Matizovec - Planina Ilovica

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, take the Ljubelj exit and follow the road ahead towards the border crossing. We leave the main road at the spot where the signs for »camp and Podljubelj« direct us to the right. When we leave the main road, we will already after a few meters arrive at a crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of »Kofce«. Further on, we drive through the village on a slightly ascending road and then turn right in the direction of »Matizovec and Kofce«. We follow this occasionally somewhat narrower road, which is asphalted in the lower part, to a larger marked parking lot, about 150 meters of elevation below the farm Matizovec.

Route description:
From the large free parking lot we continue on a macadam road, along which in approximately 20 minutes we arrive at the farm Matizovec.
From Matizovec we continue on a rougher road in the direction of Dom na Kofcah, where at several successive junctions we carefully follow the blazes. After a few minutes of walking on the rougher road or cart track, the blazes direct us onto a steep footpath, which first ascends transversely to the left, then transitions onto a forested ridge, where it turns slightly to the right. Further, we ascend along a steep mountain path, which higher crosses a cart track and gradually flattens behind it. Just a little further ahead, the forest thins out, the marked path turns right into the forest and a little higher joins the cart track, which ascends transversely to the right. The cart track higher up turns left, and from the right the marked path from Kal also joins.
From the junction onwards the forest ends, and the increasingly scenic path brings us to the Dom na Kofcah in 5 minutes of further walking.
From Dom na Kofcah we continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Šija. The path first crosses the slopes in a gentle descent towards the east, then joins a wide cart track, which leads us out of the forest onto the mountain pasture Ilovica.

Along the route: Matizovec (1072m), Dom na Kofcah mountain hut (1488m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva (2 h 55 min), Tegoška planina, Planina Pungrat ( 45 min), Zavetišče na planini Šija ( 10 min), Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva (3 h 20 min), Mala Košuta (3 h 50 min)

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