Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom - Hochstuhl/Stol (Zabreška way)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Lesce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Žirovnica and Jesenice. After a few km of driving, we will get to a crossroad, where the road to Žirovnica and Moste branches off to the right (from the direction of Jesenice left). Just a few meters ahead, at the next crossroad, we turn left to Moste (right Žirovnica). Further, we drive past a monument to fallen soldiers, where the road starts ascending a hill below the railway track. At the top of the slope, we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), and we continue driving towards Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and brings us to a crossroad, where the road to Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left. We take the mentioned road (straight Koča pri izviru Završnice), which starts first gently, then steeper and steeper, ascending an occasionally quite rough road (the steepest parts are asphalted). Higher up, the road brings us to a somewhat larger crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Potoška planina (right Doslovška planina). The road then flattens and a little further brings us to the next crossroad. This time we continue slightly right in the direction of Valvasorjev dom (slightly left Ajdna and Potoška planina) and drive on a steeper road all the way to the mentioned dom. We park on one of the parking lots by the road near the mountain hut; parking in front of the hut is permitted only for guests.
From Poljane (crossroad before Završniško jezero) to Valvasorjev dom is 5 km.

Path description:
From Valvasorjev dom we go right on the footpath in the direction of Stol. The path soon goes into the forest, where it slightly ascends and brings us to a smaller junction, where we continue right. The path then brings us out of the forest, where it crosses the slopes below Monštranca. This gentle and partly panoramic path, which a little further crosses a short belt of forest, we follow to the junction on Žirovniška planina.
We continue slightly right in the direction of "Stol - Zabreška pot" (left Stol Žirovniška pot) on an initially hard-to-follow path that soon enters the forest. This is followed by approximately half an hour of walking on a path that mostly crosses the southern slopes of Stol. Just a little further from the place where the path from Zabreška planina joins us from the right, the marked path leading to Stol starts to ascend more steeply. A little further, we come out of the forest onto Stara planina, on which stands the newer "Betonska bajta". Behind the mentioned bajta, the path turns slightly right and starts to ascend even more steeply, first through the forest, then over increasingly panoramic slopes that are partly overgrown with dwarf pines. The path then quickly brings us past the pleasant rest area "Pri Janezu" to Finžgarjeva skala (here we will notice auricula growth in the spring months). The path, which continues on an increasingly panoramic grassy slope, turns higher quite to the left and occasionally starts to fade. Further ahead, we already see Prešernova koča in front of us, to which we climb in under 30 minutes of further walking.
From the koča we continue slightly right, where past the sign in a few steps we climb to the summit of Mali Stol. A short descent follows and the path brings us to the saddle between both Stols, where there is also a marked junction. We continue in the direction of Stol (right Celovška koča and Zelenica) on the transverse path, which after 10 minutes of further walking brings us to the highest peak of the Karawanks.
Valvasorjev dom - Žirovniška planina 20 minutes, Žirovniška planina - Stara planina 1:00, Stara planina - Prešernova koča 1:45, Prešernova koča - Stol 15 minutes.

On the way: Žirovniška planina (1200m), Stara planina (1500m), Prešernova koča na Stolu mountain hut (2174m), Mali Stol (2198m)