Dom Pristava v Javorniškem Rovtu - Kahlkogel/Golica (on ridge)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Lipce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jesenice. When we come to the traffic-light intersection, where we join the old road, we continue right in the direction of Žirovnica. We follow this road only a short time, since at the next slightly larger intersection (traffic light) we continue left in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road then goes through the underpass (railway) and then turns left (right Koroška Bela). We follow the road that higher up starts to ascend steeply in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. We then follow the mentioned road to the parking lot near the mountain hut.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the mountain hut, and then we continue the ascent on an at first poorly visible path, which ascends on the left side of the swampy lake. Ahead a clearly visible and wide path, after 5 minutes of walking, brings us to the road, where there is also a junction.
We continue right in the direction of Golica (left Javorniški Rovt, straight Španov vrh and Jelenkamen) and continue the ascent on the road which first leads past a larger pond, then turns right and brings us out of the forest. When we step out of the forest, a view opens up towards Struška, Medji dol and part of Belščica. The road, which then moderately ascends, higher returns into the forest and crosses a larger gully, behind which we soon arrive at a marked junction.
Here we leave the road which turns left and continues towards Križovec and continue straight on the less driven road. From the junction we walk on the road only another two minutes, then the markers direct us left onto a cart track which starts to ascend more steeply through the forest. After a few minutes of ascent, the path flattens and brings us from the forest onto the meadows of Pustega Rovta, where we also join the road from Križovec. Here we continue straight on the gentle road, on which we quickly arrive at the nearby shepherd's hut.
From the shepherd's hut we continue on the road, which in the upper part of Pustega Rovta turns right into the forest. Only a little further we come to a marked junction, where we continue left (slightly right Sedlo Kočna and Struška) on the road which ahead in a gentle ascent crosses the slopes towards the left. A little further, the path from Markljevega Rovta joins us from the left, and the road quickly brings us to or just below Sedlo Suha.
From the road we walk in a few steps to the border ridge, then continue the ascent towards the west. Ahead an unmarked but orientationally undemanding path starts first moderately, then steeply ascending on the grassy ridge of Mala Golica. The path bypasses the mentioned peak on the left side, then flattens and in a short descent brings us to an indistinct saddle between Mala Golica and Krvavka. The path ahead ascends again along the ridge, then withdraws to the Slovenian side, where we cross the slopes of Krvavka. A short descent follows and the path brings us to the saddle between Krvavka and Golica. From the saddle we continue a short time on the unmarked path, then join the marked path from Koča na Golici. We continue straight and follow the increasingly scenic path all the way to the summit of Golica, which we reach without major difficulties.

Along the route: Pusti Rovt (1296m), Sedlo Suha (1438m)

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