Šajda / Zell-Schaida - Obirska planina

Access to starting point:
A) Over the border crossing Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh we drive to Železno Kaplo / Bad Eisenkappel, from there we continue driving left towards Šajda / Zell-Schaida. When we get to the village Šajda / Zell-Schaida we will notice near the church the parking lot and signposts for Ojstrc / Hochobir, where we park.
B) Over the border crossing Ljubelj we drive to Austria, we follow the main road towards Celovec / Klagenfurt to the village Podljubelj / Unterloibl, where we turn right towards the settlement Borovlje / Ferlach. From Borovlje we continue driving through the villages Medborovnica / Unterferlach, Ostrovca / Ostrouza, Trata / Tratten, Glinje / Glainach, Vesca / Dörfl, Ždovlje / Seidolach, Dobrova / Dobrowa, Kočuha / Gotschuchen, Šmarjeta / St. Margarethen, Dolnja vas / Niederdörfl, then past the settlement Zgornja Vesca / Oberdörfl we descend to the stream Borovnica / Freibach. We cross the mentioned stream, then we quickly ascend to an intersection, where we continue right towards Borovniško dammed lake / Freibach - Stausee, Šajda / Zell - Schaida. A little above the dammed lake we leave the main road which leads towards the hamlets Sele - Pri cerkvi / Zell - Pfarre, Sele - Borovnica / Zell - Freibach and continue driving left towards the hamlet Sele - Šajda / Zell - Schaida and Šajda pass. We then follow the road, which ascends a little more steeply, to Šajda pass, where we also park at a suitable place near the church or the pass.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the asphalt road which goes towards Železno Kaplo / Bad Eisenkappel. After a few tens of meters of walking, the footpath branches off to the left, onto which we also turn. The path, which rises only slightly, crosses a larger number of gullies, mostly through the forest. Because the path has quite a few junctions we have to carefully follow the blazes. A few minutes before the mountain pasture Obirska planina we encounter an exposed passage, which is well secured and in dry conditions does not pose a greater risk. In the snow and ice great caution is needed. After that we step onto the planina, along which we walk to the shepherd's hut.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Eisenkappler Hutte ( 30 min), Hochobir (Ojstrc)

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