Ljubelj - Dom na Zelenici

Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj, where before the tunnel we turn left towards Zelenica. We then drive across a small bridge and park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
At the beginning of the parking lot, the signposts for Stol, Vrtača and Dom na Zelenici point us onto a wide cart track which starts ascending by the torrent. When a little higher the cart track turns left, we continue straight on the mountain path which continues through the forest and soon returns to the cart track. The cart track a little higher turns right and brings us out of the forest onto the ski track of the former ski slope Zelenica. Next follows a short steeper ascent on the ski slope, then the path flattens and leads us by the foot of the scree below Begunjščica.
From the marked path soon a path which runs on a transport road branches off to the right, and we continue on the "road" to the nearby Koča Vrtača hut.
At the hut the road turns right, and we continue straight in the direction of the mountain path to Zelenica. For a short time we continue below the former one-seater chairlift Zelenica II, then the path starts to ascend more steeply on a slope which is partly overgrown by dwarf pines. After a few hairpin turns we return to the transport road, on which we continue with a view towards the Šentanski plaz.
The path ahead leads us on the slopes of Spodnji plot (peak on which they made a sport climbing path a few years ago), then from the road we turn right onto a footpath which cuts a longer bend. When we return to the road we are already at the upper station of the former one-seater chairlift Zelenica II, and only a few steps of descent separate us from the Dom na Zelenici hut.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2017 (April).

On the way: Koča Vrtača mountain hut (1288m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom pri izviru Završnice ( 20 min) , Roblekov dom na Begunjščici (2 h) , Klagenfurter Hutte/Celovška koča (2 h 50 min) , Spodnji Plot , Vrh Ljubeljščice (Triangel) ( 30 min) , Na Možeh ( 55 min) , Srednji vrh (above Završnica) , Žleb (Suho ruševje) (1 h 20 min) , Srednja peč , Bielschitza/Svačica , Pautz/Zelenjak (1 h 35 min) , Selenitza/Palec (1 h 40 min) , Begunjščica , Prešernova koča na Stolu , Vertatscha/Vrtača , Hochstuhl/Stol