Valvasorjev dom - Prešernova koča na Stolu (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 come to an intersection, 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 intersection, we turn left towards Moste (right Žirovnica). Further on, we drive past the monument to the fallen fighters, where the road starts to climb the hill under the railway track. At the top of the hill we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), while we continue towards Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and brings us to an intersection, where the road towards Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left. We take the mentioned road (straight ahead Koča pri izviru Završnice), which first ascends gently, then more and more steeply along an occasionally quite rutted road (the steepest parts are asphalted). Higher up the road brings us to a somewhat larger intersection, 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 intersection. This time we continue slightly right in the direction of Valvasorjev dom (slightly left Ajdna and Potoška planina) and drive along the again 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 (intersection before Završniško jezero) to Valvasorjev dom is 5 km.

Route 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 strip 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 trail which soon enters the forest. Next follows approximately half an hour of walking on the path which mostly crosses the southern slopes of Stol. Only a little further from the spot 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 to the right and starts to ascend even more steeply, first through the forest then across increasingly panoramic slopes which are partly overgrown with dwarf pines. The path ahead then past the pleasant resting place "Pri Janezu" quickly brings us to Finžgarjeva skala (here in the spring months we will notice the growth of auriculas). The path, which further runs along the increasingly panoramic grassy slope, higher turns quite to the left and occasionally starts to fade. Further ahead we already see Prešernova koča in front of us, to which we ascend in less than 30 minutes of further walking.
Valvasorjev dom - Žirovniška planina 20 minutes, Žirovniška planina - Stara planina 1:00, Stara planina - Prešernova koča 1:45

Along the route: Žirovniška planina (1200m), Stara planina (1450m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Hochstuhl/Stol

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