Ljubelj - Begunjščica (through the Central gully, snowy approach)
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4324°N 14.2602°E 
Path name: through the Central gully, snowy approach
Time of walking: 2 h 45 min
Difficulty: very difficult pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 1002 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1002 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.00
Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Ljubelj and follow the road ahead to the border crossing. Just a few meters before the border crossing signs for Zelenica point us to the left and after some 10 meters of additional driving the road brings us to the parking lot below the ski center Zelenica.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the footpath in the direction of Zelenica, Vrtača and Stol. The cart track, which runs along the left side of the ski slope, after approximately 15 minutes of moderate ascent through the forest brings us to the aforementioned slope along which we then ascend. The path, which offers nice views of the extensive scree fields of Begunjščica on the left and the ridge of Ljubeljščica on the right, then in a gentle ascent brings us to the hut on Vrtača.
From the hut, we continue straight on the marked path, which slowly turns slightly to the left and after a shorter diagonal ascent brings us into the belt of dwarf pines. Further, the path steeply ascends for a short time and then brings us to the cart track (transport-rescue road), which we follow in a moderate ascent to the mountain hut Dom na Zelenici.
During the operation of the ski slope, walking on the ski slope is forbidden. At that time we use the winter path, which runs along the transport-rescue road.
From the hut on Zelenica we head to the south side towards the northern wall of Begunjščica. The direction is shown by a wide gully, which narrows in the middle part and widens again higher up. We ascend it to the rocky barrier, where walls from the left and right increasingly close it off. On the right we see a short gully, on the left a steep rocky step. In the middle is a narrow gully up which we ascend. Over a short step we reach a somewhat wider gully, which flattens and widens. To the right we ascend to the shoulder from where Veliki plaz (Smokuški plaz) is visible. From here the summit is already visible, which we reach in a few minutes.
The steepness of the slope is up to 45°.
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