Planina Vetrh - Okno v Stegovniku

Access to starting point:
a) First, drive to Tržič, then continue driving towards Dovžan Gorge. Towards the end of Tržič, leave the road to Dovžan Gorge and continue right towards Lom pod Storžičem. Above Lom pod Storžičem, at the right hairpin, leave the main road leading higher to Grahovšam and Dom pod Storžičem and continue left towards the settlement of Potarje. Drive along the asphalt road to the intersection below the tourist farm pri Tič, where continue left towards Planina Konjščica. This is followed by driving on a gravel road, from which a road to the Pinč farm soon branches off to the left. Here, go right along the upper road, which becomes noticeably worse; drive along it for quite some time to the next intersection. From the intersection, continue straight along the lower road (right uphill to Planina Konjščica), which shortly afterwards crosses the Vetrnik stream. At the next intersection, go left, then after 50 metres park at the marked parking area on the edge of Planina Vetrh. From the intersection at the Lepenka factory in Tržič to the starting point is approximately 11 km, of which 6 km is gravel.
b) First, drive to Tržič, then continue driving towards Dovžan Gorge. Continue through Dovžan Gorge, Dolina, to Jelendol, where at the triangular intersection continue along the right road towards Medvode. A few kilometres further on, a road branches left towards Planina Zali potok, but we drive along Tržiška Bistrica for a bit longer, specifically to the first access road to the right, which crosses Tržiška Bistrica over a bridge. After the bridge, begin the ascent along a poorer gravel road, which is often in quite poor condition in places. At intersections continue straight ahead, then, when the road levels out, quickly reach the marked parking area on the edge of Planina Vetrh, where we park. From the intersection at the Lepenka factory in Tržič to the starting point is approximately 12.5 km, of which 3.7 km is very poor gravel road, with even more gravel.

Route description:
On the eastern side of the parking lot we notice a cart track that ascends through the forest to the nearby forest road, which we follow to the left. Along the road we quickly reach a right hairpin turn, from which a nice view opens towards Košuta, Plešivec and the surrounding mountains. Further on, there are still some views between the trees at first, then the path enters a fairly dense forest through which it ascends along the western slopes of Pečica (1421 m) and later Maljevec (1502 m). We do not walk long along the slopes of Maljevec, as the road brings us to the valley of the Vetrnik stream. Over the bridge the road quickly passes to the left bank of the stream, then we ascend directly along the stream for a few minutes. When higher up the road crosses the stream again (this time without a bridge), a cart track branches off to the right, along which we can reach the hut pri Zdravc, but we continue along the road. A little further the road forks again, and we choose the slightly left road, beside which there are signs for Planina Javornik (right hut pri Zdravc, Bela peč...). Further on the forest thins out, and the road soon brings us to a marked junction where a marked path from Dom pod Storžičem joins from the right.
Here we leave the road and continue towards Stegovnik along a path that crosses the meadow. On the other side of the meadow the path enters the forest and continues along a cart track that mostly gently descends. After a while the cart track turns into a footpath that partly ascends and partly descends. The path, from which we have only occasional views (mainly to the Košuta ridge), brings us after some time to a pleasant bench. Further on the path continues through the forest, which is occasionally interrupted by a clearing overgrown with tall grass. Somewhat further we reach a small junction where the path from Jezersko (and the eastern path from Dom pod Storžičem) joins from the right. Just after the junction the slope becomes quite steep, and the path leads us to the first fixed rope, with the aid 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 via a short ladder, from there we continue right through a smaller window, behind which we step onto the other side of the ridge.

Starting point - Strženica 0:50, Strženica - Window in Stegovnik 1:20.

Along the route: Strženica (1464m), Razpotje pod Oknom v Stegovniku (1473m)

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