Sele-Zvrhnji Kot (Male) / Zell-Oberwinkel (Male) - Hajnževo sedlo

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we head to the exit Ljubelj (Tržič), and then we continue driving in the direction of Celovec / Klagenfurt. After the Ljubelj tunnel the road starts descending, and we follow it to the settlement Podljubelj / Unterloibl, where we continue right in the direction of the settlement Borovlje / Ferlah (at the intersection there are also signs for the Hofer store). Further down, we also cross the railway track, and then at the next somewhat larger intersection we go right in the direction of the settlement Sele / Zell. The road then leads us past the Eurospar store, after which Borovlje slowly ends. Further on, the road leads us through the settlement Bajdiše / Waidisch. A little further from the mentioned settlement we leave the main road, which leads towards the settlement Sele-pri Cerkvi / Zell-Pfarre, and we continue driving right in the direction of the settlement Sele-Zvrhnji Kot / Zell-Oberwinkel. The road then leads us past individual houses, and then we arrive at an intersection, at which there are yellow hiking signposts (the described path starts at the signposts), and we drive a good 100 meters further, to the marked parking lot by the Ljudska šola / Volksschule.

Route description:
From the marked parking lot, we return on the asphalt road to the marked intersection, from there we continue in the direction of Košutice (Ljubeljske babe) / Loibler Baba. The path ahead leads us on a macadam road, which is closed to public traffic by a traffic sign. The road a little further crosses the Hajnžev graben stream over a bridge, and then leads us past a few houses. A little higher, the blazes from the road direct us slightly to the left onto a footpath, which then over a small wooden bridge once again crosses the mentioned stream. The path continues along the scenic stream, for some time on the right bank and for some time on the left bank, in between the path also leads us past a smaller but usually quite watery waterfall. Above the waterfall the stream becomes less rapid for some time, the path quite flat. Later the path leads over some small bridges, and the stream again becomes more scenic. When after a while we reach the macadam road, we follow it to the left, along it we quickly arrive at the marked junction.
From the junction we continue right (left Koča pod Košuto / Koschutahaus), past the mill and over the bridge. The path ahead leads through the forest, then we arrive at a scree field where the trail temporarily disappears. Some 10 meters further we step onto another macadam road, along it we walk to the nearby intersection, from which we go left in the direction of Košutice (straight to the Hajnž farm).
The path ahead leads us on a macadam road, along which we walk to a smaller meadow. In the middle of the meadow, where the road turns slightly right, we continue slightly left onto a cart track, from the cart track a little further slightly right onto a footpath. The path ahead ascends more steeply for the first time, after a few minutes it returns to the road. We follow the road to the left, after the nearby right bend we leave it and continue left into the forest. A few minutes of ascent through the forest follow, then the path flattens again and brings us to a marked junction.
From the junction we continue left in the direction of Hajnževo sedlo, Veliki vrh and Košutice (right Ljubelj and Košutica) on an initially gentle path that brings us to the foot of the screes. Over the lower part of the screes we ascend moderately to the right, then we pass to the scree below Hajnževo sedlo, where the path becomes steeper. An ascent on and beside the scree follows, then we arrive at a belt of dwarf pines, through which we then ascend to Hajnževo sedlo, where there is also the state border and from where a beautiful view opens up.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (July).

Along the route: Slap v Hajnževem grabnu (720m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Korošica ( 25 min), Loibler Baba/Košutica ( 45 min), Veliki vrh (Košuta) (1 h 5 min)

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