Potoče - Planinska koča pri Franciju (footpath)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj - east, then continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left, then after a few 10 meters, opposite the company Jelovica, continue right in the direction of the village Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and lake Črnava. Further on, the road leads us through the settlement Hrib, above which we arrive at a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Hotel Bor and lake Črnava, right Senior Citizens' Home Preddvor). Next follows a good 100 m of light ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, and we drive along it past a few more houses, then before the Senior Citizens' Home turn left onto a larger macadam parking lot.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the exit Kranj - west and at the first crossroad continue left. Further on, we drive through the underpass under the highway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which we continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The route 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 Preddvor, just a few 10 meters before the road joins the main road Zgornje Jezersko - Kranj, continue left in the direction of the village Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and lake Črnava. Further on, the road leads us through the settlement Hrib, above which we arrive at a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Hotel Bor and lake Črnava, right Senior Citizens' Home Preddvor). Next follows a good 100 m of light ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, and we drive along it past a few more houses, then before the Senior Citizens' Home turn left onto a larger macadam parking lot.

Path description:
A few steps before the start of the parking lot, by the fence of the Senior Citizens' Home Preddvor, we will notice hiking signposts, and we head onto the path in the direction of Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske. The path starts by the already mentioned fence, then continues through the forest. Through the forest we ascend relatively steeply for a few minutes, then the path flattens and brings us to Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske, where there is also a registration box with a logbook.
From the top follows a short descent along a forest path, then we reach a forest road, which we follow to the left, along which we lightly descend for a short time. Soon we reach another wider road (the road that leads from the parking lot near the Senior Citizens' Home Preddvor and which bypasses Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske), which we cross slightly to the left, where at the entrance to the forest we notice red hiking signposts (up to here also possible via the aforementioned road).
We continue in the direction of the ruins of Novi grad (Pusti grad) and the footpath towards sv. Jakob and Potoška gora. The path ahead moderately ascends through a forested valley, then splits into two parts.
We continue slightly right in the direction of sv. Jakob, Potoška gora and Javorov vrh (left Novi grad (Pusti grad) and Juhantova pot) along the path that gradually veers further right from the valley. The marked path, which occasionally ascends more steeply, further crosses a forest road leading towards sv. Jakob, Planinska koča pri Franciju and Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu a few times. When higher, at the red sign we step back onto the road and continue left along it. After a few 10 meters, a path branches off slightly to the right towards Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu, and we continue straight along the poorer road, to which Juhantova pot joins a bit further on. We continue along the road, which quickly brings us to Planinska koča pri Franciju.

On the way: Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske (570m)

Trip can be extended to: Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu ( 5 min)