Razpotje Vragovec - Prešernova koča na Stolu (via Zabreška planina)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, take the Lesce exit, then from the roundabout continue towards Žirovnica and Vrba. Continue on the main road towards Jesenice, which first leads past Vrba, then also past Žirovnica. After the bridge over Završnica, at the first junction continue sharply right (the turn-off is unmarked) towards Moste. At the next junction about 50 m further, turn left towards Završnica. Drive through the Završnica valley to the marked junction located some 10 m before Završniško Lake, then turn left towards Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom. Continue on the ascending (mostly macadam) road for about 4 km to the marked junction, where you turn right towards Zabreška planina and Doslovška planina (straight to Valvasorjev dom, Potoška planina...). From the junction, continue on the road ascending transversely to the right; at the Y junction, take the left, steeper road, which you follow to a smaller junction where logs are usually stacked. Park near the junction so as not to obstruct any forestry work.
B) First drive to Bled, from where continue towards Lesce and the highway. From the roundabout near the highway, take the exit towards Vrba and Žirovnica. Continue on the main road towards Jesenice, which first leads past Vrba, then also past Žirovnica. After the bridge over Završnica, at the first junction continue sharply right (the turn-off is unmarked) towards Moste. At the next junction about 50 m further, turn left towards Završnica. Drive through the Završnica valley to the marked junction located some 10 m before Završniško Lake, then turn left towards Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom. Continue on the ascending (mostly macadam) road for about 4 km to the marked junction, where you turn right towards Zabreška planina and Doslovška planina (straight to Valvasorjev dom, Potoška planina...). From the junction, continue on the road ascending transversely to the right; at the Y junction, take the left, steeper road, which you follow to a smaller junction where logs are usually stacked. Park near the junction so as not to obstruct any forestry work.
C) From Jesenice, drive on the old road towards Lesce. At the 4 km road sign, notice the sign indicating the start of the Žirovnica municipality; at the first junction after it, continue slightly left towards Moste (the turn-off from the main road is unmarked). At the next junction about 50 m further, turn left towards Završnica. Drive through the Završnica valley to the marked junction located some 10 m before Završniško Lake, then turn left towards Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom. Continue on the ascending (mostly macadam) road for about 4 km to the marked junction, where you turn right towards Zabreška planina and Doslovška planina (straight to Valvasorjev dom, Potoška planina...). From the junction, continue on the road ascending transversely to the right; at the Y junction, take the left, steeper road, which you follow to a smaller junction where logs are usually stacked. Park near the junction so as not to obstruct any forestry work.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue on the left road (right to Doslovška planina), which leads through the forest for a few more minutes, then past a clearing with a wooden hut quickly brings us to the turning area by the road barrier (gate).
Behind the fence, we emerge from the forest and the path takes us to the extensive Zabreška planina, across which we quickly walk with fine views to the shepherd's hut on the said pasture.
From the shepherd's hut, continue right towards Stol on the path that ascends past a water trough. A few steps higher, the path passes a water intake, then ascends transversely to the right. After a few minutes, reaching Stara planina, the signs for Stol direct us left, where after a somewhat steeper ascent we quickly reach the marked Zabreška pot leading from Valvasorjev dom to Prešernova koča.
Follow this path to the right, ascending transversely to the right, first still above Stara planina, then through the forest. When the path in the forest temporarily turns slightly left, a noticeable but unmarked path joins from the right from the hunting hut above Doslovška planina. A few minutes higher, the path turns left, then quickly ascends to a larger clearing, at the edge of which is Betonska bajta (1606 m).
Beyond the bajta, signs for Stol direct us right into the forest, where we immediately notice a sign asking us to carry a log to Prešernova koča. We continue briefly through the forest, then past the pleasant bench "počitek pri Janezu" arrive at a left bend, where just a few steps before the bend a less trodden unmarked path joins from the right from Tinčkova koča. From the bend, ascend transversely through a belt of dwarf pines on an ever more scenic path, from which fine views open towards Gorenjska and the Julian Alps. Higher up, the path turns right again, then past Finžgarjeva skala brings us to a grassy plateau, where the marked path turns left and moves to the upper southeast slope of Mali Stol. Continue ascending on the path, from which truly fine views open to the east, and with views reaching even to the Julian Alps, in about 30 minutes of further ascent we reach Prešernova koča.
From the hut, we can in one minute of further walking also ascend to Mali Stol.
Starting point - Zabreška planina 20 minutes, Zabreška planina - Prešernova koča 2:25.
Description and photos refer to the situation in 2015 (September).

On the way: Zabreška planina (1225m), Stara planina (1305m), Betonska bajta (1606m), Finžgarjeva skala (1850m)

Trip can be extended to: Hochstuhl/Stol