Križovec - Belska planina (Svečica) (čez Sedlo Kočna)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, we take the Lipce exit and continue on the road towards Jesenice. When we reach the traffic-light intersection where we join the old road, we continue right towards Žirovnica. We follow this road only for a short time, as at the next somewhat larger intersection (traffic light) we continue left towards Javorniški Rovt. The road then goes through an underpass (railway) and then turns left (right Koroška Bela). We follow the road, which starts to climb steeply higher up, towards Javorniški Rovt. The road takes us past the Pristava house (the house is slightly above the road) and after the house we come to the next (smaller) intersection, where we go right. We then drive on a gravel road all the way to Križovec, which we recognize by the intersection of several roads (there are a few small parking areas and a cross at the intersection).

Route description:
From Križovec we continue past the cross on the road towards Pusti Rovt. At the beginning the road leads us past a barrier and then climbs gently through the forest. After about 15 minutes of walking it turns left and takes us out of the forest to the lower edge of Pusti Rovt. We continue on the road, which is joined from the right by the marked path from Dom Pristava on Javorniški Rovt; after a few dozen steps of further walking this path leads us to the shepherd's hut on Pusti Rovt.
From the shepherd's hut we continue on the road which in the upper part of Pusti Rovt turns right into the forest. A little further on we reach a marked junction where we continue slightly right (left Golica) on a moderately steep path. A few metres higher this path crosses a relatively new road leading to Belska planina (Svečica). We merely cross this road and continue the ascent on the marked path, which soon leaves the forest and leads onto the scenic slopes below Sedlo Kočna. We continue the ascent past a small hunting hut, after which we soon reach a watering place for animals. Only a short climb remains and the path takes us to Sedlo Kočna, from which there is a fine view of the Austrian side.
At the saddle we continue right towards Struška (left Golica and Ptičji vrh) on a relatively gentle path that continues along the main ridge. After a few minutes the path begins to climb more steeply and then turns sharply right, where it traverses the slopes to the right in a diagonal ascent. Higher up the path leads us from a belt of sparse forest and shrubs onto a scenic ridge, where after a few dozen metres of further ascent we cross a pasture fence.
Immediately after the pasture fence the trail splits into two parts. We continue on the right, lower and marked path (slightly left Struška along the ridge or along the state border), which further traverses the slopes towards the southeast. The path continues for some time through the forest, then enters a belt of dwarf pine where it again begins to climb noticeably. Higher up it returns briefly to the forest, then passes onto the grazing areas of Belska planina (Svečica). Here we continue slightly left and after a few more minutes of walking we reach the shepherd's hut on the mentioned mountain pasture.

Križovec - Pusti Rovt 0:15, Pusti Rovt - turn-off for Struška 0:10, turn-off for Struška - Sedlo Kočna 0:20, Sedlo Kočna - Belska planina 1:00.

Along the route: Pusti Rovt (1296m), Razpotje nad Pustim Rovtom (1349m), Odcep za Struško (1373m), Sedlo Kočna (1469m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Barentaler Kotschna/Struška

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