Tinčkova koča - Pautz/Zelenjak

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Žirovnica and Jesenice. After few km of driving, we will get to a crossroad, where the road in Žirovnica and Moste branches off to the right (from the direction of Jesenice left). Only few meters ahead in the next crossroad, we turn left in Moste (right Žirovnica). Further, we drive past a monument to fallen soldiers, where the road starts ascending on a hill below the railway track. On top of the slope, we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), and then drive towards the lake Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and it brings us to a crossroad, where the road towards the mountain hut Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left, and we continue straight on at first still asphalt road. The road soon becomes a macadam, and we follow it to a parking lot near the mountain hut Tinčkova koča. The road in the upper part is often in quite bad condition.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the mountain hut Tinčkova koča we continue on a wide rocky cart track in the direction of the mountain hut Koča pri izviru Završnice. Already after few steps of walking blazes point us slightly right, on a little steeper footpath which ascends on a panoramic grassy slope, and then it returns on the before mentioned cart track which we follow to the right. Cart track, which is relatively steeply ascending through the forest, after few minutes of additional walking brings us to a grazing fence, behind which we come at the marked crossing.
We continue straight (slightly right Roblekov dom) on still rocky cart track which higher out of the forest brings us on ample grassy slopes of Smokuška planina. Here the steepness decreases and the path with increasingly beautiful view in 15 minutes of additional walking brings us to the hut Koča pri izviru Završnice.
From the mountain hut, we continue right on a marked footpath in the direction of Zelenica. The path already after few steps of walking, it brings us to the source of Završnica, after which we step on a pleasant meadow. After the mentioned meadow the path is ascending a little steeper and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the foot of western part ski slope Zelenica. Here we leave the marked path which leads to the mountain hut Dom na Zelenici and we continue the ascent by the ski lift, and next to it we walk to a smaller boulder, where we again step on a marked path. We follow the mentioned path to the left (right Dom na Zelenici), and it is slightly descending and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the end of the valley Suho ruševje, where right upwards unmarked path on Palec branches off.
We continue in the direction of Palec (straight Stol and Vrtača) on the path which ascends through a lane of a forest and higher brings us below the scree of Vrtača and Palec. Here the steepness decreases and the path then leads us through the valley Suho ruševje. Higher, the path turns slightly right and again steeply ascends. After few minutes of additional walking, we come on the border ridge (Žleb 1916 meters) from where a view opens up on the Austrian side.
We continue left (right Palec) on the path which ascends diagonally over the scree below Zelenjak. After few minutes of the ascent, the path brings us on the next saddle, this time on the west side of Zelenjak. From here we continue right on a poorly visible footpath which ascends diagonally on a very steep upper slope of the mountain. The path on which cairns showing the way leads us on a steep slope, which is dangerous for slipping. After approximately 10 minutes of difficult part we step on a panoramic peak.

On the way: Dom pri izviru Završnice (1425m), Žleb (Suho ruševje) (1916m)

Trip can be extended to: Vertatscha/Vrtača (1 h 5 min)