Sele-Zvrhnji Kot (Male) / Zell-Oberwinkel (Male) - Loibler Baba/Košutica (over Dovjakovo sedlo)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Ljubelj (Tržič) and then continue in the direction of Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt. After the Ljubelj tunnel, the road starts to descend and we follow it to Podljubelj / Unterloibl, where we turn right towards Borovlje / Ferlach (there are also signs for a Hofer shop at the junction). We cross the railway line at a lower level, and then at the next slightly larger junction we turn right towards Sele / Zell. The road then continues past the Eurospar shop, and then Borovlje slowly comes to an end. A little further on, we leave the main road leading towards Sele-pri Cerkvi / Zell-Pfarre and continue right towards Sele-Zvrhnji Kot / Zell-Oberwinkel. The road then leads past individual houses, and then we reach a crossroads with yellow mountain signs (the route described starts at the signs), and we drive on for another 100 metres to the marked parking area for the Volksschule.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot, follow the asphalt road back to the marked crossroads, and from there continue in the route Loibler Baba (Ljubeljske Baba) / Loibler Baba. The way forward is along a dirt road, which is closed to public traffic by a road sign. The road crosses the Hajnžev graben stream over a bridge a little further on, and then leads past a few more houses. Slightly higher up, signs point slightly left from the road to a footpath which then crosses the stream once more via a small wooden bridge. The path continues along the picturesque stream, for a while on the right bank and for a while on the left bank, and in between the path leads us past a small, but usually quite watery, waterfall. Above the waterfall, the stream becomes less rainy for a while, and the path becomes quite sloping. Later, the path leads over a few more small bridges, and the stream becomes more picturesque again. After a while, when you reach a macadam road, follow it to the left and quickly reach a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads continue right (left Koschutahaus), past the mill and over the bridge. The path continues through the woods and then reaches a gravel area, where the path becomes faint. A few 10 metres further on, take the second dirt road and walk along it to the nearby crossroads, from which go left in the direction of Loibler Baba (straight Hajnž Farm).
The path ahead leads along a dirt road, which leads to a small meadow. In the middle of the meadow, where the road turns slightly right, we continue slightly left on cart track, and slightly right on cart track on a footpath a little further on. The path ahead climbs steeply for the first time and after a few minutes returns to the road. Follow the road to the left, and after a short right-hand bend, leave the road and continue left into the woods. There are a few more minutes of climbing through the forest, and then the path is laid again and leads to a marked crossroads.
From the crossroads, continue right towards Ljubelj on route No 650 (Hajnževo sedlo on the left, route No 651). Initially still level, the path becomes steeper in the forest and turns left after a small spring. There is a slight ascent to the left, then after a warning sign that we are entering a grazing area, the path turns slightly right and starts to disappear. Through sparse forest, higher pasture, follow the occasional sparse markings, and the increasingly scenic path, higher up, leads to a small ridge where there is a grazing corral. On the ridge the track becomes traceable again, and a little further along the ridge it turns slightly left onto the slopes, over which we climb crosswise to Dovjakovo sedlo, from which a fine view opens up towards the greater part of Košuta and Loibler Baba and the rest of the central Karawanks, with Stolo in the background.
On the grassy Dovjakovo sedlo, located between Loibler Baba on the left and Lokovnik's Grintovec on the right, first cross the grazing fence and then continue along the initially less visible path in the direction of Loibler Baba. The trail soon becomes more distinct, and the path leads us across to the right, occasionally descending a little. A few minutes further on, we arrive under an interesting cliff, and then, with good views, we start climbing again. A little higher we cross a pasture fence, and a little further on another one at the state border.
When we reach the state border, we also arrive at a marked crossroads, and we continue to the left in the direction of Loibler Baba (to the right mountain pasture Korošica and Koča na Ljubelju) and continue along a gradually steeper and more scenic ridge. The relatively steep route crosses a few short steep and, especially in wet conditions, slip-prone slopes higher up. Higher up, the ridge gives way slightly to the left, leading to a short, very steep section. The path then returns to the ridge, where it climbs steeply for a while, then lays down and continues to lead us along the ridge, which is narrower in places. Follow this increasingly scenic route, which is also briefly precipitous a few metres below the summit (the length of the precipitous part is about 3 m), all the way to the summit, which is reached after a further 10 steps of walking.
Sele-Zvrhnji Kot - Dovjakovo sedlo 3:40, Dovjakovo sedlo - Loibler Baba 1:05.
The description refers to the situation in July 2017, the pictures are from May and July 2017.

On the way: Slap v Hajnževem grabnu (720m), Dovjakovo sedlo / Dovjaksattel (1728m)

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