The mighty Karawander crossing: the Stol-Golica ridge
Karawander hikes
Bled to Karawanks transfers (and guiding)
Taste the main Karawanks ridge in all their mighty magic! Do you (plan to) stay in Bled hotel? Don’t worry about transfers and trails, we can arrange all the shuttle driving, lead you over the nicest connective trails to and below the King of the Karawanks, Mt. Stol over the ridge and to the peak of Golica, famous because it’s mentioned in original Slovene version of the most played instrumental song on radio worldwide. If you’re an experienced hiker, fit to hike for ca eight to nine hours, we strongly recommend you do this magnificent crossing with astonishing views to valleys and Julian Alps in one day. We can lead you the whole way or just organize shuttles from your Bled hotel to the starting point and from your return point back to the hotel. Contact us for the offer.
Definitely a biggie, ridge (or better just-below-the-ridge) trail on a large scale, where you even don’t have to reach peaks on both ends. We started at Valvasorjev Dom Pod Stolom and in cold, but promising November morning ascended first below Mt. Stol. Over scree you join marked ridge trail and below Mt. Potoški Stol and Vajnež follow on towards planinas Stamare and Svečica, over Suha saddle and below Golica Hut you hit the final trail to village Planina pod Golico, where it’s nice if the other car waits for you. In less than eight hours we enjoyed the heart of the Karavanke – gorska veriga and to the full extent admired the beauties and breathed fresh air in silence. The hike is very heterogeneous, with no climbing needed, a nice, fulfilling walk over Slovene Mountain Hiking Trail and Via Alpina. Though the trail is nicely marked all along the way, we only don’t know why on planina Svečica the official arrow points downwards to the road instead of leading on along the ridge. Someone could say that we formally didn’t do the Stol-Golica trail (because we actually weren’t on any of the peaks), but we claim the ridge trail Stol-Golica ours! We ultrarecommend it – would you like to try?
