Koroška Bela (RC Kres) - Planina Stamare (Gajškova pot)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Lipce and drive right towards Jesenice. At the first traffic-light intersection (Slovenski Javornik), we drive right in the direction of Lj. Next follows the second intersection with traffic lights, where we turn left and drive under the railway underpass, and in the next smaller intersection we go right towards Koroška Bela. We drive past the last bus stop (store on the left) in the village. We look for the intersection in the center of the village, where there stands a church landmark. From here we go on the main road through the village, which goes barely noticeably uphill towards the north. After approx. 100 meters, on the right we notice a bridge, but we drive straight for another 50 meters, where we come to the left branch of the road. We take it, and in the uphill we cross one more (Koroška) street and continue (church lower on the left) all the way to the spot outside the settlement, where we come to the abandoned tennis courts (RC Kres).

Path description:
From the starting point, we head along the right path (cart track) uphill, where we encounter blazes. At the second right bend, we notice a barrier (quarry), but we continue along the hill, past the abandoned quarry on the left into the forest, where the path runs almost level at first straight ahead, later starting to wind. When we reach a junction, on a tree we notice a directional sign that directs us left downhill towards the gully with a stream. Here we encounter a large pile of landslide debris, in front of which we cross the mentioned stream and turn left uphill, where the path becomes somewhat narrower. For a while we walk through mixed, partly sparser forest, and cross another gully with a stream. When we find ourselves in a wider forest area (no longer on the slope), the blazes direct us right uphill, where the path seemingly disappears. Towards the "top" of this mentioned ascent, the markers direct us left, where the path soon first levels out and then descends to the third stream, which we cross. Then the forest area opens up somewhat, and from the left an ascending cart track joins us (high-fenced smaller meadow on the right). We continue uphill along the cart track, which soon brings us to a fork, where we leave the marked path and turn right uphill (straight ahead Pristava). After a while, the marked path Dom Pristava - Valvazor joins our wide cart track from the left (at a weathered metal directional sign). We continue along the cart track, which goes uphill and first turns slightly left, later towards the top also right. When the slope eases, we reach a cleared section of the path, where it turns left. Here a view opens towards SE onto the western slope of Alničje. When the path forks after a few meters, we continue left following the blazes. Soon the slope eases, and we walk for a while along a winding level path through the forest. When we notice rocks left above the path, we cross the stream, and the blazes direct us left again uphill (straight ahead Alničje). After a shorter steeper ascent, the path brings us into the valley between Velika Boncla and Debelo Brdo on the right, where along the uphill path we follow the blazes eastwards. When the path levels out, it brings us to a pass with a junction, where we continue left following the blazes (right Alničje). Soon we reach a clearing, where the path ascends again and after a while brings us to a forest road at 1270 m (near Olipova planina). Here we follow the road left to its end, where on the right we will notice a barely visible path north uphill. When we ascend it and it disappears, we turn left across a wide clearing (landslide from Kamnitnik (not recommended in winter)) towards the forest, along whose edge we walk 100 m uphill, after which we notice a path leading left through the forest. This brings us to a stream which we cross, and along it we ascend uphill towards the mountain pasture. We encounter a wooden footbridge and the first hut on the left (viewpoint behind it). When we step onto the forest road, after some 10 m it brings us to the sunny Planina Stamare, with shepherd and hunting hut.

On the way: Alničje (1145m)

Trip can be extended to: Hrašenska planina , Bivak na Belščici , Kamnitnik , Potoški Stol , Weinasch/Vajnež