Ljubelj - Hajnževo sedlo (via Koča na Ljubelju)
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4329°N 14.2617°E 
Path name: via Koča na Ljubelju
Time of walking: 2 h 45 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 643 m
Altitude difference (by path): 750 m
Map: Karavanke 1:50.000 - osrednji del
Access to starting point:
We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Podtabor junction, then continue driving towards Tržič and Celovec. When we arrive at Ljubelj, before the tunnel we turn right onto a larger asphalted parking lot, where we park.
Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the path in the direction of the Koča na Ljubelju mountain hut. After a short ascent, we reach the macadam road, along which we continue the ascent. This is followed by an ascent along a fairly steep road that leads us across a few torrents and past a chapel and a pleasant spring with a bench. Higher up, the road makes a few more hairpin turns; at the last left hairpin turn, a nice view opens up on Košutica and Veliki vrh, then we already arrive at the Koča na Ljubelju mountain hut.
From the hut, we walk along the road to the state border, cross it, then on the Austrian side descend to a marked junction a few minutes away. From the junction, we continue right in the direction of the marked path to Košutica / Loibler Baba and continue along a worse road. The marked path soon turns right uphill from the road and initially ascends steeply. The path soon levels out and turns left. This is followed by a traversing ascent to the left along a path that is usually fairly slippery. After a few minutes of traversing ascent, the path brings us to the border ridge, where it initially ascends gently to moderately, higher up quite steeply for some time. During the steep ascent, a nice view opens up towards Stol, Vrtača, Palec... on looking back, and the steep path brings us to a metal ladder, where with the aid of safety gear we ascend steeply. Above the ladder, a few more steel cables follow, then the path levels out and the demanding section over the Rjave peči is behind us. A little further on, we cross a pasture fence, then the path leads us across the grassy slopes of Grunt. With nice views of Lokovnikov Grintovec, Košutica (Ljubeljska Baba), Veliki vrh in the Košuta ridge and other surrounding mountains, we soon arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of the planina Korošica and Hajnževo sedlo (straight to Košutica, slightly left to Lokovnikov Grintovec).
The path ahead leads us along a cart track that descends slightly, crossing a few springs meanwhile. A little lower, a hunting path from the Ljubelj concentration camp joins from the right; we continue straight and after a few more minutes of walking arrive at the planina Korošica, where on the right side, on a smaller rise, we notice the dairy.
From the planina Korošica, we continue following the signs for Hajnževo sedlo, Veliki vrh and Kofce, along the path that takes us from the planina into the forest. Through the forest we continue traversing to the right, and the path leads us past a wooden trough, beyond which we step onto a panoramic gentle grassy slope. On the other side of the meadow, the forest gradually gives way to dwarf pines, and we follow the occasionally somewhat steeper path to Hajnževo sedlo, from which a nice view also opens up towards Austria.
Ljubelj - Koča na Ljubelju 45 minutes, Koča na Ljubelju - planina Korošica 1:30, planina Korošica - Hajnževo sedlo 30 minutes.
The description refers to the situation in May 2017, pictures are from December 2016 and May 2017.
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