Matizovec - Zavetišče na planini Šija

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, take the Ljubelj exit and follow the road 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 crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of »Kofce«. Further, we drive through the village on a slightly ascending road and then turn right in the direction of »Matizovec and Kofce«. This occasionally somewhat narrower road, which is asphalted in the lower part, we then follow to a larger marked parking lot, about 150 elevation meters below the farm Matizovec.

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

Along the route: Matizovec (1072m), Dom na Kofcah mountain hut (1488m), Planina Ilovica (1462m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva (2 h 45 min), Tegoška planina, Planina Pungrat ( 35 min), Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva (3 h 10 min), Mala Košuta (3 h 40 min)

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