Potoki - Stol (Julian Alps)

Access to starting point:
From Bovec or Tolmin we drive to Kobarid, where in the center we go towards the border crossing Robič. The road then brings us to the village Staro Selo, where at the crossroads we turn right in the direction of the villages Breginj and Potoki. We follow this road past the village Kreda, behind which we park on a parking lot on the left side of the road. The parking lot is located some 100 m before the village Potoki.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue towards the village Potoki, where signposts then direct us right onto a narrow road. We leave the road in a sharp left turn and head right onto a cart track that leads into the forest. While ascending the cart track we also come to some junctions, which are well marked. On the right side of the cart track we will soon notice a signpost that directs us left onto a footpath, along which we then ascend for quite some time. The path then leads us past a spring with drinking water and ascends somewhat more steeply.
The path slowly turns slightly to the left and brings us out of the forest for the first time onto somewhat overgrown grassy slopes. Here a nice view also opens up on Matajur and Stol. From the grassy slopes we enter the forest again, through which we ascend all the way to bivouac Hlek.
At the bivouac we join a mountain road, which we follow all the way to a crossroads, where the road branches off to the left towards Breginj, and to the right towards Učja and Žaga. We continue straight ahead following the signs »Stol 1 ura«. The road soon ends, but we continue right along the fence on a fairly steep grassy slope. When we reach the ridge we turn left and only a few shorter ascents remain to the summit of Kobariški Stol.

On the way: Bivak Hlek (1225m)