GREAT TRAVERSE OF KARAWANKS RIDGE

A little above the village of Dovje, we go along the mountain path to Planina Rožca and then to the top of Dovška baba, where it offers us the most beautiful view of Triglav and the Julian Alps and the Vrata valley and then on to the nearby mountains in Austria. We follow the ridge path a little up and a little down, walk across pastures and meadows above Hrušica and Jesenice, all the way to the very famous Golica (1583 m). There we sing happily and after the obligatory picture-taking, we walk further down to Koča na Golici, which will also provide us with accommodation.

After the obligatory picture taking with Golica in the background and Triglav, we cross the slopes with steep grasses, we admire where all the ore was mined for the Jesenice ironworks and the remains are still visible in the Sava Caves. We cross pastures, forests again, admire lonely paths, livestock on the Belska Planina, and the views that open up to us on the way we have walked and also on the ridge of Stol, which is still waiting for us. This one comes at the very end, where the ascent to it is otherwise undemanding, but after a long day we still make a little effort to visit it. But it is only the highest peak. We descend to Prešeren's hut, which hosts us for the second night.

Since we have already hiked a little longer for two days, the last day awaits us only a beautiful descent over Finžgarjeva skala and Žirovniška planina all the way to Valvazorjev dom, which is a very popular meeting point for all mountaineers. Of course, we treat ourselves to a coffee, and then we have another climb to Ajdna, an old settlement and archaeological site, and then we descend back in the direction of Završnica. The day is shorter, but since our legs will be tired from the previous days and since it will be mostly downhill, our knees will also hurt a little.