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Golica
- Easiest route
- 1.2 km+390 m · about 1 h · T2
- Prominence
- 349 m1,144 ft
- Isolation
- 4.2 km
- Tonight
- -1°CHeavy snow · Wind 6 km/h N
Golica is a 1,835 m (6,020 ft) mountain in the Western Karawanks, Municipality of Jesenice, Slovenia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,835 m · 6,020 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Dovška Baba (1,891 m)
- Range
- Western Karawanks
- Region
- Municipality of Jesenice, Slovenia
- Coordinates
- 46.4915° N, 14.0532° E
How to get to the top of Golica
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 0.9 km NNW of Golica
- Distance
- 1.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +390 m(1,280 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Golica 3D map
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Golica terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Golica weather
Tonight · Heavy snow · -1°C (30°F) · 4.5 mm · Wind 6 km/h N
Golica forecast for the summit, about 1,835 m.
- Tonight-1°4.5 mm6 km/h N
- Today-6°1°1.7 mm6 km/h N
- Sun-6°4°0.4 mm7 km/h S
- Mon-5°6°–7 km/h S
- Tue-1°6°–4 km/h E
- Wed-2°8°–4 km/h N
- Thu-3°5°–6 km/h NE
- Fri-4°5°–5 km/h N
- Sat-4°4°1.0 mm5 km/h NE
- Sun-6°3°–3 km/h S
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Golica
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Golica, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Koča na Golici
Nearest parking
2.4 km S
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz für Camper & Wohnwaagen Gästehaus Lanthaler
Nearest campsite
Camping Kamne
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Koča na GoliciHut | 0.9 km SE |
| Parking | 2.4 km S |
| Parking | 2.4 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.4 km S |
| Hut | 4.5 km NE |
| Planinski stan na Belski planiniHut | 4.7 km ESE |
| Stellplatz für Camper & Wohnwaagen Gästehaus LanthalerCaravan site | 5.3 km N |
| Camping KamneCampsite | 7.9 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Golica?
The easiest mapped route, 1.2 km from 1,439 m to 1,835 m. Steepest stretch: 52°.
- 0–15°0.6 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Golica summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Krvavka1,784 m 0.9 km ESE
- 2Mala Golica1,646 m 1.6 km ESE
- 3Brdo1,192 m 1.8 km SSE
- 4Hahnkogel / Klek1,754 m 2.3 km WSW
- 5Dürrnkogel1,300 m 2.6 km NNW
- 6Kotschna / Ptičji vrh1,550 m 2.8 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 223 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Poet's Narcissus21
- Scorzonera rosea12
- Three-leaved Anemone10
- Elder-flowered Orchid8
- European Globeflower7
- Woolly Thistle7
Where Golica sits
Nearby places
MittagskogelPeak · 2,145 m↑7.9 km WNW
Lake Kreda↑9.6 km SSW
Vintgar Gorge↑11 km SSE
Keutschacher SeeLake · 506 m↑13 km NE
VrtačaPeak · 2,180 m↑13 km ESE
More in the Western Karawanks 4
Golica downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,834 m at the summit; the official height is 1,835 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,835 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,834 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,824 m | -11 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-14)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia