Križovec - Ptičji vrh

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 Žirovnice. We follow this road only briefly, as at the next somewhat larger intersection (traffic light) we continue left towards Javorniški Rovt. The road then passes through an underpass (railway) and turns left (right Koroška Bela). We follow the road that begins to climb steeply higher up in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road takes us past the Pristava house (the house is slightly above the road) and after the house we reach the next (smaller) intersection, where we turn right. We then drive on a gravel road all the way to Križovec, which we recognize by the intersection of several roads (at the intersection there are some small parking areas and a cross).

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 gently ascends 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 to which a marked path from Dom Pristava on Javorniški Rovt joins from the right; after a few dozen steps of further walking this path takes 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 come to a marked junction where we continue slightly to the right (left Golica) on a moderately steep path. This path, only a few metres higher, crosses a relatively new road leading to Belska planina (Svečice). We only cross this road and continue the ascent on the marked path which soon emerges from the forest onto 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 ascent follows and the path takes us to Sedlo Kočna, from which a beautiful view opens up to the Austrian side.
At the saddle we continue left (right Struška) and continue the path for a short time on the marked path towards Golica. After a shorter gentle ascent the marked path moves slightly to the left from the ridge; we leave it right at this point and continue the ascent on a less visible trail that runs along the border ridge. The latter ascends a bit more steeply for a short time, then flattens slightly and continues in a moderate ascent. We then follow this trail, from which increasingly beautiful views open up to us, all the way to the grassy summit.

Križovec - Pusti Rovt 0:15, Pusti Rovt - junction for Struška 0:10, junction for Struška - Sedlo Kočna 0:20, Sedlo Kočna - Ptičji vrh 0:15.

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

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