Medvodje - Stegovnik (on road and through window)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Podnart (Ljubelj), and then we continue driving on the road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When "fast road" ends (blue sign), we will on the right side notice gas station, in front of which we turn right downwards towards Tržič. Further, we drive through Tržič, and we follow the narrower road towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska and then through the village Dolina and Jelendol to a hamlet Medvodje. Here at the first crossroad we continue right in the direction of waterfall Stegovniški slap (left Košutna and mountain pasture Dolga njiva), and in the second crossroad left by the river Tržiška Bistrica (right waterfall Stegovniški slap). Further, we are gently ascending by the upper stream of Tržiška Bistrica, and we follow the road to a marked parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a gently sloping road which is ascending by the river Tržiška Bistrica. And we soon get to a gate, behind which we go at the unmarked crossroad. Here we continue on the right road which starts ascending by the stream Fevča, and we leave the stream at the first sharp right turn. From the road which becomes a little steeper, for some time a view opens up a little on Košutnikov turn, and then it turns to the left and crosses a lane of a forest. The road then with a view on Dobrča and nearby Stegovnik, brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight (right road circles the nearby peak Bukov vrh). We still walk on the road and after few minutes we get to the next crossroad. This time we continue straight (sharply right road which circles peak Bukov vrh, left Stegovnik over saddle Pri lojtri, Ruš and Veliki vrh) on the road which is at first still quite gently ascending towards the right, and then it slowly starts descending. After few minutes of easy descent, the road again starts ascending, and at sharp right turn crosses the stream Stegovnik. On the other side of the stream a little higher from the right unnoticeably joins the approach past waterfall Stegovniški slap, and only a little higher we get to the next unmarked crossroad.
At the mentioned crossroad, we go left and we continue the ascent on a moderately steep road, from which for some time a nice view opens up on Stegovnik. Higher, we cross two more streams, and then we get to the next crossroad, where we continue on the right road. A little further, we get to the road expansion or some sort of turning point. Here we leave the road and we continue left on at first quite wide cart track which for some time continues through the forest. Further, the forest gets thinner or on some parts entirely disappears, and the cart track leads us past few smaller crossings. In all cases we continue on the "main" cart track, and there with occasional views we walk to its end. When the cart track ends, we continue right on easier pathless terrain. In less than 5 minutes of ascent on pathless terrain we reach a marked path mountain pasture Javornik - Stegovnik.
We follow the mentioned marked path to the left, and it quickly brings us to a crossing, where from the right side joins the path from Jezersko side (path from Dol and eastern path from Dom pod Storžičem). Only a little after the crossing the slope becomes quite steep, and the path brings us to first steel cable, with the help of which we enter into a window in Stegovnik. In the middle of the window to the left opens a passage towards the second window, to which we descend on a short ladder, and from there we continue right through a small window, after which we step on the other side of the ridge.
On the other side of the window with the help of shorter steel cables we descend on a slope, on which we are then relatively steeply ascending. Further steep path leads below the cliffs (danger of falling stones), and then we gradually get to the main ridge of Stegovnik. Here the path turns to the left and with increasingly beautiful views ascends on southwestern secondary peak, from which follows a short indistinct descent on in parts narrow ridge. We continue on a very panoramic and on some spots precipitous ridge, on which in few minutes of a light ascent, we get to 1692 meters high peak.