Potoče - Mihčeva kopišča (via sv. Jakob and source below Potoška gora)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east, and then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Preddvor we leave the main road and we continue driving left, and after few 10 meters, opposite the company Jelovica we continue right in the direction of village Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and lake Črnava. Further, the road leads through the settlement Hrib, above which we get to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Hotel Bor and lake Črnava, right Senior citizens home Preddvor. Next follows a good 100 meters of a light ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, and we are driving there past few more houses, and then before Senior citizens home we turn left on a larger macadam parking lot.
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj - zahod and at the first crossroad, we continue left. Further, we drive through the underpass below the highway, and then we get to a roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The path ahead leads us through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement, we continue right in the direction of the settlement Srakovlje. Next follows driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. At the end of the Preddvor, only few 10 meters before the road joins main road Zgornje Jezersko - Kranj, we continue left in the direction of village Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and lake Črnava. Further, the road leads through the settlement Hrib, above which we get to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Hotel Bor and lake Črnava, right Senior citizens home Preddvor. Next follows a good 100 meters of a light ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, and we are driving there past few more houses, and then before Senior citizens home we turn left on a larger macadam parking lot.

Path description:
Few strides before the beginning of the parking lot, by the fence of Senior citizens home Preddvor, we will notice hiking signposts, and we go on the path in the direction of Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske. The path starts by the already mentioned fence, and then continues through the forest. Through the forest, we are few minutes relatively steeply ascending, and then the path flattens and it brings us to Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske, where there is also an inscription box with an inscription book.
From the top follows a short descent on a forest path, and then we reach the forest road which we follow to the left, and there we are for a short time lightly descending. We soon reach the other wider road (road which leads from the parking lot near the Senior citizens home Preddvor and which bypasses Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske), which we cross slightly towards the left, where by the entrance into the forest, we notice red hiking signposts (to here possible also on the before mentioned road).
We continue in the direction of ruins of the castle Novi grad (Pusti grad) and footpath towards St. Jakob and Potoška gora. The path ahead is moderately ascending through a forested valley, and then splits into two parts.
We continue slightly right in the direction of St. Jakob, Potoška gora and Javorov vrh (left Novi grad (Pusti grad) and the path Juhantova pot) on the path which from a small valley gradually avoids more and more to the right. The marked path, which occasionally steeply ascends further few times crosses a forest road which leads towards St. Jakob, mountain hut Planinska koča pri Franciju and mountain hut Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu. When higher, at the red color sign we again step on the road, there we continue left. Some 10 meters we walk on the road, and then we continue slightly right in the direction of the mountain hut Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu (straight Planinska koča pri Franciju). Next follows few minutes of ascent and from the right joins the path "on the road". We continue left and the path out of the forest brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue on the left bottom path in the direction of St. Jakob (right Potoška gora, Javorov vrh...). Next follows only few minutes of a light ascent and the path at first brings us to the church of St. Jakob, and few steps ahead also to the mountain hut Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu.
From the mountain hut and church we return to the last crossing, and from there we continue to the near road, on which we start descending, and after few steps, we get to the spot, where signs for source below Potoška gora (also Mežnarjeva voda) point us on a footpath which continues parallel with the road. The path at first leads us on a slightly exposed carved ledge, and then it passes into the forest, through which is lightly descending. The path soon stops descending, and then in a gentle ascent brings us to the source below Potoška gora.
Behind the source there is a marked crossing, where right downwards continues one of the marked paths, which lead towards Potoče, and we continue slightly left on an unmarked footpath which starts ascending diagonally. We soon get to the first cottage on Mihčeva kopišča, which we bypass on the right side. Only few minutes ahead we get to the second and the third cottage, at the latter (cottage Koča pri Pleškoti) is also appropriate space to rest.
Potoče - Sveti Jakob 1:15, Sveti Jakob - Mihčeva kopišča 30 minutes.

On the way: Izvir pod Potoško goro (960m), Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu mountain hut (961m)

Trip can be extended to: Baba ( 25 min) , Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1 h 55 min) , Javorov vrh (1 h 10 min) , Dom na Kališču (3 h 15 min) , Cjanovca (2 h 45 min) , Srednji vrh (3 h)