arrive at Born's tunnel, where for easier and safer progress the use of a flashlight is highly recommended. Somewhere in the middle of the tunnel there is a larger window, from which there is a scenic view of the surroundings, and we carefully continue through the second part of the tunnel. When we leave the tunnel, in which there are also some larger puddles after rain, a few minutes of exposed crossing follow, then behind the bench "Marijino počivališče" we arrive at a larger scree.
In a gentle descent we cross the scree as well, then the path gradually begins to ascend transversely. Initially we still ascend across steep slopes, then the slope first flattens, higher the trail widens into a cart track. Higher follows the crossing of a grazing fence, then the path brings us out of the forest, and in some 10 steps of further walking we ascend to Preval, where there is a marked junction.
Here, some 10 steps to the left is a shepherd hut, and we continue sharply right on an unmarked cart track, which crosses the slopes to the right. Further on, we walk on the cart track, which ascends gently to moderately, crossing some torrent gullies in the process. The occasionally panoramic path brings us higher to Potočnikova planina, where on the other side of the mountain pasture we notice a shepherd shelter, to which only some 10 steps of easy walking remain.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2017 (January, April).
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