Povlje - Velika Poljana (by cart track)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway take the Brnik exit, and when reaching the Mengeš-Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. Along the main road towards Kranj drive to the first roundabout, from where continue on the first right exit towards Šenčur. Through Šenčur continue along the main road, then, upon reaching the Kranj-Zgornje Jezersko road, continue right towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor leave the main road and continue driving left towards the centre of the said place, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. Somewhat beyond 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, some 100 m further also to the village Povlje. Continue along the ascending road towards Povlje, parking at a small parking area above the village. At the starting point there is a small junction, several mountaineering direction signs and a large information board of the Trstenik walking-educational path "path under Storžič".
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway take the Kranj west exit, then continue driving towards Golnik. Upon arriving in Tenetiše leave the main road towards Golnik and continue driving right towards Trstenik. Approximately 1 km beyond the Trstenik settlement arrive at a small junction, where continue left towards the village Povlje. Continue along the ascending road towards Povlje, parking at a small parking area above the village. At the starting point there is a small junction, several mountaineering direction signs and a large information board of the Trstenik walking-educational path "path under Storžič".

Route description:
From the starting point continue along the asphalt road, which at the marked junction turns right. After a few metres, when the spruce forest ends on the left, we will notice just a few steps further the beginning of the cart track, which starts ascending the initially gentle slope. The cart track leading us along the slope affected by severe ice storm in 2014 has a few minor junctions higher up, but we continue straight or slightly right at all of them. Higher up we reach the marked path Povlje - Planina Javornik, but we follow it only briefly, as at the first cart track junction we continue right (even if continuing straight, we return to the cart track higher up along the marked path). The cart track then turns left and ascends more steeply across the initially scenic slope, from which a nice view opens to Tolsti vrh. A bit further, at the place where the view towards Storžič opens, the cart track turns even more left and then ascends transversely. During the traverse we cross the marked path Povlje - planina Javornik, but we continue straight towards Velika Poljana.
Continuing, we ascend transversely for a while longer, then first the Dolenčeva path from the village Povlje joins from the left, one or two minutes further, at the right bend, also the path from Gorič, Zaloga and yet another path from Povlje.
Continue along the cart track, which briefly runs along an indistinct ridge, leading us past the "second refreshment point". A little further a marked path branches off from the cart track, but we continue along the well-visible cart track through the forest for a few more minutes, then, after crossing a pasture fence, a few more minutes along the somewhat more scenic grassy slope of Velika Poljana. When we step out of the forest, we already see the Koča na Veliki Poljani ahead of us, which is just a few minutes' ascent away.

Starting point - first refreshment point 0:45, first refreshment point - second refreshment point 0:30, second refreshment point - Koča na Veliki Poljani 0:30.

Description and photos refer to the conditions in 2015 (January).

Along the route: Prva okrepčevalnica (998m), Druga okrepčevalnica (1198m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik ( 30 min), Grebenc, Dom na Kališču, Storžič

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