Dolina - Veliko Kladivo (past the chapel)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway we go to the Podnart (Ljubelj) exit, and then we continue driving on the fast road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When the fast road ends, we will notice a gas station on the right side, 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 first cross the bridge, then walk along the main road to the nearby chapel, where we continue left by the garden and older residential house on the forest road. We continue the ascent on an always narrower and worse macadam road, which leads us by the stream Kališnik moderately upwards. The road soon changes into a cart track, which then starts to ascend steeper. Higher, we come to a water catchment, above which the always narrower cart track turns left and ends after a few meters, but we continue straight across a larger grassy meadow, on which we ascend to a somewhat larger spruce, where the blazes direct us slightly right onto a steeper footpath. We continue on the steep path, which crosses a shorter strip of forest, then brings us to moderately steep grassy slopes, on which, with nice views on Storžič and Stegovnik, we ascend to the Kal saddle, where we also step onto the forest road. From the saddle, from which a nice view opens onto Begunjščica, we continue right and in a few steps arrive at Zavetišče na Kalu.
From the shelter we continue on the macadam road, where we quickly arrive at a marked junction. From the junction we continue left upwards on the marked footpath (straight to Dom na Kofcah past the chapel), which starts to ascend steeply. After a few steps the path levels out and brings us into a strip of bushes, where we cross panoramic slopes to the right. On the other side the path returns to the forest and starts to ascend steeply along the edge of rocky cliffs. The path further leads us past some smaller natural caves, then levels out and brings us into a more plateau-like terrain. The path further, with a view of the western part of Košuta, crosses a worse forest road, then brings us to the parking lot at the end of the forest road leading towards Kofce.
From the parking lot we continue on a wide cart track, on which we ascend to the Kofce pasture in 15 minutes. From the place where we stepped onto the lower edge of the pasture, only 5 minutes of increasingly scenic walking across the pastures of the aforementioned pasture separate us to the mountain hut.
From the mountain hut we continue in the direction of Veliki vrh and Kladivo on an initially somewhat less visible path, which starts to ascend across a scenic meadow. After 15 minutes of walking from the Dom na Kofcah hut we arrive at a nice viewpoint by the cross.
The path then descends slightly and brings us in a few minutes to the steeper slopes of Košuta. The path then ascends through a strip of dwarf pines, where it brings us to a junction. We continue right (straight Veliki vrh) on the path to which an unmarked but indicated path from the Šija pasture already joins after a few meters. We continue left upwards on the path, which ascends steeply and quickly brings us to an exposed passage. Without fixed protection we cross a short but crumbly and slightly exposed ledge, after which we step into a strip of dwarf pines. The path further ascends through a short strip of dwarf pines, then continues along the side ridge of Košuta. The increasingly scenic and quite steep path then higher joins the ridge path.
We continue right in the direction of Kladivo (left Veliki vrh, straight upwards Kofce gora 10 steps) on the path, which starts to descend slightly along the edge of the ridge. The very scenic ridge path, which runs along and on the main ridge, is further on some places slightly exposed, but in dry conditions the passages do not cause problems.
Somewhat further the path approaches the indistinct summit (Malo Kladivo), to which a short steep ascent brings us.
From Malo Kladivo the path starts to descend and quickly brings us to a smaller saddle between both Kladivos. Here an easy unmarked path from the Šija pasture joins us from the right (return option), but we continue straight on the path, which starts to ascend steeper along the summit slope of Kladivo. After 10 minutes of steep and slippery-dangerous walking the path brings us to the scenic summit.
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)