Podljubelj (Lajb) - Koča na Dobrči

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

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which crosses a narrower bridge (overpass) and on the other side turns left. After a few dozen steps of walking along the road, we notice signs for Preval, Begunjščica and Dobrča. Further, we continue on the road which ascends above the village and at the end of the village we notice a sign prohibiting further driving. The road, which further moderately ascends, soon crosses the stream over a bridge and continues on the mostly vegetated slope. Somewhere halfway up the ascent to Preval, the road crosses some panoramic slopes, then goes back into the forest, where we have two options for continuing. On the right side of the road, we notice a steep cart track which soon brings us to Preval, or we can continue on the slightly gentler road which brings us to Preval just a minute later. On Preval both paths join and only a short ascent follows to the hut, which we notice on the left side.
From the hut, we continue towards the south in the direction of Dobrča. The path soon goes into the forest, where at the beginning it slightly descends and after a few minutes brings us back to the ridge which we left soon after Preval. Here the sign for Dobrča directs us to the western slopes. The path ahead without major changes in altitude crosses locally somewhat steeper slopes. After some time the gentle path turns left and for a short time steeply ascends. The path then again crosses slopes which in wet conditions are slightly dangerous for slipping. A little further ahead, the path in a gentle ascent brings us back to the ridge. A steep descent follows along the ridge for more than 100 elevation metres to the saddle Vrh Luž. Here the path slightly ascends and after a few minutes brings us to the next indistinct little saddle, where from the left side the path from Beli potok joins. We continue straight ahead on the path which occasionally ascends somewhat more steeply. A short descent follows, then the path starts to ascend transversely across increasingly steeper slopes. The steepness of the slopes then eases and ahead of us we see a grazing fence. We cross the fence and just a few metres behind it the path brings us to a cart track, where we continue right to the forest road by which we ascend to the Koča na Dobrči hut.
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