Podljubelj - Dom na Kofcah (via Kal)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Podtabor (Tržič, Ljubelj), and then continue driving towards Ljubelj. After approximately 6 km of driving from the gas station at Bistrica pri Tržiču, we leave the main road, because the signs for Podljubelj direct us to the right onto a local road. A little further, we arrive at the next crossroad, where we continue right and then after some 10 meters park in an appropriate place in the middle of the village.

Route description:
From the starting point, we walk to the primary school in Podljubelj, there at the crossroad we continue left in the direction of Kal and Kofce. The path at first runs on a macadam road which moderately ascends along the stream Jezernica. When a few minutes higher the road makes a longer right turn, we leave it and continue slightly left on a wide and marked cart track. The cart track or worse road ends a little higher at the decaying house, and we continue on a worse cart track which passes into the forest. For a short time we are still ascending on the right side of the stream, then we cross it and pass to the left side. A little further, we arrive at another stream, along which we ascend to the nearby homestead. We bypass the house on the right side, and then immediately behind it left. Some meters higher the blazes direct us right onto a grassy slope, along the edge of which we ascend to the nearby wooden cottage. Here the path turns slightly left and a little further crosses a grazing fence. For some time the poorly visible trail continues across the pasture straight upwards, then when we leave the pasture it passes into the forest and a little higher crosses a cart track. We continue straight past a larger rock and continue the ascent in the direction of Kal. The path continues through a smaller valley and occasionally ascends more steeply. Higher, we reach the cart track, along which we quickly step out of the forest and ascend to the nearby Zavetišče na Kalu.
From the shelter we continue on the macadam road, where we quickly arrive at a marked junction. From the junction we continue left upwards on the marked footpath (straight to Dom na Kofcah past the chapel), which begins to ascend steeply. After a few steps the path levels out and brings us into a belt of bushes, where we cross scenic slopes to the right. On the other side the path returns to the forest and begins to ascend steeply along the edge of rocky cliffs. The path ahead leads us past some smaller natural caves, then levels out and brings us into more plateau-like terrain. The path ahead, with a view of the western part of Košuta, crosses a poor forest road, then brings us to the parking lot at the end of the forest road that leads towards Kofce.
From the parking lot we continue on a wide cart track, on which in 15 minutes we ascend to the mountain pasture Kofce. From the spot where we stepped onto the lower edge of the pasture, only 5 minutes of increasingly scenic walking across the pastures of the aforementioned pasture separate us from the mountain hut.

Along the route: Zavetišče na Kalu (1112m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Spodnja Dolga njiva, Tegoška planina, Planina Pungrat, Planina Ilovica, Zavetišče na planini Šija, Planina Zgornja Dolga njiva, Mala Košuta, Kofce gora, Toplar, Malo Kladivo, Veliki vrh (Košuta) (2 h 10 min), Veliko Kladivo

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