Planina Podvežak - Tolsti vrh (Veža) (snowy approach)

Access to starting point:
1. From Kamnik we drive to Stahovica, where we come to a crossroad of two roads. Left goes into the valley of Kamniška Bistrica, ours goes straight in the direction of Črnivec. We follow the considerably winding road almost to the mountain pass Črnivec. A few hundred meters before the mountain pass, a steep road to Kranjski rak branches off sharply to the left. The road then brings us to the snack bar on Kranjski rak, and only a few meters ahead to a crossroad. We continue straight downwards towards Luče. After a longer descent, the road brings us into the valley of Podvolovjek. Here on the left side of the road, we notice the bar Pri Gamsu. We drive approximately 100 m further to the spot where on the right side we notice signposts for Korošica, Podvežak, Ravne...(road sign is a little more than 11 km). Here we turn left onto this road and in the next crossroads follow the signs for mountain pasture Podvežak. The crossroads are marked with signposts. We park on the parking lot by a smaller wooden garage, where a worse road closed to traffic branches off to the right (if the gate is open, do not continue driving because others are already on the other side).
2. From the Štajerska side, we drive to Mozirje and follow the road ahead towards Logarska dolina. In the village Luče, we turn left towards Kamnik and follow the road to the road sign 10.5 km. Here we need to pay attention because soon the road to mountain pasture Podvežak branches off to the right. On the left side of the road are signposts for Korošica. We turn onto this road and in the crossroads follow the signs for mountain pasture Podvežak. Further, follow the upper description.
PP: In winter time, the road is cleared of snow to Planinšek approximately 1100 m high. When the road crosses the large clearing above Planinšek, we can continue the ascent on this clearing left upwards, where there is a marked path. When we come to the road, we follow it left to the parking lot; further see the description.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the worse road, which first through the forest and then along the edge of the mountain pasture brings us to the cottage on the mountain pasture. On the mountain pasture, a signpost directs us right along the mountain pasture upwards. The path quickly brings us into the forest, which we soon leave. Further, we walk through a smaller valley, which is surrounded by sparse forest. At the end of the valley, the path turns slightly left and then crosses the slopes in a few short descents and ascents. After the last descent, the path brings us into a nice plain, where we leave the marked path to Korošica. At the end of the plain, slightly to the left opens an at first indistinct valley. We head into this valley and follow it upwards. If there is little snow, we must watch for suitable passages between the dwarf pines. Since the dwarf pines are not very dense, it will not be hard for us to find these passages. We follow the valley, which in adverse conditions is exposed to avalanches, further to the place where on the right side a nice passage opens (the passage straight upwards is quite steep and dangerous for slipping and avalanche). This passage is somewhat steeper but not too much. At the top of this passage, an indistinct gentle valley opens to our left. Further, we walk through this valley, which soon bypasses a sinkhole on the right side and then in a gentle ascent brings us to the saddle between Tolsti vrh on the right and Deska on the left. Here we head right along the somewhat steeper side ridge of the peak, which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. A little below the summit, the steepness eases and then in a few steps we reach the summit.

On the way: Planina Podvežak (1564m)