Suha / Zauchen - Eisenkappler Hutte (via Kunetov graben)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. From Zgornje Jezersko we continue driving through the alpine pass Jezerski vrh to Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and ahead through the valley of the river Bela to the settlement Suha / Zauchen. Here at the crossroad after the bus stop we turn left onto a narrow local road, by which a few 10 meters higher we park.
B) From Štajerska we first drive to Mozirje, and then we continue driving towards Logarska dolina and later towards the saddle Pavličevo sedlo. From the saddle Pavličevo sedlo we descend into Bela / Bad Vellach, and then we continue driving towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and ahead through the valley of the river Bela to the settlement Suha / Zauchen. Here at the crossroad after the bus stop we turn left onto a narrow local road, by which a few 10 meters higher we park.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road by which we've parked, and after the hamlet it loses the asphalt covering. For some time we still continue on a relatively wide road, and then in the middle of the right serpentine we notice signs for "Hochobir", which point us to the left on a bad abandoned macadam road. We continue on the mentioned road, which is moderately ascending through the valley of Kunetov graben. The path on which we are ascending is on many spots exposed to falling stones, and in the winter time to snow avalanches. Higher, the road goes a little away from the riverbed of the stream, and if we pay attention, we will on the left side of the road notice a walled "entrance" into the mine (the real entrance is on the other side of the hill). A little further from the mine the path returns towards the riverbed of the stream, and then the road widens and brings us to the marked crossroad, where we continue left (right Grabštajnska planina). We continue on the road, from which the first view opens up on Ojstrc, and only a little higher it brings us to the next crossroad, by which we notice a hunting observatory. Here we continue right and we follow the road only a few steps, and then blazes point us to the left in the forest on a marked footpath, which starts moderately ascending through the forest. Higher, the path leads us through a clearing, above it returns into the forest and then joins a worse forest road, which we follow to the right. On the mentioned road we walk only a few meters, and then we continue left on a footpath, which starts at first moderately, then steeply ascending through the forest. Higher, the path flattens and brings us out of the forest onto the mountain pasture Zgornja Šefnarca. We walk through the mentioned mountain pasture and the path brings us onto the road, where from the left joins the path through Božičev graben.
We continue on a marked cart track in the direction of "Eisenkappler Hütte", which after a few minutes of additional walking brings us to a panoramic saddle Počula, by the edge of which stands a chapel.
Right from the chapel the path goes into the forest and starts moderately to steeply ascending. After a few minutes the steepness decreases and the path brings us onto the grazing areas of the mountain pasture Na jezercah. Here we continue a little towards the right, and then when a view opens up also towards Košuta, the path starts moderately descending on a wide cart track. After a few minutes of descent we arrive at Kapelška koča / Eisenkappler Hütte.

Along the route: Planina Zgornja Šefnarca (1415m), Počula (1461m), Na Jezercah (1580m)

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