Ljubelj - Dom pri izviru Završnice

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, at the Podtabor junction we continue in the direction of Ljubelj and Tržič. We continue driving first on the fast road, then on the regional road, which we follow all the way to the Ljubelj border crossing. Just before the border crossing we turn left (direction Zelenica) and then after a few tens of meters of additional driving, we park on the large parking lot.

Route description:
At the beginning of the parking lot, the signposts for Stol, Vrtača and Dom na Zelenici point us onto a wide cart track which starts ascending beside the torrent. When a little higher the cart track turns left, we continue straight on the mountain path which continues through the forest and soon returns to the cart track. The cart track a little higher turns right and brings us out of the forest onto the ski track of the former Zelenica ski slope. There follows a short steeper ascent on the ski slope, then the path flattens and leads us at the foot of the scree below Begunjščica.
From the marked path soon a path branches off to the right which runs along a service road, while we continue along the "road" to the nearby Koča Vrtača hut.
At the hut the road turns right, while we continue straight in the direction of the mountain path to Zelenica. For a short time we continue below the former one-seater chairlift Zelenica II, then the path starts to ascend more steeply up the slope which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. After a few hairpin turns we return to the service road, along which we continue with a view of the Šentanski plaz.
The path ahead leads us along the slopes of Spodnji Plot (the peak on which a sport climbing route was created a few years ago), then from the road we turn right onto a footpath which cuts a longer bend. When we return to the road we are already at the upper station of the former one-seater chairlift Zelenica II, and only a few steps of descent separate us from the Dom na Zelenici hut.
We bypass the Dom na Zelenici hut on the right side, behind the hut we go left and start to ascend beside the ski track. After a few dozen steps of ascent, the path to Vrtača and the upper path to Stol branch off to the right, while we continue slightly left in the direction of the Dom pri izviru Završnice hut. A short ascent follows, then along the cart track we start to descend. After a short descent we reach the end of the second, now former ski track, then we descend easily along a wide path which mostly leads across pastures. With fine views of Begunjščica on the left and Vrtača on the right, we arrive at the source of the Završnica. Behind the source the path descends more steeply for a few dozen steps, then turns right and takes us to the Dom pri izviru Završnice hut with a view of Lake Bled.
Ljubelj - Koča Vrtača 40 minutes, Koča Vrtača - Dom na Zelenici 40 minutes, Dom na Zelenici - Dom pri izviru Završnice 20 minutes

Along the route: Koča Vrtača (1288m), Dom na Zelenici (1536m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Srednji vrh (above Završnica) (1 h), Pautz/Zelenjak, Selenitza/Palec, Vertatscha/Vrtača

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