MHE Zabukovec - Praprotnikova koča

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Preddvor or to the settlement Tupaliče (to here from the Gorenjska motorway or Kranj), then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we arrive in the municipality of Jezersko, we will soon notice signs for Gostišče Kanonir. After the inn, we go left onto the road in the direction of Dol - Podstoržič and the Kovk farm. Further on, we drive along a somewhat narrower road that leads us past houses, then after a few hundred meters of further driving we arrive at an intersection where a steep road branches off to the left, along which the marked path to Kozji vrh also continues. Here we continue straight ahead, then at the next intersection slightly left in the direction of Storžič and Kališče (slightly right Stegovnik). A little further on, the road leads past the small hydropower plant Zabukovec, then we quickly arrive at the spot where there is a traffic sign stating that further driving from 20.7. to 20.10. is prohibited due to forestry works. We park on a smaller marked parking area just before the road barrier. More information on road accessibility is available at tel. no. 04/25-45-300 (ZGS KE Jezersko - Kokra).

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road which leads us past a gate and continues along the Reka stream, which flows through the Podstoržič valley. The stream has further some small waterfalls, rapids, pools and some side tributaries, where from our path we can see also some larger waterfalls. Higher, a marked path to the Javorniški preval saddle branches off to the right, and we continue straight in the direction of Storžič and follow the road to the right bend, where straight ahead a cart track branches off in the direction of Bašeljski preval, Kališče and Storžič.
For a short time we continue on a wider cart track (vlaki), then we continue slightly left on a somewhat narrower cart track, from which we soon turn right onto a marked footpath, which higher up crosses the mentioned cart track a few more times. Further, the path leads us above the left bank of a mighty torrent gully, where a pleasant bench with a viewpoint on the mentioned torrent awaits us by the path, and if we look to the other side, we can notice several waterfalls in one of the gorges, which dry up in dry periods. From here the path ascends quite steeply for a few more minutes, then gradually flattens and brings us a little higher to the Praprotnikova koča hut, which is located at the edge of a smaller clearing.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2015 (November).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dom na Kališču, Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec, Storžič (1 h 50 min)

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