Ljubelj - Begunjščica (via Preval)
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4324°N 14.2602°E 
Path name: via Preval
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: partly demanding unmarked way, partly demanding marked way
Difficulty of skiing: more demanding
Altitude difference: 1002 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1065 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the Ljubelj exit and follow the road ahead to the border crossing. Just a few meters before the border crossing, signs for Zelenica direct 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:
At the end of the large macadam parking lot, we will notice a wooden mountain sign with the inscription "planina Preval", which directs us into the forest on a footpath that quickly brings us to the foot of the scree slopes. Here we arrive at a smaller junction, where on the rock we will notice the inscription Prevala and Roblekov dom to the left. The gentle path then quickly moves from the scree into dense forest, which is exposed to falling rocks. The wide path then transitions from the forest onto steep and well-protected slopes. The panoramic path then brings us to Born's tunnel, where a headlamp will be helpful. When passing through the tunnel, be careful due to the larger number of puddles and the occasionally low ceiling. On the other side of the tunnel, we continue for some time on the path nicely routed along the eastern walls of Begunjščica, then transition to scree, which we only cross. This is followed by a shorter crossing of steep forested slopes, after which the path begins to ascend gently on a less steep slope. The still wide path, which ascends only moderately, joins higher up the marked path from Podljubelj.
Here we continue right and follow the wide path to the mountain pasture Preval, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
From the cross at Preval, we continue north on the marked footpath toward Begunjščica via Kalvarija (left to Roblekov dom via Roža, right to Ljubelj and Podljubelj). The path ahead first ascends over a panoramic grassy slope, then enters the forest through which it begins to ascend more steeply. Higher up, the forest starts to thin, and the path becomes somewhat steeper. This is followed by a fairly steep ascent, which first runs through some belts of dwarf pines, and higher over steep grassy slopes that are especially dangerous for slipping when wet. We then cross a slightly exposed gully where a small memorial plaque is placed, and the path ascends for a few more minutes along the steep grassy slope. When the slope a bit higher flattens slightly, the marked path turns left and crosses the slopes to the left. Just a few minutes further, we arrive in a small valley where the slope flattens even more. We only cross the mentioned valley (slightly right of the valley, we can ascend to Begunjska Vrtača in 15 minutes via easier pathless terrain), then in a few minutes we climb to the main ridge of Begunjščica. When we step onto the ridge, a nice view also opens to the north, and we continue along the gentle path that proceeds along the somewhat narrower ridge. This is followed by a short descent to a small saddle, where the "path" via Šentanski plaz joins from the right. Here the ridge of Begunjščica widens, and we follow the increasingly panoramic path to the subpeak of Veliki vrh. Another very short descent follows, then without major difficulties we ascend in a few minutes to the highest summit of Begunjščica.
Ljubelj - Preval 1:30, Preval - Begunjščica 2:00.
The path to the mountain pasture Preval is unmarked, further on it is well marked.
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