Sele-Zvrhnji Kot (Male) / Zell-Oberwinkel (Male) - Loibler Baba/Košutica (over Hajnževo sedlo)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Ljubelj (Tržič) and then continue driving towards Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. After the Ljubelj tunnel, the road starts to descend and we follow it to Podljubelj / Unterloibl, where we turn right towards Borovlje / Ferlach (there are also signs for a Hofer shop at the junction). We cross the railway line at a lower level, and then at the next slightly larger junction we turn right towards Sele / Zell. The road then continues past the Eurospar shop, and then Borovlje slowly comes to an end. A little further on, we leave the main road leading towards Sele-pri Cerkvi / Zell-Pfarre and continue right towards Sele-Zvrhnji Kot / Zell-Oberwinkel. The road then leads past individual houses, and then we reach a crossroads with yellow mountain signs (the route described starts at the signs), and we drive on for another 100 metres to the marked parking area for the Volksschule.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot, follow the asphalt road back to the marked crossroads, and from there continue in the route Loibler Baba (Ljubeljske Baba) / Loibler Baba. The way forward is along a dirt road, which is closed to public traffic by a road sign. The road crosses the Hajnžev graben stream over a bridge a little further on, and then leads past a few more houses. Slightly higher up, markings point slightly left from the road to a footpath which then crosses the stream once more via a wooden bridge. The path continues along the picturesque stream, for a while on the right bank and for a while on the left bank, and in between the path leads us past a small, but usually quite watery, waterfall. Above the waterfall, the stream becomes less rainy for a while, and the path becomes quite sloping. Later, the path leads over a few more small bridges, and the stream becomes more picturesque again. After a while, when you reach a macadam road, follow it to the left and quickly reach a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads continue right (left Koschutahaus), past the mill and over the bridge. The path continues through the woods and then reaches a gravel area, where the path becomes faint. A few 10 metres further on, take the second dirt road and walk along it to the nearby crossroads, from which go left in the direction of Loibler Baba (straight Hajnž Farm).
The way ahead leads along a dirt road, which leads to a small meadow. In the middle of the meadow, where the road turns slightly right, we continue slightly left on cart track, and slightly right on cart track on a footpath a little further on. The path ahead climbs steeply for the first time and after a few minutes returns to the road. Follow the road to the left, and after a short right-hand bend, leave the road and continue left into the woods. There are a few more minutes of climbing through the forest, and then the path is laid again and leads to a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads continue left in the direction of Hajnževo sedlo, Veliki vrh and Loibler Baba (to the right Ljubelj and Loibler Baba) along the initially gently sloping path, which leads us to the foot of the scree. Cross the lower part of the scree and climb moderately to the right, then cross over to the scree below Hajnževo sedlo, where the path becomes steeper. It then climbs up and along the scree and then reaches lane of dwarf pines, through which you then climb to Hajnževo sedlo, where there is also a national border and from where you have a nice view.
At the saddle, turn right and start climbing quite steeply (left Velika vrh). Initially, climb the Slovenian side of the ridge along dwarf pines, then follow the slightly exposed ridge for a while. There is a short climb up the Austrian side with the help of a cable car and soon you reach the summit. From the summit, you descend a few metres by means of a rope and then immediately afterwards climb steeply up again to the summit, where there is also a registration book.
Sele-Zvrhnji Kot - Hajnževo sedlo 3:30, Hajnževo sedlo - Loibler Baba 45 minutes.

On the way: Slap v Hajnževem grabnu (720m), Hajnževo sedlo (1701m)

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