Planina pod Golico (Betel) - Kahlkogel/Golica (via Suha saddle)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway we take the Lipce exit (or Hrušica) and continue towards Jesenice, where signs for Planina pod Golico direct us onto the ascending road (the junction is marked and located near the health centre in Jesenice). The relatively steep road soon leads us to the mentioned village, where in May we can admire the flowering of narcissi in the surrounding meadows. From Planina pod Golico we continue to the next junction, where we see numerous hiking signposts. Here we continue right and drive another good 50 m to the parking area below Savske jame.

Route description:
From the parking area we continue along the road, beside which we notice signs for Golica and the Savske jame toboggan run (if we return a few steps from the parking area, the path leads past Kmečki turizem Betel).
After 10 minutes of walking the toboggan run and one of the marked paths towards Golica turn left and begin to ascend more steeply from Korlnov rov. We continue straight and keep ascending along the wider road that runs beside Črni potok.
The path then brings us to a junction where we cross another road and continue straight in the direction of the marked path towards Golica. We then ascend along a poorer and at times quite overgrown cart track. Some 10 minutes higher we cross the road once more (if we continue left along it we reach the lower station of the freight cableway leading to Koča na Golici; to the right we return to the starting point). After the road we also cross a pasture fence and then step onto the grassy slopes of Markljev Rovt, where a few private houses stand.
At Markljev Rovt the path forks. We take the left trail (slightly right leads towards Struška).
Above the rovt the path enters the forest, where it soon crosses a small sandy gully that requires a little more caution. Through the forest we then ascend to the next road, where we continue left (right Pusti Rovt).
We walk along the road for only a few minutes and already reach the marked junction at Sedlo Suha. From there we head in the direction of the ridge path to Golica (the lower path leads to Koča na Golici; sharply right a marked path branches off towards Sedlo Kočna, from where it is also possible to reach Ptičji vrh, Struška and Stol).
The path ahead begins to ascend quite steeply along the grassy eastern ridge of Mala Golica. Higher up the path levels out somewhat and bypasses the highest point of the mentioned summit on the left, Slovenian side. We then return to the ridge and continue with fine views.
Higher up the path once more moves away from the ridge onto the southern slopes, where we also bypass the summit of Krvavka (1784 m) on the left side, then descend slightly for a while and reach the saddle between Golica and Krvavka.
We continue along the marked path, which a little further on is joined by the usual path that leads past Koča na Golici. Along it we then reach the 1835-metre-high summit in the Karavanke in 15 minutes of increasingly scenic walking.
Descent is possible along the shorter, usual path.

Starting point - Korlnov rov 0:10, Korlnov rov - Markljev Rovt 0:50, Markljev Rovt - Sedlo Suha 0:35, Sedlo Suha - junction on Golica ridge 1:05, junction on Golica ridge - Golica 0:15.

Along the route: Markljev Rovt (1021m), Savske jame (1169m), Markljev Rovt (1250m), Razpotje pred Sedlom Suha (1419m), Sedlo Suha (1435m), Mala Golica (1646m), Razpotje na grebenu Golice (1757m)

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