Vgriz / Ogris - Hochstuhl/Stol

Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj and ahead on the Austrian side. Soon after noticing a smaller church on the left side of the road, a road branches off to the left towards the village Poden / Bodental. At the crossroads after the village Slovenji Plajberk / Windisch Bleiberg, we turn left towards Poden / Bodental. In Poden / Bodental, we reach the mountain signposts for Celovška koča / Klagenfurter Hütte, one to the left and one to the right. We head right and follow the road ahead to the next crossroads, where we turn left. We follow this road to a smaller parking lot, where an unmarked path from the inn Podnar / Bodenbauer joins us (further driving is forbidden).

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue past the gate on a road which in the initial part offers quite a nice view. The road goes then into the forest and brings us to a junction, where we turn left onto a cart track. We follow the cart track ahead slightly upwards to a junction of two cart tracks. We head onto the slightly right marked cart track, which then starts changing into a footpath, which starts to ascend steeper. The path after a shorter ascent brings us onto a ridge, where the path turns left and continues first still on then along the ridge. The path then moves onto steep slopes which we cross without major ascents. Further, we cross a shorter partly already overgrown scree after which the path again starts ascending and soon brings us to the grazing fence of the mountain pasture Vgriz which we reach in a few minutes of additional walking. On the mountain pasture, where a shepherd hut stands, a beautiful view opens up.
The path ahead starts descending and after a short descent brings us to a spring after which in a few steps we come to a junction. We continue straight (left downwards Podnar) and the path brings us out of the forest into dwarf pines. Next follows crossing of the scree then with the help of a steel cable we descend slightly downwards. From here ahead the path is exposed to falling stones. Further, the well-secured path starts ascending on a steep rocky slope. On the top of this easier climbing section we come to a summit logbook box, where we sign in. The difficulty of the path after that disappears and in a traversing ascent we come to the saddle Vrata. The path ahead starts descending and in a few minutes brings us to a junction, where we continue straight (right Ovčji vrh) and in a few minutes of gentle descent we come to the Celovška koča.
At the hut, we head left in the direction of Prešernova koča na Stolu. The path ahead first crosses grassy slopes, then slightly descends to an indistinct saddle. The path ahead starts steeply ascending over scree to a somewhat overgrown part of the path. A little further, a steel cable helps us when crossing a steeper slope, but this part of the path in dry conditions does not cause problems. Further, we ascend again over scree all the way to the state border.
On the saddle, we head to the Slovenian side, where we continue on the path which starts descending (left Svačica). After this descent we join the path which comes from the border crossing Ljubelj and from the Završnica valley.
We continue right on the path which in a gentle ascent brings us to a larger scree below Celovška špica (2105m). The path then ascends over relatively steep scree and after that brings us to an indistinct saddle between Mali and Veliki Stol. Here we continue right (left Prešernova koča 10 minutes) in the direction of Stol whose summit we reach after 10 minutes of additional walking.
Starting point - Celovška koča 2:15, Celovška koča - Stol 2:15.

Along the route: Ogrisalm/Vgrizeva planina (1569m), Vrata (1714m), Klagenfurter Hutte/Celovška koča (1664m), Sedlo Belščica (1840m)

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