Tržič - Dom na Kofcah (via Kamnek)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Ljubelj (Tržič) exit, then before the gas station in Bistrica pri Tržiču turn right downhill, where we quickly reach Tržič. At the intersection past the Mercator store, turn left in the direction of the Tržič Museum, we then continue along Koroška cesta through the town center to the nearby pizzeria. Here we turn right through the old courtyard gates and then, past the parking lot for pizzeria guests and the children's playground, drive to the parking lot by the castle.

Route description:
From the parking lot by the castle we first descend the stairs, then continue left on a wide path from which a nice view opens up on Tržič. A little further we arrive at the chapel, where we continue straight in the direction of Radetzkyjeva pot. We continue the ascent on a gentle path, then an arrow on a tree directs us right, where we quickly reach the nearby gardens. Above the gardens the path enters the forest and starts to ascend steeply. Further on, the well-marked path leads past some more junctions, then gradually transitions to an increasingly panoramic ridge. Here a marked path branches off slightly to the left, bypassing the summit Kamnek; we continue slightly right and after 3 minutes of further walking ascend to the panoramic Kamnek (on maps Kamnik).
From Kamnek we continue straight along the initially still panoramic ridge, then the path enters a low forest and starts descending. When the path levels out, the path to Slap branches off to the right, and from the left the previously mentioned path bypassing Kamnek joins us.
We continue straight and begin to ascend gently to moderately along the Pirmance ridge. When the ridge becomes quite steep, the marked path turns left onto somewhat less steep slopes, across which we continue diagonally to the right. After a few minutes the forest thins somewhat and the path returns to the ridge, which we reach right on a smaller saddle between the summits Pirmance and Veliki vrh.
Here an unmarked path to Veliki vrh nad Završnikom (5 minutes) branches off slightly to the left; we continue slightly right onto the eastern side of the mountain, where we then cross the slopes of Veliki vrh. The slope quickly levels out and the path brings us to a grassy ridge, along which we descend with nice views to the nearby road. The wider macadam road we merely cross and continue the ascent along a wide cart track in the direction of Kofce. At the nearby weekend hut the cart track ends; we continue slightly right onto a forest path, which starts ascending more steeply through the forest. The path further leads along an occasionally quite steep ridge, then both the path and the slope level out and bring us to a cart track. Along the cart track we descend to a smaller saddle, where the path from the Završnik farm joins from the left; we continue slightly right and proceed along a wide and gentle path, along which in 10 minutes of further walking we reach Kal, where several paths meet.
Here we continue slightly right and in a few steps walk to the nearby Zavetišče na Kalu.
From the shelter we continue along the macadam road, where we quickly reach a marked junction. From the junction we continue left uphill on the marked footpath (straight to Dom na Kofcah past the chapel), which starts ascending steeply. After a few steps the path levels out and brings us into a belt of shrubs, where we cross panoramic slopes to the right. On the other side the path returns to the forest and starts ascending steeply along the edge of rocky cliffs. The path ahead leads 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 leading towards Kofce.
From the parking lot we continue along the wide cart track, along which in 15 minutes we ascend to the Kofce pasture. From the point where we step onto the lower edge of the pasture, only 5 minutes of increasingly panoramic walking over the pastures of the aforementioned pasture separate us from the mountain hut.

Along the route: Kamnek (873m), 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), Veliko Kladivo

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