Tržiški graben - Veliki Javornik (Ženiklovec)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj - east exit and continue following the road towards Jezersko. Before reaching Zgornje Jezersko, or more precisely right after the Kanonir inn, leave the main road and continue driving left onto the local road, which begins to ascend moderately along the Reka stream. Soon we arrive at a small junction, where a road branches steeply left uphill towards Kozji vrh, but we continue on the wider road, following it to the next junction. Here continue left towards Storžič (right Stegovnik) and continue ascending along the stream. Higher up, in the middle of a sharp right bend, a footpath branches straight ahead towards Storžič and Kališče, but we follow the road a little longer, or more precisely to the spot where we notice the mountaineering signpost reading Javorniški preval 2h 10 min. Park here at a suitable spot by the road.
The road is CLOSED from 20.7. to 20.10. When the road is closed, park lower down, which extends the ascent by almost an hour.

Route description:
From the starting point, head to the steep footpath towards Javorniški preval. After a few minutes of ascent, the path flattens and gradually brings us to a tractor track, along which we cross the slopes to the right. Just after the track crosses a wide torrent gully, we leave it and continue the ascent slightly left onto an initially parallel mountaineering path. The path ahead ascends steeply for some time, then turns right, crossing a somewhat steeper gully. On the other side of the gully, the path flattens and crosses the slopes to the right in a moderate ascent. During the crossing, the path from Bašeljski preval joins from the left, and we follow the transverse path to the junction at Javorniški preval, where there is also the logbook box of the Viharnik mountaineering association.
Here we continue right (sharply left Storžič, left Dom pod Storžičem) where after about 10 steps we reach the next junction. The right path leads towards Močnikovo sedlo, we continue on the left path towards planina Javornik. The path continues along a wide and gentle cart track, which crosses the slopes towards the northwest for a while. After a few minutes, the forest thins, and the increasingly panoramic path leads us to planina Javornik, from which a beautiful view opens up.
From the planina, continue right (left downhill Koča pr Zdravc, straight Stegovnik) along a moderately steep grassy slope, where we can still follow the path at first, but from the planina onwards it is no longer marked, and higher up it turns into easy pathless terrain. When the trail ends, continue across the grassy slope, which somewhat resembles a ski slope. We follow this "path," from which ever better views open up, all the way to the logbook box on Veliki Javornik or Ženiklovec, reaching it after less than 30 minutes of ascent from planina Javornik.

Starting point - Javorniški preval 1:40, Javorniški preval - Planina Javornik 0:20, Planina Javornik - Ženiklovec 0:30.

Along the route: Razpotje pod Javorniškim prevalom (1393m), Planina Javornik (1467m), Izvir pod Ženiklovcem (1472m), Planina Javornik (1550m)

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