Matizovec - Planina Pungrat

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 rough road in the direction of Dom na Kofcah, and on some successive junctions we carefully follow the blazes. After a few minutes of walking on a rough road or cart track, the blazes direct us onto a steep footpath, which first ascends diagonally to the left and then transitions to a forested ridge, where it turns somewhat to the right. Further, we ascend on a steep mountain path, which higher crosses a cart track and behind it gradually flattens. A little further ahead, the forest thins out, the marked path turns right into the forest and a little higher joins the cart track, which ascends diagonally to the right. The cart track higher turns to the left, and from the right a marked path from Kal also joins us.
From the junction onwards the forest ends, and the increasingly scenic path in 5 minutes of further walking brings us to the Dom na Kofcah.
From Dom na Kofcah we continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Šija. The path first in a gentle descent crosses the slopes towards the east, then joins a wide cart track, which brings us out of the forest onto the mountain pasture Ilovica. The path further starts to ascend slightly and after a few more minutes of easy walking brings us to the shelter on the mountain pasture Šija.
From the shelter on the mountain pasture Šija we continue on the macadam road, which already after a few meters brings us to a marked junction, where slightly to the left an unmarked path branches off, which leads to Kladivo and the old border guard path, which crosses the southern slopes of Košuta. We continue on the road, which a little further ahead turns somewhat to the right, then brings us to a side ridge, where it turns to the left (here a nice view opens up towards the south for a while). From the longer left bend onwards the road starts to descend more steeply, and we continue on it to the beginning of the mountain pasture Pungrat. Here we leave the road and over a gently sloping, undulating meadow in a few minutes walk to the shepherd hut on the mountain pasture Pungrat.

Along the route: Planina Ilovica (1462m), Dom na Kofcah mountain hut (1488m), Matizovec (1072m), Zavetišče na planini Šija mountain hut (1528m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva (2 h 10 min), Tegoška planina, Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva (2 h 35 min), Mala Košuta (3 h 5 min)

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