Podljubelj (Lajb) - Koča na Prevalu

Access to starting point:
We leave the Gorenjska highway at the Podtabor junction and then continue driving towards the Ljubelj border crossing. Further on, we drive past the turn-off for Bistrica pri Tržiču and higher up also past the turn-off for Podljubelj. A little after the 4.5 km road sign, after the underpass we turn right and then once again right into Podljubelj. We park at a suitable spot by the sign that marks the start of Podljubelj.

Route description:
From the starting point we continue over the overpass across the main road; after the overpass the road turns left and gently descends past the nearby house. A little further, at the next junction, we notice the first hiking signposts for Preval, Begunjščica and Dobrča, which direct us onto an ascending macadam road that leads us past a few more houses and then enters the forest. A little higher the road turns left and crosses Potočnikov graben over a bridge. We then ascend the road, which is closed to public traffic, for quite some time, following it with occasional views of the surrounding mountains until the point where the trail markers direct us left from the road into the forest. Through the forest we ascend more steeply for a few minutes, then return to the road, which we follow to the nearby right-hand bend. After the bend we continue left again onto a footpath, along which we once again return to the road. This time too we do not continue far along the road, as the signs for Preval, Begunjščica and Roblekov dom direct us slightly right onto a relatively steep cart track. Along the cart track, with occasional views, we ascend to the point where we join the Bornova pot; from the junction we continue left, then past a grazing fence and in a few minutes reach the Preval mountain pasture, where on the left, a little higher, we spot the alpine dairy from which a beautiful view opens up all the way to Triglav.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (January, March).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Planinca (1 h), Tomčeva koča na Poljški planini (1 h 15 min), Potočnikova planina, Čisovec ( 30 min), Koča na Dobrči (2 h 30 min), Dobrča (3 h), Šentanski vrh, Roblekov dom na Begunjščici (1 h 30 min), Begunjska Vrtača (1 h 35 min), Begunjščica (2 h)

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