Pod Krnico - Tolsta Košuta - western peak

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, take the Ljubelj exit. From this road, before the gas station, turn right towards 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, turn left towards Košuta (direction Dolga njiva and Košutnikov turn) onto the forest road which we follow to the junction at Košutnik (1082 m). Here we go right and drive on the occasionally bad road to the parking lot at a smaller quarry.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the cart track that 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 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 to the shepherd's hut on the mountain pasture Spodnja Dolga njiva (shepherd hut of open type).
Further, we continue upwards across the mountain pasture, in the middle of which runs a wide cart track that after 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 through nice grassy terrain to the central part of the mountain pasture, where the blazes end. We continue straight ahead (left Košutnikov turn) along a slightly ascending path that runs along a smaller but very pronounced torrent gully. A little further ahead, the unmarked path splits into two parts.
We continue left (slightly right Mala Košuta) along the path that begins to ascend through a belt of dwarf pines. If we lose the correct path here, we will have to push through the belt of dwarf pines or find a better passage lower down. Above the dwarf pines, the path brings us to a pasture fence, where a nice view opens onto the Austrian side (we can also reach here via a nicely passable gully or scree slope that branches off to the left from the middle of the mountain pasture Zgornja Dolga njiva; across the mentioned passage, the path is somewhat shorter but also steeper). The path ahead, as does the ridge, turns slightly to the left and begins to ascend steeply across increasingly steep grassy slopes. The path continues ascending along the edge of the eastern ridge of Košuta on the steep southern slopes of Tolsta Košuta. The very steep path, which is dangerous for slipping when wet, turns left a little higher (withdraws from the cliffs above us) and after a further short ascent brings us to the eastern peak of Tolsta Košuta.
From the eastern peak of Tolsta Košuta, we continue along a poorly traceable trail towards the west. The path ahead first descends along a steep grassy slope to the saddle between the two Tolste Košute. Here we can observe a smaller natural window behind which the path begins to ascend again. After a few minutes of further walking, we step onto the western peak of Tolsta Košuta without major difficulties.
In hot days, we can observe a larger number of snakes on the path or beside it (be careful).
Starting point - Spodnja Dolga njiva 20 minutes, Spodnja Dolga njiva - Zgornja Dolga njiva 25 minutes, Zgornja Dolga njiva - Tolsta Košuta (eastern peak) 1:20, Tolsta Košuta (eastern peak) - Tolsta Košuta (western peak) 15 minutes.

On the way: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva (1400m), Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva (1580m), Tolsta Košuta - eastern peak (2057m)