NC Planica - Kotovo sedlo (on scree)

Access to starting point:
First we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving towards Rateče. At the intersection where the road to Rateče branches off to the right, and straight ahead the road continues towards Italy, we turn left towards Planica. After a short climb we arrive at the ski jumps in Planica, where there are several larger parking lots.
Since the road to Dom v Tamarju is now closed to public traffic, we must park already in Planica, which lengthens the hike by about 45 minutes.

Path description:
From Planica we continue along the gravel road towards the Dom v Tamarju, before the road enters the forest it splits into two parts. We continue on the road slightly to the right in the direction of the footpath towards Tamar (slightly left is the drivable road, which is closed to public traffic).
The path ahead leads us along the road that passes the last parking lot of NC Planica, enters the forest and is converted into a cross-country ski trail in winter. This is followed by an ascent along a gentle road that mostly runs through the forest. When the path leaves the forest, there are information boards along the path with what can be seen. Higher up the forest thins out several times or we leave it for a while, so beautiful views open up of the mountains rising above Planica and Tamar. When we get quite close to the Dom v Tamarju, a wonderful view of Jalovec opens up and the path splits.
We continue slightly left (slightly right the source of the Nadiža) and about a minute later we join the drivable road, along it past a small chapel we arrive at the Planinski dom v Tamarju.
We continue on the marked mountain path in the direction of Jalovec and Ponce (left Slemenova špica). The path ahead leads us through the forest and quickly brings us to the next junction, where the path to Ponce branches off to the right. We continue in the direction of Jalovec and continue the ascent along the path that still climbs gently through the forest for a short time. When we come out of the forest we first climb for some time over extensive, partly already overgrown gravel fields, then gradually reach the scree that continues towards Jalovčev ozebnik. We climb the scree to the marked junction, where we continue left (right Kotovo sedlo and Jalovec past the bivouac below Kotovo sedlo) in the direction of Jalovška škrbina. In the continuation the path continues to climb along the scree, then brings us to the next junction, where we continue right in the direction of Kotovo sedlo (slightly left Jalovec via Jalovška škrbina).
The path ahead climbs transversely to the right and gradually passes onto less steep slopes. Higher up the path flattens further and leads us past several large boulders to a junction, where a somewhat more demanding path joins us from the right. We continue left and after a few minutes of further ascent we climb to Kotovo sedlo.

Planica - Dom v Tamarju 0:45, Dom v Tamarju - Mali kot junction 1:30, Mali kot junction - branch below Ozebnik 0:55, branch below Ozebnik - Veliki kot junction 0:35, Veliki kot junction Kotovo sedlo 0:10.

On the way: Dom v Tamarju (1108m), Odcep za Ponce (1119m), Helioport Pod Brkico (1357m), Razpotje Mali kot (1564m), Razcep pod Ozebnikom (1864m), Razpotje Veliki kot (2067m)

Trip can be extended to: Jalovec