Vgriz / Ogris - Klagenfurter Hutte/Celovška koča

Access to starting point:
We drive to the border crossing Ljubelj and continue on the Austrian side. Soon after noticing a small 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 small 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 then goes 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 the junction of two cart tracks. We head onto the slightly right-marked cart track, which then starts to change into a footpath that begins to ascend more steeply. The path brings us after a short ascent onto the ridge, where the path turns left and continues first still on the ridge, then along the ridge. The path then moves onto steep slopes, which we cross without major ascents. Further on, we cross a shorter partly already overgrown scree, after which the path starts ascending again and soon brings us to the grazing fence of the mountain pasture Vgriz, which we reach in a few minutes of further walking. On the pasture, where a shepherd's hut stands, a beautiful view opens up for us.
The path ahead starts to descend and after a short descent brings us to a spring, after which we reach a junction in a few steps. We continue straight ahead (left downhill to Podnar) and the path brings us from the forest among the dwarf pines. Crossing of the scree follows, then with the help of a steel cable we descend slightly downhill. From here on, the path is exposed to falling rocks. Further, the well-secured path starts to ascend the steep rocky slope. At the top of this easier climbing section, we reach the logbook box, where we sign in. The difficulty of the path then disappears and in a traversing ascent we reach the saddle Vrata. The path ahead starts to descend and brings us to a junction in a few minutes, where we continue straight ahead (right to Ovčji vrh) and in a few minutes of gentle descent we reach Celovška koča.

Along the route: Ogrisalm/Vgrizeva planina (1569m), Vrata (1714m)

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