Medvodje - Stegovnik (on road and through window)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Podnart (Ljubelj), and then we continue driving on the fast road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When the fast road ends, we will notice a gas station on the right side, 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 villages Dolina and Jelendol to the hamlet Medvodje. Here at the first crossroad we continue right in the direction of the waterfall Stegovniški slap (left Košutnik and mountain pasture Dolga njiva), and in the second crossroad left along the river Tržiška Bistrica (right Stegovniški slap). Further, we gently ascend along the upper course of Tržiška Bistrica, and we follow the road to the marked parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a gently sloping road which ascends along the river Tržiška Bistrica. Soon we arrive at a gate, behind which we step onto an unmarked crossroad. Here we continue on the right road which starts to ascend along the stream Fevča, which we leave at the first sharp right turn. From the road, which becomes somewhat steeper, a view temporarily opens up on Košutnikov turn, then it turns left and crosses a belt of 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 Bukov vrh). We continue walking on the road and after a few minutes we arrive at the next crossroad. This time we continue straight (sharply right road which circles Bukov vrh, left Stegovnik over the saddle Pri lojtri, Ruš and Veliki vrh) on the road which at first still ascends quite gently towards the right, then slowly starts to descend. After a few minutes of easy descent, the road starts ascending again, and it crosses the stream Stegovnik at a sharp right turn. On the other side of the stream, somewhat higher from the right, the approach past the Stegovniški slap unnoticeably joins, and we a little higher arrive at the next unmarked crossroad.
At the mentioned crossroad we continue left and continue the ascent on a moderately steep road, from which a nice view temporarily opens up on Stegovnik. Higher we cross two more streams, then we arrive at the next crossroad, where we continue on the right road. A little further we arrive at a widening of the road or some kind of turning area. Here we leave the road and continue the path left on an initially quite wide cart track, which continues through the forest for some time. Further on, the forest thins out or completely breaks off at some places, and the cart track leads us past a few smaller junctions. In all cases we continue on the "main" cart track, and on it 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 the marked path mountain pasture Javornik - Stegovnik.
We follow the mentioned marked path to the left, which quickly brings us to a junction, where from the right the path from the Jezersko side joins (path from Dol and eastern path from Dom pod Storžičem). Just a little after the junction the slope becomes quite steep, and the path brings us to the first steel cable, with the help of which we enter the window in Stegovnik. In the middle of the window a passage opens to the left towards the second window, to which we descend on a short ladder, from there we continue right through a smaller window, after which we step onto the other side of the ridge.
On the other side of the window with the help of a shorter steel cable we descend onto the slope, on which we then ascend relatively steeply. Further the steep path leads us under the cliffs (danger of falling rocks), then gradually we arrive at the main ridge of Stegovnik. Here the path turns left and ascends to the southwestern forepeak with ever better views, from which a short indistinct descent follows along the locally narrow ridge. We continue the path along a very panoramic and at some places precipitous ridge, along which in a few minutes of gentle ascent we arrive at the 1692 meters high summit.