Ljubelj - Vrh Ljubeljščice (Triangel)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubelj and follow the road ahead to the border crossing. Only a few meters before the border crossing signs for Zelenica point us to the left and after some 10 meters of additional driving the road brings us to a parking lot below the ski center Zelenica.

Route description:
At the beginning of the parking lot signs for Stol, Vrtača and Dom na Zelenici point us to a wide cart track which starts ascending by 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 on a ski track of the former ski area Zelenica. Next follows a short steeper ascent on the ski slope, and then the path flattens and leads us by the foot of the scree below Begunjščica.
From the marked path soon a path which runs on a service road branches off to the right, and we continue on the "road" to the nearby Koča Vrtača.
At the hut the road turns right, and we continue straight in the direction of the mountain path to Zelenica. For a short time we continue below the former one-seater lift Zelenica II, and then the path starts to ascend more steeply on a slope which is partly overgrown by dwarf pines. After a few hairpin turns we return to the service road, on which we continue with a view of the Šentanski plaz.
The path ahead leads us along the slopes of Spodnji Plot (peak on which a sport climbing route was equipped some 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 lift Zelenica II, and only a few steps of descent separate us from the Dom na Zelenici.
Before the mountain hut a marked path to Begunjščica branches off to the left, and behind the hut also to the left a path to Stol, Vrtača and Završnica, but behind the hut we continue straight on a poorly visible unmarked path which ascends through an indistinct valley. A little higher we continue right (straight to the saddle Čez Pod and the top of the former draglift Triangel), we cross a small stream and start to ascend steeply on the grassy slope. Higher we reach the ridge which connects Vrh Ljubeljščice and Spodnji Plot, and we continue left towards Vrh Ljubeljščice (right Spodnji Plot), a summit which is also known as Triangel.
The path ahead moves a little left from the ridge, and then with fine views reaching beyond Stol all the way to Triglav we reach the panoramic summit.
Ljubelj - Koča Vrtača 0:40, Koča Vrtača - Dom na Zelenici 0:40, Dom na Zelenici - Vrh Ljubeljščice 0:30.

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

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