Zalog - Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik

Access to starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the Kranj west exit and continue along the road towards Golnik. Soon after the village of Tenetiše, we will notice signs for the village Goriče, directing us right onto a local road. A little further on, we reach the next junction, where we continue right towards the villages of Trstenik and Preddvor. We do not follow this road for long either, as after just a few metres we will see a signboard inscribed Zalog, directing us left onto an ascending road, which we follow to the village. In the middle of the village, shortly before the church, we will notice a road branching right from the main road. We take this road, along which we soon spot trail markers. We follow this road for another approximately 1 km, then park in one of the parking spaces alongside it.

Path description:
From the starting point we continue along the road beside which we parked; it gradually deteriorates and leads us higher to the NOB monument, where we leave the road and continue the ascent rightward along an ascending cart track. At the point where this cart track turns left, we will notice a narrow path on the right that begins to ascend more steeply through the forest (the start is unmarked).
Along this path, with its occasional blazes, we pass a small chapel to the junction with the path from the village Povlje; a few steps further, it splits into two. We continue right towards Velika Poljana (straight ahead to Mala Poljana), and after a few steps reach a viewpoint with a pleasant bench.
From the viewpoint we continue along the path, which first ascends gently rightward, then leftward, entering the forest after just a few steps, where the steep ascent begins. The path soon reaches a broad vegetated ridge, along which it continues for some time.
The relatively steep path, turning somewhat right higher up, eventually brings us to a wide cart track, where we join the Dolenčeva pot from Povelj.
We continue straight along the ascending cart track, passing the »refreshment point« to the spot where a marked footpath branches left from the cart track. We can continue the ascent along this footpath over grassy slopes or along the cart track ascending at the forest edge. Both paths merge higher up and lead us effortlessly to the Koča na Veliki Poljani.
From the hut we continue right (left to Koča Grebenc, straight to Mala Poljana and Storžič - path over Psica and also the path below Psica continuing along the southwest gully), crossing the pastures of Velika Poljana without major changes in elevation. We soon leave the pastures and enter the forest, through which the path traverses occasionally quite steep slopes that are especially slippery when wet. After approximately 30 minutes of walking from Velika Poljana along a path featuring some shorter ascents and descents, we arrive at the Krničarjeva koča on Planina Javornik, from where a fine view opens onto the slopes of nearby Storžič.
Zalog - Velika Poljana 2:00, Velika Poljana - Planina Javornik 30 minutes.

On the way: Velika Poljana (1410m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Kališču , Storžič (2 h)