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

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice 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). Only 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), we continue 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 gently at first, then steeper and steeper on an occasionally quite rough road (the steepest parts are asphalted). Higher, 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 we drive on a steeper road all the way to the mentioned hut. We park on one of the parking lots by the road near the mountain hut, parking in front of the hut is allowed only for guests.
From Poljane (crossroad before Završniško jezero) to Valvasorjev dom is 5 km.

Path description:
From Valvasorjev dom we go right on a 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 slopes below Monštranca. This gentle and partly scenic path, which a little further crosses a short strip of forest, we follow to a junction on Žirovniška planina.
We continue left in the direction of »Stol - Žirovniška pot« (slightly right Stol Zabreška pot) on the path which only a little higher passes into a dense forest, where it continues for the next 10 minutes. The forest then thins out, the path passes among bushes through which it then ascends all the way to the next strip of forest. When we again step into the forest, we will get to a pile of stacked logs and above them a sign which "urges" us, that if we can, to carry one with us to Prešernova koča. A little further, we step out of the forest, along the edge of which we then ascend steeper. Higher, the path turns a little to the left and crosses a short slightly exposed grassy slope. The path then slightly flattens for a short time and brings us to a pleasant resting place, from which a nice view opens up on Gorenjska.
The path ahead ascends steeply again, this time on a slope which is mostly covered with dwarf pines. Higher, the path turns slightly to the right and brings us from the dwarf pines onto grassy slopes, where we also come to a less noticeable junction. We continue slightly right (left Potoški Stol and Vajnež) on a still relatively steep path, which soon passes onto the ridge of Mali Stol. This increasingly scenic path, which higher leads past a memorial, we follow all the way to Prešernova koča na Stolu.
From the hut we continue slightly right, past the sign in a few steps we ascend to the summit of Mali Stol. A short descent follows and the path brings us to a saddle between both Stols, where there is also a marked junction. We continue in the direction of Stol (right Celovška koča and Zelenica) on a 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 - Prešernova koča 2:25, Prešernova koča - Stol 15 minutes.

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