Dom v Dragi - Koča na Dobrči (via Preval-a)
Starting point: Dom v Dragi (689 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.395°N 14.2183°E 
Path name: via Preval-a
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 789 m
Altitude difference (by path): 995 m
Map: Karavanke 1:50.000 - osrednji del
Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, we take the Radovljica exit (from the Gorenjska side, Lesce exit) and follow the road ahead towards Begunje. At the end of Begunje village, we turn left towards Dom v Dragi (right Tržič). The asphalt road then brings us to the parking lot near Dom v Dragi. We park a little further ahead, as parking in front of Dom v Dragi is allowed only for guests.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue along the road, which past a bee house brings us to a junction in a few minutes of walking, where we continue right in the direction of the Preval mountain pasture via Luknja (left Planinca mountain pasture, Poljška planina and Roblekov dom). The path ahead crosses the stream and then ascends gently for some time along the valley bottom.
Further on, the valley narrows, and the path brings us in a moderate ascent to a narrow gully, up which we ascend steeply upwards with the help of fixed safety gear.
The short secured section is not particularly demanding technically, but it is exposed to falling rocks.
Higher up, the path brings us out of the gully, where it then continues for some time along the stream. This is followed by an ascent up a short ladder (undemanding), after which the path enters the forest, where it continues to a poorer road.
We follow the mentioned road for only a few steps, then the markers direct us right onto a marked footpath, which continues on and alongside the cart track. Higher up, the cart track finally turns into a footpath, which heads somewhat more to the right and begins to ascend ever more steeply. We follow this relatively steep path in the final section all the way to the Preval mountain pasture, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking. On the mountain pasture there is also a shepherd's hut, which we reach in a few more steps.
We bypass the hut, from which a beautiful view opens up all the way to Triglav, on the left side, while we continue the path towards Dobrča. The marked path to Dobrča, which we follow, further bypasses an unnamed peak on the left side, and when the path returns to the ridge, we reach it at the saddle between Čisovec and the unnamed peak.
At the mentioned saddle, the marked path to Dobrča turns right downwards (straight ahead unmarked path to Čisovec) and passes onto the western slopes of Čisovec, where the path leads us diagonally across occasionally quite steep slopes. This is followed by a longer traverse along a poorly maintained path, which is usually full of leaves and, due to erosion, somewhat damaged in several places. Further on, we cross a few more gullies, after which the slope becomes less steep, and occasionally some views open up from the path towards Begunjščica, Stol, Julian Alps, Gorenjska...
A little further on, we reach the southern ridge of Čisovec, where the path begins to descend (here, a few steps from the path, we can spot a primula auricula site, usually in April or May), and occasionally a view also opens up onto the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. Lower down, the path descends even more steeply, then brings us to the Vrh Luž saddle, where an unmarked path past Tominčev slap joins from the left, and from the right the path from Črni potok.
We continue straight ahead, mainly along the ridge, up which we occasionally ascend. Later, a path leading over Ledene trate joins from the right, while our path gradually turns somewhat right from the ridge and passes onto the ever steeper slopes of Dobrča. This is followed by a traversing ascent across a steep slope, where extra caution is needed in wet conditions, after which the path levels out and brings us over a pasture fence to a cart track, along which we walk to the edge of Podgorska planina, where there is a marked junction.
We continue towards Koča na Dobrči (left Dobrča, right the road down to Zadnja vas), which we reach after 3 minutes of further walking.
Dom v Dragi - Prevala 1:30, Prevala - Koča na Dobrči 2:30.
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