Poljana (Završnica) - Potoški Stol (Žirovniška pot)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Žirovnica and Jesenice. After a few km of driving, we will get to a crossroad, where the road to Žirovnica and Moste branches off to the right (from the direction of Jesenice left). Only a few meters ahead in the next crossroad, we turn left to Moste (right Žirovnica). Further, we drive past a monument to fallen soldiers, where the road starts ascending on a hill below the railway track. On top of the slope, we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), but we continue straight towards Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and brings us to a crossroad, where the road to Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left. Here we continue straight towards Završnica and then after 100 meters we park on a well-kept asphalt parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return on an asphalt road to the crossroad, and from there we continue in the direction of the mountain hut Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom and mountain pasture Potoška planina. From the crossroad, for some time we walk on a scenic macadam road, and then blazes and signs for Valvasorjev dom point us to the left on a marked footpath which gently descends to the nearby stream Rečica. Over a footbridge we cross the mentioned stream and then we get to a larger meadow, through which we gently ascend slightly towards the left. On the other side of the meadow, the path goes into the forest and turns into a relatively steep cart track, on which we ascend to an indistinct saddle between the peaks Sivo rebro and Smolnik.
From here only for a short time we continue on a cart track, and then signs point us to the right on a footpath which ascends diagonally over a short steep slope. Well-maintained path then turns to the left and further ascends diagonally over occasionally steeper slopes of the peak Smolnik. The quite wide path all the time higher brings us to a forest road, which we only cross. On the other side of the road, we continue right and continue the ascent on a poorly marked path, which higher also has some unmarked shortcuts. This path, which in the upper part because of numerous footpaths is also orientationally a little harder, we follow all the way to the mountain hut Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom.
From Valvasorjev dom we go right on a footpath in the direction of Stol. The path soon goes into the forest, where it slightly ascends and brings us to a smaller crossing, where we continue right. The path then brings us out of the forest, where it crosses slopes below Monštranca. This gentle and partly scenic path, which a little further crosses a short strip of forest, we follow to a crossing on Žirovniška planina.
We continue left in the direction of »Stol - Žirovniška pot« (slightly right Stol Zabreška pot) on the path which only a little higher passes into a dense forest, where it continues for the next 10 minutes. The forest then thins out, the path passes among bushes, through which it then ascends all the way to the next strip of forest. When we again step into the forest, we will get to a pile of stacked logs and above them signs, which "ask" us that if we can, we carry one with us to the mountain hut Prešernova koča. A little further, we step out of the forest, along the edge of which we then ascend more steeply. Higher the path turns a little to the left and crosses a short slightly exposed grassy slope. The path then slightly flattens for a short time and brings us to a pleasant resting place, from which a nice view of Gorenjska opens up.
The path ahead again steeply ascends, this time on a slope which is mostly covered with dwarf pines. Higher, the path turns slightly to the right and brings us from the dwarf pines onto grassy slopes, where we also arrive at a less noticeable crossing.
At the mentioned crossing, we leave the path which leads towards Prešernova koča and continue the ascent slightly left into the valley between both peaks of Stol. After a short ascent we reach the mentioned valley, and the path brings us to a marked crossing at the intermittent spring. Here we continue left in the direction of Golica (straight Stol) and we gradually start to descend on the other side of the already mentioned valley. A little lower we reach the ridge, which connects Stol with Potoški Stol. We continue the path on and along the scenic ridge, initially still a little downwards. A short ascent follows and the path brings us to a wooden cross and a few tens of meters further to the summit of Potoški Stol.
Poljana - Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom 1:20, Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom - Potoški Stol 3:05.

On the way: Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom (2181m)

Trip can be extended to: Weinasch/Vajnež , Hochstuhl/Stol