Potoče - Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Kranj–east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When we arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left, then after some 10 m, opposite the Jelovica company, continue right towards 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). There follows some 100 m of gentle ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, 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 Jesenice–Ljubljana highway, take the Kranj–west exit and at the first crossroad continue left. Further on, drive through the underpass under the highway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement we continue right towards the settlement Srakovlje. There follows driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. At the end of Preddvor, just some 10 m before the road joins the main road Zgornje Jezersko–Kranj, continue left towards 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). There follows some 100 m of gentle ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, we drive along it past a few more houses, then before the Senior Citizens' Home turn left onto a larger macadam parking lot.

Route 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 towards Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske. The path starts by the already mentioned fence, then continues through the forest. Through the forest we ascend quite steeply for a few minutes, then the path levels out and brings us to Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske, where there is also a logbook box with a logbook.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Novi grad (Pusti grad) ( 18 min), Planinska koča pri Franciju (1 h 8 min), Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu, Potoška gora (1 h 53 min), Javorov vrh

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