SLOVENSKA PLANINSKA POT- THE SLOVENIAN MOUNTAIN TRAIL

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The Slovenian Mountain Trail is the longest transversal hiking trail/route in Slovenia and the first transversal hiking trail in Europe (from 1953). Until 1991, the Slovenian Mountain Trail was named the Slovenian Mountian Transversal.

Hiking across the Slovenian mountains started in 1953 with the path which was not only revealing its beautiful features but also taking the mountain hikers from the Pannonian plains across plateaus and hills all the way to the Slovenian coast. Here, everyone can find something for their own taste. Professor Ivan Šumljak (1899-1984), a publicist, lecturer and head of the Maribor trailblazing unit, sent a written proposal for the mountain trail to the Slovenian Alpine Association as early as 1950. While performing trailblazing, it occured to him: »Why not connect all these spots by means of one single blazed trail which would extend further on, across the entire Slovenian territory ...!« This is how Slovenia became the first European country to have a unique transversal trail.

Hikers can begin or end the Slovenian Mountain Trail in Maribor, Debeli Rtič or anywhere else. The trail has no restrictions in terms of time and is marked by means of the Knafelc blazes (white dot with a red circle around it and an Arabic number 1 - picture below). It leads through routes which can be classified in three groups, namely easy, demanding and very demanding routes.

The trail starts at city of Maribor from where you ascend to Pohorje hills. You will leave Pohorje behind after two or three days of easy walk along nice, fresh and dark spruce forests. Next town is Slovenj Gradec. From there you »climb« (easy walk) to Uršlja gora and on the first Alpine ridge on your trail - Smrekovec (the only ex-vulcanic mountain in Slovenia). In a day or two of very nice, sunny and panoramic walk (full of blueberris in late July and August) you will sleep in the hut below the first two thousander - Raduha. It will also be the first step on difficult and very difficult mountain trail.

From Raduha you will have to descent Savinja river valley (Savinjska dolina) and later climb to Ojstrica. Now you are already in the heart of Kamnik-Savinja Alps (Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe). In next few days you will climb a lot of peaks above 2.000 meters. The last one will be Storžič where you will leave Kamnik-Savinja Alps and step on long, sunny and with grass overgrown hillside of Karawanks (Karavanke).You will leave them above village of Mojstrana where Slovenian mountain museum is located. Mojstrana is also an entrance to Triglav national park. In two days you will be standing on the top of the highest slovenian peak and our national symbol - Triglav. Julian Alps will be your home for a few days all the way to Franja Partisan Hospital near small town of Cerkno. This is also the last farewell to the high Alps. From now on you will walk in company of forests and karst wonders. You will also start with slow descent (with some climbs) against the coast - you will reach it in a week. 

o Spodnje Radvanje (279 m)

o Mariborska koča mountain hut (1,068 m)

o Ruška koča mountain hut (1,246 m)

o Klopni vrh (.1340 m)

o Koča na Pesku mountain hut (1386 m)

o Ribniška koča mountain hut (1,507 m)

o Grmovškov dom pod Veliko Kopo mountain hut (1,371 m) or

o Koča Planinc mountain hut (1.010 m)

o Koča pod Kremžarjevim vrhom mountain hut (1,102 m)

o Poštarski dom pod Plešivcem mountain hut (805 m)

o Dom na Uršlji gori mountain hut (1,670 m)

o Andrejev dom na Slemenu mountain hut (1,096 m)

o Dom na Smrekovcu mountain hut (1,377 m)

o Koča na Travniku mountain hut (1.548 m)

o Koča na Loki pod Raduho mountain hut (1,520 m)

o Velika Raduha (2,062 m)

o Koča v Grohotu pod Raduho mountain hut (1,460 m)

o Kocbekov dom na Korošici mountain hut (1,808 m)

o Ojstrica (2,349 m)

o Koča na Kamniškem sedlu mountain hut (1,884 m)

o Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju mountain hut (1,378 m)

o Kranjska koča na Ledinah mountain hut (1,700 m)

o Križ (Koroška Rinka) (2,433 m)

o Skuta (2,532 m)

o Cojzova koča na Kokrskem sedlu mountain hut (1,793 m)

o Grintavec (2,558 m)

o Jezerska Kočna (2,540 m)

o Češka koča na Spodnjih Ravneh mountain hut (1,543 m)

o Planinski dom na Kališču mountain hut (1,540 m)

o Storžič (2,132 m)

o Dom pod Storžičem mountain hut (1,123 m)

o Koča na Kriški gori mountain hut (1,471 m)

o Koča na Dobrči mountain hut (1,478 m)

o Roblekov dom na Begunjščici mountain hut (1,657 m)

o Begunjščica - Veliki vrh (2,060 m)

o Planinski dom na Zelenici mountain hut (1,536 m)

o Prešernova koča na Stolu mountain hut at Mt. Stol (2,174 m)

o Golica (1,836 m)

o Slovenian Alpine Museum in Mojstrana ()641 m)

o Aljažev dom v Vratih mountain hut (1,015 m)

o Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom mountain hut (2,332 m)

o Mountain huts of Triglavski dom na Kredarici (2,515 m),

o  Dom Planika pod Triglavom (2,401 m) or

o  Koča na Doliču (2,151 m)

o Triglav (2,864 m)

o Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih mountain hut (2,052 m)

o Razor (2,601 m)

o Prisojnik (2,547 m)

o Vršič - mountain huts of Tičarjev dom na Vršiču (1,620 m),

o Poštarski dom na Vršiču (1,688 m) or

o Erjavčeva koča na Vršiču (1,515 m)

o Zavetišče pod Špičkom mountain hut (2,064 m)

o Jalovec (2,645 m)

o Koča pri izviru Soče mountain hut (886 m)

o Julius Kugy monument , 823 m

o Triglav National Park info centre Dom Trenta (626)

o Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih mountain hut (2,071 m)

o Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih mountain hut (1,685 m)

o Komna - mountain huts of Dom na Komni (1,520 m) or

o Koča pod Bogatinom (1,513 m)

o Planinski dom pri Krnskih jezerih mountain hut (1,385 m)

o Gomiščkovo zavetišče na Krnu mountain hut (2,182 m)

o Koča na planini Razor mountain hut (1,315 m)

o Vogel (1,922 m)

o Rodica (1,966 m)

o Dom Zorka Jelinčiča na Črni prsti mountain hut (1,835 m)

o Koča na Poreznu mountain hut (1,590 m)

o Bolnica Franja partisan hospital (536 m)

o Planinska koča na Ermanovcu mountain hut (964 m)

o Bevkov vrh (1,051 m)

o Mrzli vrh - Sivka (1,008 m)

o Koča na Hleviški planini mountain hut (818 m)

o Mali Golak (1,495 m)

o Koča Antona Bavčerja na Čavnu mountain hut (1,242 m)

o Sinji vrh (1,002 m)

o Pirnatova koča na Javorniku mountain hut (1,156 m)

o Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu mountain hut (900 m)

o Vojkova koča na Nanosu mountain hut (1,201 m)

o Vremščica (1,026 m)

o Škocjanske jame caves (395 m)

o Artviže (817 m)

o Tumova koča na Slavniku mountain hut (1,028 m)

o Socerb (389 m)

o Tinjan (374 m)

o Ankaran (19 m)

o Debeli rtič (21 m)