Povlje - Storžič (through southwest groove)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, take the Brnik exit; when we reach the Mengeš - Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. On the main road towards Kranj, drive to the first roundabout, from where continue on the first exit right in the direction of Šenčur. Through Šenčur continue on the main road, then when we reach the Kranj - Zgornje Jezersko road, continue right in the direction of Jezersko. When we arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left towards the centre of the mentioned settlement; from there follow the signs for the Bašelj settlement. A little after the Bašelj settlement, the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it over a bridge. Here to the right first branches off the road to the village Babni Vrt, good 100 m ahead also to the village Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, and park on a smaller parking lot above the village. At the starting point there is a smaller crossroad, several mountain signposts and a larger information board of the Trstenik walking-educational path "pot pod Storžičem".
B) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana highway, take the Kranj west exit, then continue driving towards Golnik. When we arrive in Tenetiše, leave the main road towards Golnik and continue driving right in the direction of Trstenik. Approximately 1 km after the Trstenik settlement we arrive at a smaller crossroad, where continue left in the direction of the Povlje village. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, and park on a smaller parking lot above the village. At the starting point there is a smaller crossroad, several mountain signposts and a larger information board of the Trstenik walking-educational path "pot pod Storžičem".

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue on the left road, from it immediately slightly right onto the footpath in the direction of Storžič, Kališče, mountain pasture Javornik and Dolenčeva pot to Velika Poljana. The path ahead first gently, then moderately ascends through the forest, soon bringing us to a cart track. Continue the ascent on the occasionally steeper cart track, where due to numerous junctions carefully follow the blazes; we also leave the cart track a few times, as the blazes occasionally lead along the path too. For some time we still walk alternately on the path and cart track, on a slope heavily damaged by storm damage, so there are several larger clearings along the path.
Higher, at the marked junction continue in the direction of Storžič, Kališče and mountain pasture Javornik (the cart track continues to Velika Poljana). From the junction the path becomes quite steep, as the already steep old path became impassable due to numerous fallen trees, then the path turns right and temporarily levels out. A few minutes' traverse towards the right follows, then we step out of the forest and arrive at the south-western gully of Storžič, along which we ascend to the nearby marked junction.
From the junction continue left (straight the path to Storžič, which bypasses Krničarjeva koča and is about a minute shorter) and traverse up the panoramic slope to Krničarjeva koča on mountain pasture Javornik.
Continue along the right side of the hut and proceed in the direction of Storžič. For a short time traverse the slopes to the right, then return to the south-western gully, where we rejoin the path we left just below the hut; the path from Bašelj or Laškega also joins us.
Again continue in the direction of Storžič and begin ascending the mentioned gully. Higher up the path leading below the slopes of Psica joins us from the left.
From the mentioned junction continue right (left Velika Poljana, Dom pod Storžičem...) and continue ascending the fairly steep south-western gully of Storžič. Along the mentioned gully, from which increasingly beautiful views open towards Gorenjska, we ascend for another good hour, then the path turns slightly right and brings us to the south-western ridge of Storžič, where an unmarked path leading along the mentioned ridge joins from the right.
Continue along the ridge; the marked path then turns slightly right and soon other paths from Dom pod Storžičem and Kališče join us. From here to the summit, which we already see ahead, only a short ascent with wonderful views follows.
Povlje - Javornik 2:00, Javornik - Storžič 2:00.

On the way: Karničarjeva koča na planini Javornik (1390m)