Podljubelj (Lajb) - Koča na Dobrči

Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at the junction Podtabor, and then we continue driving towards the border crossing Ljubelj. Further, we drive past the turn-off for Bistrica pri Tržiču, and higher also past the turn-off for Podljubelj. A little after the road sign 4.5 km, after the underpass we turn right and then once again right in Podljubelj. We park on an appropriate place at the sign, which marks the beginning of Podljubelj.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which crosses narrower bridge (overpass) and on the other side turns left. After few ten strides of walking by the road we notice signs for Preval, Begunjščica and Dobrča. Further, we continue on the road which ascends above the village and by the end of the village, we notice a sign that prohibits further driving. The road which is further moderately ascending soon over a bridge crosses the stream and continues on mostly vegetated slope. Somewhere on the halfway of an ascent to Prevala, the road crosses some panoramic slopes, after that goes again in the forest, where we have two options to continue. On the right side of the road, we notice a steep cart track which soon brings us on Preval, or we can continue on a little more gentle road which only about a minute later brings us to Preval. On Preval both paths join and only a short ascent follows to the cottage, which we notice on the left side.
From the cottage, we continue towards the south in the direction of Dobrča. The path soon goes into the forest, where at the beginning slightly descends and after few minutes brings us again on the ridge which we left soon after Preval. Here a sign for Dobrča points us on the western slopes. The path ahead without large changes in altitude crosses in parts little steeper slopes. After a time gently sloping path turns left and for a short time steeply ascends. After that, the path again crosses slopes, which are in wet slightly dangerous for slipping. A little further, the path in a gentle ascent again brings us on the ridge. Next follows a steep descent on the ridge for more than 100 altitude meters to a saddle Vrh Luž. Here the path slightly ascends and after few minutes brings us on the next small indistinct saddle, where from the left side joins the path from the stream Beli potok. We continue straight ahead on the path which occasionally a little steeper ascends. Next follows a short descent and then the path starts ascending diagonally on steeper slopes. The steepness of the slopes then decreases and in front of us, we notice grazing fence. We cross the fence and only few meters and then the path brings us on a cart track, where we continue right to a forest road on which we ascend to the hut Koča na Dobrči.
Lajb - Preval 1:30, Preval - Koča na Dobrči 2:30.

On the way: Koča na Prevalu mountain hut (1311m), Preval Vrh Luž (1202m)

Trip can be extended to: Dobrča ( 30 min) , Šentanski vrh