Sele pri Cerkvi / Zell - Pfarre - Mejnik
Starting point: Sele pri Cerkvi / Zell - Pfarre (948 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 46,4717°N 14,3878°E |
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Time of walking: 1 h 55 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Altitude difference: 569 m
Altitude difference po putu: 575 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Ljubelj (Tržič) and then continue in the direction of Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. After the Ljubelj tunnel, the road starts to descend and we follow it to a junction where the road to Borovlje / Ferlach branches off slightly to the right and downwards. The road continues to descend and quickly leads us to the aforementioned place, where we soon cross the railway line. Just after the railway line, we join another road, which we follow to the right, and we follow it towards Sele / Zell-Pfarre. When you arrive in the town, park in the parking lot opposite the church.
Path description:
From the parking lot, follow the main road back towards Borovlje, then before the end of the village, notice the signs for Koschutahaus, which direct you left onto the road leading to the courtyards of the nearby houses. After the houses, the road changes to cart track, which ascends across a meadow, from which a fine view of Freiberg / Freiberg opens up. After a few minutes of climbing, you reach a hamlet of a few houses, where you get on the initially still asphalted road that leads to the Cottage pod Košuto. For a short time we walk along the asphalt road, which opens up a beautiful view of the Košuta walls, and then the road turns into a forest and loses its asphalt coating. Walk along the macadam road, which leads us higher up past a small waterfall, to a marked crossroads, where the marked path from the Ridovc / Ridovcsäge homestead joins us from the right.
At this point, leave the road and turn left up a steep bank, which leads to a steep path through the forest. Higher up, we return to the road and follow it out of the forest to Mrzli Log.
From here you can either continue to the right along the marked path which continues along the valley floor, or you can follow the parallel dirt road. Wherever you continue, after about 15 minutes of further walking you will reach the Cottage pod Košuto.
From the hut, continue left into the forest, where the path quickly leads to a marked crossroads. From the crossroads continue left (right Ridovc / Ridovcsäge, Maleejska mountain pasture / Malealm, Pesšinca saddle / Pischenzasattel. . . ) in the direction of Cjajnik and Koschutnikturm / Koschutnikturm along the path which ascends transversely to the left. After a few minutes, you reach the next crossroads, where you continue straight on in the direction Koschutnikturm (Cjajnik on the right).
The trail then begins to climb a little more and, with occasional views of the Košuta walls, leads us to the saddle Mejnik / Mejniksattel, where we leave the marked trail.
From the saddle, continue left along the initially well-traced forest path, which quickly leads to pastures where sheep graze in the summer season. The pasture offers a beautiful view of Obir and the ridge and walls of the Košuta behind us. On the other side of the pasture, the path returns to the forest and leads us past a small cross to a wooded peak, which is recognisable by a concrete milestone.
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