Planina Vetrh - Stegovnik

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Tržič, and then we continue driving towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska. Towards the end of Tržič we leave the road towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska and we continue driving right in the direction of Lom pod Storžičem. Above Lom pod Storžičem, at right hairpin turn we leave the main road which leads higher towards Grahovše and Dom pod Storžičem and we continue driving left in the direction of the settlement Potarje. On the asphalt road, we drive to a crossroad below the tourist farm Pr Tič, where we continue left towards the mountain pasture Konjščica. Next follows driving on a macadam road, from which soon road towards the farm Pinč branches off to the left. Here we go right on the upper road which becomes considerably worse, and there we drive for quite some time to the next crossroad. From the crossroad, we continue straight on the bottom road (right upward mountain pasture Konjščica), which a little ahead crosses the stream Vetrnik. At the next crossroad, we go left, and after 50 meters we park on a marked parking lot by the edge of the mountain pasture Planina Vetrh. From the crossroad at factory Lepenka in Tržič to the starting point, there is approximately 11 km, of this 6 km macadam.
B) a) First, we drive to Tržič, and then we continue driving towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska. Further, we drive through gorge Dovžanova soteska, Dolina, to Jelendol, where in triangular crossroad we continue on the right road towards Medvodje. Few kilometers ahead road towards the mountain pasture Zali potok branches off to the left, and by Tržiški Bistrica we drive for some time, more precisely to first driving road to the right, which over a bridge crosses Tržiška Bistrica. After the bridge, we start ascending on a worse macadam road which is on some parts often in quite bad condition. At the crossroads, we continue straight, after the road flattens we quickly get to a marked parking lot on the periphery of the mountain pasture Planina Vetrh, where we park. From the crossroad at factory Lepenka in Tržič to the starting point, there is approximately 12.5 km, of this 3.7 km very bad macadam road, and some more better macadam.

Path description:
On the eastern side of the parking lot, we notice a cart track which through the forest ascends to the near forest road which we follow to the left. On the road, we quickly get to right hairpin turn, from which a nice view opens up towards Košuta, Plešivec and surrounding mountains. Further at first through trees still a view opens up a little and then the path passes into a quite dense forest, through which it is ascending on the western slopes of Pečica (1421 meters) and later Maljevec (1502 meters). On slopes of Maljevec we don't walk long, because road brings us into a small valley of the stream Vetrnik. Over a bridge road quickly passes on the left bank of the stream and then we are few minutes ascending next to a stream. When higher the road once again crosses the stream (this time without the bridge), cart track branches off to the right, on which we can get to the cottage Pr Zdravc, and we still continue on the road. A little further, the road once again splits, and we choose a slightly left road, by which there are signs for mountain pasture Javornik (right cottage Pr Zdravc, Bela peč...). Further, the forest gets thinner, and the road only a little further brings us to a marked crossing, where from the right also the marked path from the mountain hut Dom pod Storžičem joins.
Here we leave the road and we continue in the direction of Stegovnik, on the path which crosses a meadow. On the other side of the meadow, the path goes into the forest and continues on a cart track which is mostly slightly descending. Eventually cart track changes into a footpath which is partly ascending, and partly descending. The path, from which only rare views are opening up (mainly on the ridge of Košuta) eventually brings us to a pleasant bench. Ahead path continues through the forest, which occasionally gets interrupted by a clearing, which is overgrown with high grass. A little further, we get to a smaller crossing, where from the right side, the path from Jezersko joins (and east path from the mountain hut 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.

On the way: Okno v Stegovniku (1460m)