Križovec - Barentaler Kotschna/Struška (footpath)

Access to starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the Lipce exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jesenice. When we come to the traffic-light junction, where we join the old road, we continue right in the direction of Žirovnica. We follow this road only for a short while, since at the next somewhat larger junction (traffic lights) we continue left in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road then goes through the underpass (railway) and then turns left (right Koroška Bela). We follow the road, which higher up starts to ascend steeply, in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road ahead runs past the mountain hut Dom Pristava (the mountain hut is a little above the road) and behind the hut we come to the next (smaller) junction, where we go right. Ahead we drive on a macadam road all the way to Križovec, which we recognise by the junction of several roads (near the junction there are a few smaller parking spots and a cross).

Route description:
From Križovec we continue past the cross on the road in the direction of Pusti Rovt. The road at the beginning leads past a gate and then slightly ascends through the forest. After approximately 15 minutes of walking, the road turns left and brings us out of the forest to the lower edge of Pusti Rovt. We continue on the road to which from the right joins the marked path from the mountain hut Dom Pristava in Javorniški Rovt, which after a few dozen steps of further walking brings us to the shepherd hut on Pusti Rovt.
From the shepherd hut we continue on the road, which in the upper part of Pusti Rovt turns right into the forest. Only a little further we come to the marked junction, where we continue slightly right (left Golica) on a moderately steep path, which a few metres higher crosses a relatively new road leading to the mountain pasture Belska planina - Svečica. We only cross the mentioned road and continue the ascent on the marked path, which soon emerges from the forest onto panoramic slopes below the saddle Sedlo Kočna. We continue the ascent past a smaller hunting hut, behind which we soon come to a watering place for animals. Only a short ascent follows and the path brings us to the saddle Sedlo Kočna, from which a nice view opens onto the Austrian side.
On the saddle we continue right in the direction of Struška (left Golica and Ptičji vrh) on a relatively gentle path that continues along the main ridge. After a few minutes the path starts to ascend more steeply and then turns sharply right, where in a traversing ascent it crosses the slopes to the right. Higher up the path brings us from the belt of sparse forest and scrub onto a panoramic ridge, where after a few dozen metres of further ascent we cross a grazing fence.
Immediately after crossing the grazing fence, the trail splits into two parts. We continue on the right lower and marked path (slightly left Struška along the ridge or along and beside the state border), which further crosses slopes towards the southeast. The path ahead continues through the forest for some time and then passes into a belt of dwarf pines, where it starts to ascend visibly again. Higher the path briefly returns to the forest and then passes onto the grazing areas of the mountain pasture Belska planina - Svečica. Here we continue slightly left and after a few minutes of further walking arrive at the shepherd hut on the mentioned pasture.
From the hut we continue eastwards at first only slightly uphill. After five minutes of walking from the hut the path brings us to a less steep gully, where we continue left onto a poorly visible unmarked path (straight ahead mountain pasture Seča).
Further we ascend the grass-covered gully surrounded by dwarf pines. The still somewhat harder-to-follow little trail, at the top of this gully, turns right into the open terrain of Struška. The path ahead in a moderate ascent crosses the southwestern slopes of Struška, which are partly covered with dwarf pines (since the path is harder to follow we can quickly stray into the dwarf pines). A little below the summit the "path" brings us to the ridge, which we follow to the top.
Orientation from the mountain pasture to the summit is somewhat harder, in fog very difficult.
Križovec - Svečica 1:45, Svečica - Struška 45 minutes.

Along the route: Pusti Rovt (1296m), Sedlo Kočna (1469m), Belska planina (Svečica) (1700m)

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