MHE Zabukovec - Praprotnikova koča

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Preddvor or to the settlement of Tupaliče (to here from the Gorenjska motorway or Kranj), then continue driving towards Jezersko. When we arrive in the Jezersko municipality, we will soon notice signs for Gostišče Kanonir. Behind the guesthouse, we turn left onto the road towards Dol - Podstoržič and the Kovk farm. Further on, we drive along a somewhat narrower road that leads past more houses, then after a few 100 m of further driving arrive at a junction where a steep road branches off to the left, along which the marked path to Kozji vrh also continues. Here we continue straight, then at the next junction slightly left towards Storžič and Kališče (slightly right Stegovnik). A little further ahead, the road passes the small hydroelectric power plant Zabukovec, then we quickly reach the spot where a traffic sign states that further driving is prohibited from 20.7. to 20.10. due to forestry works. We park at a small marked parking lot slightly before the road closure. More information on road passability is available at tel. no. 04/25-45-300 (ZGS KE Jezersko - Kokra).

Route description:
From the starting point we continue along the road which leads past the barrier and continues along the Reka stream, the latter flowing through the Podstoržič valley. The stream features several waterfalls, rapids, pools and some side tributaries further on, where some larger waterfalls are also visible from our path. Higher up a marked path branches off to the right to Javorniški preval, we however continue straight towards Storžič and follow the road to the right bend where a cart track branches straight ahead towards Bašeljski preval, Kališče and Storžič.
We continue briefly along the wider cart track (vlaki), then slightly left onto a somewhat narrower cart track from which we soon turn right onto the marked footpath which higher up crosses the aforementioned cart track several times. Further on the path leads above the left bank of a mighty torrent gully where a pleasant bench with a viewpoint on the said torrent awaits us along the path, and if we look to the other side we can spot several waterfalls in one of the gorges which dry up on dry days. From here the path ascends quite steeply for a few more minutes, then gradually levels out and brings us a little higher to Praprotnikova koča which is located on the edge of a small clearing.

Starting point - Jekarica 1:00, Jekarica - Praprotnikova koča 1:10.

Description and photos refer to the conditions in 2015 (November).

Along the route: Jekarica (1017m)

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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