MHE Zabukovec - Storžič (via Bašeljski preval)
Starting point: MHE Zabukovec (767 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,38000°N 14,44640°E |
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Route name: via Bašeljski preval
Walking time: 4 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Elevation gain: 1365 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1365 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
First, drive to Preddvor or to the settlement of Tupaliče (to here from the Gorenjska motorway or Kranj), then continue driving towards Jezersko. When you arrive in the Jezersko municipality, you will soon notice signs for Gostišče Kanonir. After the guesthouse, turn left onto the road towards Dol - Podstoržič and the Kovk farm. Continue on a somewhat narrower road which 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 continue straight, then at the next junction slightly left towards Storžič and Kališče (slightly right Stegovnik). A little further the road leads past the small hydroelectric plant Zabukovec, then we quickly arrive at the place where there is a traffic sign stating that further driving is prohibited from 20.7. to 20.10. due to forestry works. Park at the small marked parking lot somewhat before the road closure. More information on road drivability available at tel. no. 04/25-45-300 (ZGS KE Jezersko - Kokra).
Route description:
From the starting point, continue along the road that leads past the barrier and continues along the Reka stream, which flows through the Podstoržič valley. The stream features some waterfalls, rapids, pools and a few side tributaries, from our path we can see some larger waterfalls as well. Higher up, a marked path branches right to Javorniški preval, but we continue straight towards Storžič and follow the road to a right bend where a cart track branches straight ahead towards Bašeljski preval, Kališče and Storžič.
For a short time we continue on the wider cart track (log drags), then continue slightly left onto a narrower cart track, from which we soon turn right onto the marked footpath, which higher up crosses the aforementioned cart track several times. The path then leads above the left bank of a mighty torrent gully, where a pleasant bench with a viewpoint awaits us on the torrent; if we look to the other side, we can spot several waterfalls in one of the gorges, which dry up in dry periods. From here the path ascends quite steeply for a few minutes, then gradually flattens and brings us a little higher to Praprotnikova koča, located at the edge of a small clearing.
Past the hut, continue on the marked path which starts to ascend steeply again, then temporarily flattens at a boulder. Past the boulder, the path temporarily enters the torrent bed, then begins to ascend transversely to the right. A steeper ascent follows through fairly picturesque terrain, from which we get a nice view of the surrounding mountains. When we enter the dwarf pine belt, a path branches right leading under or along the slopes of Storžič towards the aforementioned Javorniški preval, but we continue straight and in a few minutes reach the junction at Bašeljski preval.
Continue right towards Storžič (left Bašeljski vrh, slightly left Dom na Kališču), this time on a path that begins to ascend steeply through the dwarf pine belt. After about 30 minutes of ascent from the saddle, we step onto the ridge of Storžič, which we soon leave as the path crosses to the southern slopes of the mountain. Over the quite steep southern slopes we ascend a steep path that is slippery in several places, especially when wet. Higher up the path flattens somewhat and returns to the ridge, along and on which it continues. To the increasingly scenic path, just below the summit, paths join from the left from sv. Lovrenc, planina Javornik and the path via Psica and through Žrelo. Here continue slightly right and in a few steps reach one of the most visited two-thousanders in Slovenia.
Starting point - Jekarica 1:00, Jekarica - Praprotnikova koča 1:10, Praprotnikova koča - junction below Bašeljski preval 0:30, junction below Bašeljski preval - Bašeljski preval 0:10, Bašeljski preval - Storžič 1:10.
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Discussion about the trip MHE Zabukovec - Storžič (via Bašeljski preval)
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| biba17. 06. 2020 |
On Saturday 13.6. for the first time on this path, which is part of SPP. We easily followed the path to Praprotnikova koča (no water flowing, but plenty up to the Jekarica starting point). A little later, when the path ascends, the well-trodden path suddenly gets a bit lost or obscured in the leaves. There you cross to the right (leaves) and you're back on the path. Cause: fallen tree and of course inattention. When returning, if you don't choose that variant, a well-trodden path leads left and then even more left, and suddenly you're "crashing" through the forest again. I recommend attention on this section. To the top then without issues. Overall well-marked, maybe once in the forest "invisible" due to leaves, but traceable during the day. Elsewhere, a hiker missed the marked path and then ascended directly through the gully.
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