Planina Vetrh - Veliki Javornik (Ženiklovec)

Access to starting point:
a) First, drive to Tržič, then continue 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 towards 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, then continue left towards planina Konjščica. Follow the gravel road, from which a road soon branches off to the left to kmetija Pinč. Here, take the right fork on 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 crosses the Vetrnik stream. At the next intersection, go left, then park after 50 metres 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 about 11 km, of which 6 km gravel.
b) First, drive to Tržič, then continue towards Dovžan Gorge. Continue through Dovžanovo soteska, Dolina to Jelendol, where at the triangular intersection continue along the right road towards Medvodju. A few kilometres further, a road branches left towards planina Zali potok, but continue along Tržiška Bistrica for a while, specifically to the first access road on the right which crosses Tržiško Bistrico over a bridge. After the bridge, begin the ascent along a rougher gravel road, which is often in quite poor condition in places. At intersections continue straight ahead, then, as the road levels out, quickly reach the marked parking area on the edge of planina Vetrh, where you park. From the intersection at the Lepenka factory in Tržič to the starting point is about 12.5 km, of which 3.7 km very poor gravel road, with even more gravel.

Route description:
On the eastern side of the parking lot, notice a cart track that ascends through the forest to the nearby forest road, which we follow left. Along the road we quickly reach a right hairpin turn, from which a nice view opens towards Košuta, Plešivec and surrounding mountains. Continuing, we still get some views between the trees at first, then the path enters a fairly dense forest through which it ascends the western slopes of Pečica (1421 m) and later Maljevec (1502 m). We do not walk the slopes of Maljevec for long, 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 the road crosses the stream again (this time without a bridge), we leave it and before crossing the stream continue right onto a wider cart track that begins ascending through the forest. At the cart track junction continue slightly left, then a few minutes higher return to the gravel road, which we follow right.
While walking along the road we quickly reach a marked junction, from which we continue straight towards planina Javornik (right Bela peč, planina Konjščica and koča pri Zdravc). From the junction continue along the cart track, then ascend through a belt of forest to planina Javornik, reaching it after a few minutes of further walking.
From the planina continue straight (left Stegovnik, right Storžič, Kanonir and Dom pod Storžičem) along a moderately steep grassy slope, where we can still follow the path initially, but from the planina it is no longer marked, turning higher into easy pathless terrain. When the trail ends, continue along the grassy slope, which resembles a ski slope. Follow this "path" from which increasingly beautiful views open, all the way to the logbook box on Veliki Javornik, i.e., Ženiklovec, reaching it in under 30 minutes ascent from planina Javornik.

Starting point - Sedlo Dol 0:45, Sedlo Dol - Planina Javornik 0:15, Planina Javornik - Ženiklovec 30 minutes.

Along the route: Planina Javornik (1450m), Planina Javornik (1550m)

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