Starting point: Matizovec (915 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,41450°N 14,30000°E |
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Walking time: 2 h 35 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Elevation gain: 1052 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1052 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway we take the Ljubelj exit and follow the road towards the border crossing. We leave the main road at the point where signs for Podljubelj and the camp direct us right. After a few meters we reach a junction where we continue left towards Kofc. We drive through the village on a slightly ascending road, then turn right towards Matizovec and Kofc. We follow this at times slightly narrower road all the way to the arranged, paid parking lot, which is located approximately 150 meters in elevation below the Matizovec farm. The road is now fully asphalted all the way to the arranged parking lot. In September 2026 the parking fee was 4 EUR.
Route description:
From the large free parking lot we continue on a macadam road, on which in approximately 20 minutes we arrive at the farm Matizovec.
From Matizovec we continue on a rougher road in the direction of Dom na Kofcah, and at several successive junctions we carefully follow the blazes. After a few minutes of walking on the rougher road or cart track, the blazes direct us onto a steep footpath, which first ascends transversely to the left, then transitions to a forested ridge, where it turns slightly to the right. Further on, we ascend on a steep mountain path, which higher crosses the cart track and gradually flattens behind it. Just a little further, the forest thins out, the marked path turns right into the forest and a little higher joins the cart track, which ascends transversely to the right. The cart track higher turns to the left, and from the right the marked path from Kala also joins us.
From the junction onwards the forest ends, and the increasingly scenic path brings us to the Dom na Kofcah in 5 minutes of further walking.
From the mountain hut we continue in the direction of Veliki vrh and Kladivo on an initially somewhat less visible path that begins to ascend across a scenic meadow. After 15 minutes of walking from the Dom na Kofcah we reach a nice viewpoint at the cross.
The path then descends slightly and brings us in a few minutes to the steeper slopes of Košuta. The path then ascends through a belt of dwarf pines, bringing us to a junction. We continue right (straight to Veliki vrh) on the path to which an unmarked but signposted path from the mountain pasture Šija joins after just a few metres. We continue left upwards on the path, which ascends steeply and quickly brings us to an exposed passage. Without fixed protection we cross a short but crumbly and slightly exposed ledge, behind which we enter a belt of dwarf pines. The path ahead ascends through a short belt of dwarf pines, then continues along the side ridge of Košuta. The increasingly scenic and quite steep path then joins the ridge path higher up.
We continue straight upwards on the unmarked path, which after 10 steps brings us to the summit (left Veliki vrh, right Kladivo).
Starting point - Matizovec 20 minutes, Matizovec - Kofce 1:15, Kofce - Kofce gora 1:00.

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Discussion about the trip Matizovec - Kofce gora
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| ksena20. 12. 2010 |
On Saturday, the road to Matizovec was plowed, but without 4x4 you couldn't reach the farm. A couple of hikers and ski tourers made a track to the hut below Kofce gora, further on Andrej and I engaged our "own plow". The snow cover along the trail is variably deep, right below the hut it's wind-blown to the icy base. It was windy at the hut, higher up the wind calmed down. Beautiful sunny weather, thick layer of clouds in the valley. When we returned, the road to the farm was almost clear, as the salt had done its job.
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| Kokta1. 11. 2011 |
I recommend starting at Veliki vrh and along the ridge to Veliko Kladivo...on the way you also conquer Kofce gora
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| AdryBK29. 05. 2014 |
Hello, has anyone been to Kofce (peak) recently? How much snow is still there? Thanks
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| nace129. 05. 2014 |
On Sunday there were only two short snow patches (first five meters, second 15 m). The second one can be nicely bypassed along the ridge.
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