Koutschitz Alm/Kočiška planina - Starhand (by road)

Access to starting point:
Access from Trbiž / Tarvisio: From Trbiž / Tarvisio we drive on the old road to Austria. Behind the village Vrata / Thorl road branches off to the left, which through the underpass crosses the railway. We follow the road ahead to the village Bistrica / Feistritz, where in the center of the village at the sharp right turn, the road branches off towards the village Blače / Vorderberg (at the crossroad we continue straight). In the village Blače / Vorderberg we turn left towards the church and follow the road ahead to the next crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Donice / Dolinza Alm. Asphalt road then runs past the cottage on Kočiška planina / Koutschitz Alm and only a little further brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue on the upper road and we drive for approximately 2km to the parking lot at the next crossing. Further driving is forbidden.
Access from Beljak / Villach: On old road we drive towards Trbiž / Tarvisio and after the village Megvarje / Maglern we turn right under the railway. Further, we follow the description above.
Access from Slovenia: Over the border crossing Rateče to Trbiž / Tarvisio, ahead follow the upper description.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the left bottom road which already after few meters crosses a stream. On the other side of the stream over the road we notice gate behind which the road starts ascending. Next follows an ascent through the forest and sharp right turn. The road is then ascending parallel with the stream, which we hear right below us. Ahead road crosses electric cable and soon after that, it brings us to a crossroad of two roads. We continue left on the upper road which a little higher brings us on some panoramic slopes. At the next crossroad, we again continue left and we follow the path to the mountain pasture, where we continue on the right road which ascends diagonally above the mountain pasture.
And after the mountain pasture we leave the road and we go left upwards on a steep cart track which brings us on the upper part of the mountain pasture. Here the road and the cart track end, and we continue on the mountain pasture upwards, where we notice nice footpath which ascends diagonally. The path then goes after few minutes in the forest, where crosses a torrent and ascends to the panoramic ridge, where there is a crossing.
We continue left upwards on a grassy slope, in the middle of which we notice arrow, which points us right below the cliffs. Here a sign on rock for "Starhand" points us to the right and the path ascends at first through a shorter lane of a forest and then by the ridge to a panoramic summit.

On the way: Gortchacher Alm/Goričanska planina (1725m)