Planina Vetrh - Stegovnik

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Tržič, and then we continue driving towards Dovžanova soteska. Towards the end of Tržič we leave the road towards Dovžanova soteska and we continue driving right in the direction of Lom pod Storžičem. Above Lom pod Storžičem, at the right hairpin turn we leave the main road which leads higher towards Grahovše and Dom pod Storžičem and we continue driving left in the direction of the settlement Potarje. On the asphalt road, we drive to a crossroad below the tourist farm pr Tič, where we continue left towards the mountain pasture Konjščica. Next follows driving on a macadam road, from which soon a road towards the farm Pinč branches off to the left. Here we go right on the upper road which becomes considerably worse, and we drive on it for quite some time to the next crossroad. From the crossroad, we continue straight on the lower road (right upward mountain pasture Konjščica), which a little ahead crosses the stream Vetrnik. At the next crossroad, we go left, and after 50 meters we park on a marked parking lot by the edge of the mountain pasture Vetrh. From the crossroad at factory Lepenka in Tržič to the starting point, there is approximately 11 km, of this 6 km macadam.
B) First, we drive to Tržič, and then we continue driving towards Dovžanova soteska. Further, we drive through Dovžanova soteska, Dolina, to Jelendol, where in the triangular crossroad we continue on the right road towards Medvodje. A few kilometers ahead a road towards the mountain pasture Zali potok branches off to the left, and by Tržiška Bistrica we drive for some time, more precisely to the first driving road to the right, which over a bridge crosses Tržiška Bistrica. After the bridge, we start ascending on a worse macadam road which is on some parts often in quite bad condition. At the crossroads, we continue straight, after the road flattens we quickly get to a marked parking lot on the periphery of the mountain pasture Vetrh, where we park. From the crossroad at factory Lepenka in Tržič to the starting point, there is approximately 12.5 km, of this 3.7 km very bad macadam road, and there is even more macadam.

Path description:
On the eastern side of the parking lot, we notice a cart track which through the forest ascends to the nearby forest road, which we follow to the left. On the road, we quickly get to the right hairpin turn, from which a nice view opens up towards Košuta, Plešivec and surrounding mountains. Further on, at first among the trees some views still open up, then the path passes into a quite dense forest, through which it ascends on the western slopes of Pečica (1421 m) and later Maljevec (1502 m). On the slopes of Maljevec we don't walk long, because the road brings us into the small valley of the stream Vetrnik. Over a bridge the road quickly passes on to the left bank of the stream, then we ascend for a few minutes directly next to the stream. When higher the road once again crosses the stream (this time without a bridge), a cart track branches off to the right, on which we can get to the cottage pr Zdravc, and we continue on the road. A little further ahead, the road once again splits, and we choose the slightly left road, by which there are signs for mountain pasture Javornik (right cottage pr Zdravc, Bela peč...). Further, the forest thins out, and the road a little further brings us to a marked junction, where from the right the marked path from Dom pod Storžičem also joins us.
Here we leave the road and continue in the direction of Stegovnik, on the path which crosses a meadow. On the other side of the meadow, the path goes into the forest and continues on a cart track which is mostly slightly descending. After a while the cart track changes into a footpath which partly ascends, partly descends. The path, from which only rare views open up (mainly on the ridge of Košuta), brings us after a while to a pleasant bench. Further the path continues through the forest, which is occasionally interrupted by a clearing overgrown with high grass. Somewhat further we arrive at a smaller junction, where from the right the path from Jezersko joins (and also the eastern path from Dom pod Storžičem). Just a little behind the junction the slope becomes quite steep, and the path brings us to the first steel cable, with the help 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 on a short ladder, from there we continue right through a smaller window, after which we step onto the other side of the ridge.
On the other side of the window with the help of a shorter steel cable we descend onto the slope, on which we then ascend relatively steeply. Further the steep path leads us under the cliffs (danger of falling rocks), then gradually we arrive at the main ridge of Stegovnik. Here the path turns to the left and ascends to the southwestern secondary peak amid ever better views, from which a short indistinct descent follows along the locally narrow ridge. We continue the path along the very panoramic and at some points precipitous ridge, along which with a few minutes of gentle ascent we arrive at the 1692 m high summit.

On the way: Okno v Stegovniku (1460m)