A great and easy climb on more mountains at a time. The peaks are located in Karawanks above the famous cottage on Kofce mountain. Every peak offers a beautiful view and are worth a visit.
Beautiful Planina pod Košuto
Planina pod Košuto is one of the most visited, easily accessed mountains. In summer, you can hear cow bells and horses, which are grazing on beautiful pastures. In the spring the mountain surprises us by some flowers and in the fall again with bright colours. In the winter it is quiet and calm, only a jackdaw can break the silence from time to time. Jackdaws are here throughout the year and are known for eating food from climber’s hands.
Cottage on Kofce mountain
Cottage on Kofce mountain is easily accessible as you can get to it in only half an hour. It is located on a beautiful viewing point on Planina pod Košuto and a great starting point for climbing on different mountains. The closest are Kofce, Toplar and Veliki vrh. A little lower from today’s cottage once stood the first Cottage on Kofce, which was opened in 1927. But sadly the Partisans burned it in 1944. They built a new mountain cottage in 1948. They renovated it and added more rooms between 1982 and 1983. Great food is being served every day in summer and in other seasons at weekends.
The View
The view is really beautiful and you can see very far. From the cottage on Kofce you can see the hills 10 kilometres far. You can also see Kamnik-Savinja Alps and Snežnik and peaks in Gorski Kotar on south. The Julian Alps seem like they’re on the palm of your hand. Above the cottage, on the ridge, there’s a whole new palette of views to Austria. You can even see the highest Austrian mountain Grossglockner.
How to get here
You can get to the cottage on Kofce on many paths. A lot of people go on the path, which leads from Tržič, where they can decide themselves how much time they will walk. They can park their car in Tržič, walk through Dovžan gorge or drive higher and shorten the walking time. You can also get here from Podljubelj.
Mountain paths from cottage on Kofce
The peaks above the cottage on Kofce are not too far away. The closest peak is mountain Kofce (1967 metres), which is directly above the cottage on Kofce. You will get to the top in about an hour. If you’re going to Kofce mountain, you can walk in a nice circle. You can climb on the mountain Toplar (2000 metres) if you go left on the ridge and there’s Veliki vrh with 2088 metres a little further. You can make your path longer if you climb the mountains, which are right on the ridge, for example Škrbina (1869 metres) and Kladivo (2094 metres). The longer circle will take you about 5 hours and the shorter about 3 hours. Every path that I mentioned offers great views, are well marked and worth to treat yourself to a nice day in the Karawanks mountains.
I would like to recommend three affordable accommodation to travellers in Slovenia who want to see the Karawanks. On the west there are two hostels, one in
Radovljica and the other in
Bled.
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