Ljubelj - Selenitza/Palec
Starting point: Ljubelj (1058 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4324°N 14.2602°E 
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: difficult unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: more demanding
Altitude difference: 968 m
Altitude difference (by path): 975 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubelj and follow the road ahead to the border crossing. Only a few meters before the border crossing signs for Zelenica point us to the left and after a few 10 meters of additional driving the road brings us to a parking lot below the ski center Zelenica.
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 a ski track of the former ski slope Zelenica. Next follows a short steeper ascent on the ski slope, and 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 hut Koča Vrtača.
At the mountain 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, and then the path starts ascending steeper 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 gully Šentanski plaz.
The path ahead leads us on slopes of Spodnji plot (peak, on which they made a sport climbing path years ago), after that from the road we turn right onto a footpath which cuts a longer turn. 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 mountain hut Dom na Zelenici.
After the mountain hut, we continue left and ascend to half of the children's ski lift, and then on the right we notice signs for Vrtača and Stol, which point us to the right into a belt of forest. A little further, we cross a connecting lane between the children's ski lift and anchor lift, and then we cross also the other ski track.
We find the continuation of the path at a smaller boulder, and then we cross slopes below the ridge Na Možeh. When the crossing ends, we arrive in an indistinct little valley, where the path branches off to the right into Suho ruševje (by the branch-off there is usually a cairn).
The path into Suho ruševje first ascends through the forest (sharply right path on the scree, option for descent), and then passes among dwarf pines, where the path is well beaten, and the dwarf pines are cut. Next follows a short steeper ascent, where when we look back a nice view opens up on Begunjščica, and in front of us on the left we see Vrtača, straight ahead Zelenjak, and right Palec and the ridge Na Možeh. Higher the footpath flattens a little and passes into a high mountain valley, which gradually narrows. A little further the footpath turns right and then joins the path which leads on the scree below the ridge Na Možeh (mentioned path is more appropriate for descent than ascent). We continue left and on the scree we start ascending diagonally, and we follow such a path all the way to Žleb, which is situated between Zelenjak and Palec.
From Žleb, from where a nice view opens up into Austria, we continue right (left Zelenjak), where we still walk on a followable path. The path ahead ascends diagonally towards the right, where we quickly arrive at a wider, partly crumbly, but not too steep gully, which we cross. On the other side of the gully, we start steeply ascending, and the path a little ahead brings us to the ridge of Palec, from where a nice view opens up on the ridge Na Možeh, and the view reaches far towards the east. Next follows a short steep rocky jump, where we have to help ourselves with our hands. Above the jump, the path flattens a little, but still steeply ascends towards the summit of Palec, which we also reach in a few minutes of additional ascent, with nice views.
Ljubelj - Zelenica 1:20, Zelenica - Palec 1:40.
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