Žužalče / Susalitch - Blekova planina

Access to starting point:
Via the border crossing Korensko sedlo we drive into Austria and then continue right towards Beljak / Villach. Still before we cross the river Zilja / Gail, we leave the road which leads towards Beljak and continue driving right in the direction of Baško jezero / Faaker See. We drive further towards the mentioned lake, but after the place Stopca / Stobitzen we turn right towards Teharče / Techanting and Žužalče / Susalitch (the turn-off is poorly marked). In Teharče we turn right towards Žužalče, and then before we arrive in Žužalče we continue left on a somewhat narrower road, where trail markers for Blekova planina / Blekowa Alm (path no. 685) also direct us. Further we drive on a narrower macadam road which first leads through the forest and then brings us onto grassy terrain (pastures), where we arrive at a smaller crossroads. Here we continue left and then after some 10 m park on a suitable place by the road.

Route description:
Just a few meters after the road enters the forest, the blazes direct us left onto a marked cart track, and at the junctions we follow it right, where the trail markers also direct us. After a few minutes of ascent we return to the road, and then we follow it for quite some time. At the road crossroads we follow the "main" road, and in a gentle to moderate ascent we follow it to Pridovske koče / Pridouhütten.
Here the road first slightly descends and brings us into a smaller valley, where from the right almost unnoticeably joins a marked but quite overgrown path from the village Grpiče / Korpitch. Here we bypass a few huts, and then the road turns sharply to the right and after some 10 steps brings us to the spot where the blazes lead left onto a footpath which then ascends through the forest. After a short ascent we return to the road and after 20 m leave it again. Just a few meters higher we cross the road for the last time, and then we start to ascend steeply through the forest. Higher we ascend over a steep grassy slope surrounded by lush shrubbery, and then the path returns to the forest. The path continues steeply, then crosses a pasture fence and flattens behind it. A gentle ascent follows to the border ridge, and an increasingly panoramic path (view of Dobrač and Martuljek group) brings us to the shepherd's hut on Blekova planina.

Along the route: Pridovske koče (1276m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vošca, Zajčnik ( 20 min), Techantinger Mittagskogel (Trupejevo poldne) (1 h 20 min)

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