Pod Krnico - Koschutnikturm (Košutnikov turn) (eastern way)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Ljubelj. From this road before the gas station, we turn right to Tržič. The road then quickly brings us to Tržič, and we follow it further in the direction of the villages Jelendol and Medvodje. In the village Medvodje we turn left towards Košuta on the forest road which we follow to the crossroads at Košutnik (house) approximately at 1000 m. Here we go right and drive to the parking lot at a smaller quarry.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the cart track which branches off to the left from the road. The cart track goes into the forest and ascends moderately, first crossing a smaller and then a larger stream. The cart track, which has some shortcuts, makes some turns and after a good 15 minutes brings us to the pastures of the mountain pasture Spodnja Dolga njiva.
After a short walk across the mountain pasture, the path brings us to a junction where there are signposts. We head right in the direction of the Košutnikov turn eastern approach path. The gentle path brings us, after a few dozen steps of walking, to the shepherd's hut on the mountain pasture Spodnja Dolga njiva.
Further ahead we continue upwards across the mountain pasture, in the middle of which runs a wide cart track that after a good 15 minutes of walking brings us out of the forest onto the mountain pasture Zgornja Dolga njiva.
The steepness of the path, which has been moderate until now, eases and the path soon brings us across nice grassy terrain to a junction. The signs for Košutnikov turn direct us left upwards along an initially barely visible path. When we approach the dwarf pines, we soon notice a nice wide path that turns to the left and crosses the southern slopes of Košuta in a gentle ascent. On this section of the path we carefully watch our step, as there are lots of snakes around here. The path then crosses a pasture fence and continues gently ascending for some time amid dwarf pines and sparse forest. This is followed by a slightly exposed crossing of the gully, after which the path starts to ascend more steeply across grassy slopes surrounded by sparse forest. During the ascent we can observe rocky pillars of the southern walls of Košuta on the right side. The path, ascending ever more steeply, then brings us to a side ridge of Košuta, which the path merely crosses before continuing into very steep slopes. The path crosses very steep slopes that are dangerous for slipping when wet, in a gentle ascent. After approximately ten minutes of walking, the steepness of the slopes eases and the path brings us to the next side ridge of Košuta. Here the path turns right steeply upwards and brings us to the border ridge. Here we notice a gully where the abandoned path from Austria joins.
The path here turns slightly left and then ascends alongside the gully upwards. The path, which remains fairly steep, then soon brings us across the summit grassy slopes to the panoramic summit.

On the way: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva (1400m), Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva (1580m)