Podnar / Bodenbauer - Bielschitza/Svačica
Starting point: Podnar / Bodenbauer (1052 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,4678°N 14,2152°E |
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Walking time: 3 h 15 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Elevation gain: 901 m
Elevation difference along the route: 950 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer): helmet
Recommended equipment (winter): helmet, ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj and ahead on the Austrian side. Soon after noticing a smaller church on the left side of the road, a road branches off to the left towards the village Poden / Bodental. At the crossroads after the village Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, we turn left towards Poden / Bodental. In Poden / Bodental, we reach the mountain signposts for Celovška koča / Klagenfurter Hütte, one to the left and one to the right. We go left and drive on the road to the end of the asphalt, where on a parking lot near the grazing fences we park.
Route description:
From the parking lot, we go on the traffic-closed forest road with signs »Marchenwiese«. The walking forest road through the forest in a gentle ascent brings us to a pleasant meadow, where a beautiful view opens up towards the northern walls of Vrtača and Palec. Further, we cross the meadow on which the footpath is harder to follow and on the other side, we look for a cart track which goes slightly upwards into the forest. After a few minutes' walk on the cart track, the blazes direct us to the right on a footpath which soon crosses a torrent by which it then ascends. The path then withdraws from the torrent a little to the right and brings us to a smaller clearing, where the marked path directs us even a little more to the right. The path ahead ascends steeper and after a good 30 minutes of walking, it brings us to a junction, where we continue left (right Vgrizeva planina 5 minutes).
The steepness here eases and the path passes out of the forest into dwarf pines. Next follows a crossing of the scree, and then with the help of a steel cable we descend slightly downwards. From here onwards the path is exposed to falling stones. Further, the well-secured path starts ascending on a steep rocky slope. On the top of this easier climbing part we come to a logbook box, where we sign in. The difficulty of the path then disappears and in a traversing ascent we come to the saddle Vrata. The path ahead starts descending and in a few minutes brings us to a junction, where we continue straight (right Ovčji vrh) and in a few minutes of gentle descent we come to the Celovška koča.
At the hut, we go left in the direction of Prešernova koča na Stolu. The path ahead first crosses grassy slopes, and then it slightly descends to an indistinct little saddle. The path ahead starts to ascend steeply on the scree to a somewhat overgrown part of the path. A little further, a steel cable helps us when crossing a steeper slope, but this part of the path in dry conditions does not cause us problems. Further, we ascend again on the scree all the way to the state border.
On the saddle, we go left (straight Stol) and on a path which ascends on a grassy slope surrounded by dwarf pines in 15 minutes we reach the summit on which a cross stands.
Starting point - Celovška koča 2:15, Celovška koča - Svačica 1:00.
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Discussion about the trip Podnar / Bodenbauer - Bielschitza/Svačica
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| Deniss15. 06. 2025 12:23:12 |
That timetable in the description is misleading. On the sign at the start it's 3h to Celovška koča not 2.15h and with average walking you have to hurry to make that time. From the hut to Svačica it's 1h. Regards
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