Vranček - Hajnžev Praprotnik / Zeller Prapotnik

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the Ljubelj exit and follow the road ahead towards the border crossing. When we leave the last tunnel (we recognize it by the scree on the left side of the road after the tunnel), in the first sharp left turn we will notice the road workers' hut and next to it a macadam road. Here we park on a smaller parking lot or we drive on a bad road further to the next parking lot, which is situated a little higher.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the bad forest road and follow it further. The road higher crosses a torrent, then slightly ascends and brings us to the spot where it ends or changes into a relatively wide cart track. Ahead we cross the bridge and continue on the cart track, which moderately ascends over partly overgrown scree. The cart track makes a few hairpin turns and brings us from the northern slopes of Košuta to the southern slopes of Košutica.
Further we mostly ascend through the forest; when the forest thins, the cart track turns left upwards and ascends towards the mountain pasture Korošica. A little before the mountain pasture we cross a grazing fence, where a beautiful view opens up. From the meadow we head slightly right, below the cottage which we see above us. The path then turns left and in a few steps of ascent brings us to the shepherd's hut on the mountain pasture Korošica.
From the hut we continue north towards Košutica and Koča na Ljubelju (right: Hajnževo sedlo, Košutica and Veliki vrh). The path soon turns onto the western slopes of Košutica, where a hunting path joins from the left from the Ljubelj camp. The relatively gentle path soon brings us to the border ridge, where the path from Koča na Ljubelju joins from the left.
We continue right and after a short gentle ascent arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left over the fence following the signs Hainschgraben / Hajnžev graben.
From the junction the path first descends slightly, then turns right and crosses the slopes of Košutica to the left. Initially we descend a bit more, then after an interesting cliff the path begins to ascend diagonally. After a few minutes of diagonal ascent, with nice views on the surrounding mountains, we quickly reach Dovjakovo sedlo, where we cross a grazing fence once again.
At the grazing fence a path branches left to Lokovnikov Grintovec; we instead look slightly left for the continuation of the marked path, which descends diagonally to the other side of Lokovnikov Grintovec. After a few minutes of diagonal descent, the path brings us to an indistinct ridge, along which we continue the descent to an indistinct saddle between Lokovnikov Grintovec and Hajnžev Praprotnik.
On the mentioned saddle an indistinct marked path turns right downwards towards Hajnžev graben; we continue left over the grazing fence, then gently descend towards the northeast. On this section the trail completely disappears, and we continue across gentle terrain to a cairn, after which a poorer trail appears on the slope (if we continue left downwards here we reach Lokovnikova planina; if we keep right along the ridge, dwarf pines block the way).
Further on, it is very good to stick to the poorer trail, as it takes us through the steep section without major difficulties. Above the steep slope the path enters the dwarf pines and occasionally still ascends steeply. Higher we reach the ridge of Hajnžev Praprotnik, and the path continues for a while through occasionally quite overgrown dwarf pines. Despite the occasional greater overgrowth, the trail through the dwarf pines is quite easy to follow.
On the ridge the path levels out, and a few more short ascents and descents separate us from the main summit. Before the ascent to the summit the dwarf pines end, and we first steeply ascend to the ridge, along which in a few dozen steps we reach the panoramic summit.
Starting point - mountain pasture Korošica 1:35, mountain pasture Korošica - Dovjakovo sedlo 50 minutes, Dovjakovo sedlo - Hajnžev Praprotnik 55 minutes.

On the way: Planina Korošica (1554m), Dovjakovo sedlo / Dovjaksattel (1728m)