Globoka dolina - Dom na Kofcah

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway we head to the Tržič (Ljubelj) exit, then continue driving on the fast road towards Tržič. Here just before the gas station we turn right and descend to the center of Tržič. We continue driving on a somewhat narrower road which through the Dolžanova gorge brings us to the village Dolina and a little higher to Jelendol. Here we continue left (straight on the lower road Medvodje) and continue driving on an initially still asphalted road in the direction of the mountain pastures Kofce, Šija and Pungrat. The road then soon becomes macadam and starts ascending steeply on an occasionally quite rough road. Higher, the road moves away from the riverbed of the stream Dolžanka and gradually brings us into a somewhat less dense forest. Here we will approximately 50 meters before the smaller wooden cottage, which we see on the left side, notice the beginning of the mountain path which leads towards Kofce. We park on one of the several suitable parking spaces by the road.

Route description:
At the starting point we notice a red mountain signpost with the caption "Kofce čez Dovžanko", which points us left on a marked footpath which ascends through a belt of dense forest. Already after a shorter ascent, we step on a cart track which we still follow through the forest to the left. The cart track soon entirely flattens, then crosses some successive springs. A short descent follows, then over a smaller wooden bridge we cross the stream Dolžanka, after which we already step on the eponymous mountain pasture.
Immediately after the bridge we continue right in the direction of Kofce and continue the path on a somewhat steeper cart track, which we follow for approximately 5 minutes, then the blazes direct us slightly right onto a footpath which further ascends parallel to the mentioned cart track. The path higher turns somewhat to the right and gradually begins to ascend ever more steeply. Higher we cross a belt of young forest, then return to dense forest, where the path ascends very steeply for a few minutes. After a few minutes' steep ascent we step onto the road, but we follow it to the right and walk along it only approximately 20 m, then the signs for Kofce direct us left onto the ascending path. Some 10 m higher, a path from the higher starting point joins us from the right, but we continue slightly left and after a few minutes of further walking arrive at the chapel below the Kofce pasture.
The marked path bypasses the mentioned chapel on the right side, which then brings us a little higher to a wide cart track, along which we walk to the grazing fence. When we step over the grazing fence we also step out of the forest, and we continue the path on a somewhat less visible path, along which in less than 10 minutes of further walking we arrive at the mountain hut Dom na Kofcah.

Along the route: Planina Dolžanka (1090m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva, Tegoška planina, Planina Pungrat, Planina Ilovica, Zavetišče na planini Šija, Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva, Mala Košuta, Kofce gora (1 h), Toplar, Malo Kladivo, Veliki vrh (Košuta) (1 h 45 min), Veliko Kladivo (1 h 45 min)

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