Zalog - Mala Poljana

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj west exit and continue along the road towards Golnik. Shortly after the village of Tenetiše, we will notice signs for the village of Goriče, which direct 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. However, we do not follow this road for long either, as after just a few metres we will see a sign for Zalog, which directs us left onto an ascending road, which we then follow to the mentioned village. In the middle of the village, just before the church, we will notice a road that branches off to the right from the main road. Turn onto this road, alongside which we soon notice the markings. Follow this road for another approximately 1 km, then park at one of the parking spots along the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue along the road where we parked, which becomes increasingly rougher and leads us higher to the NOB monument, where we leave it and continue the ascent to the right along an ascending track. At the point where the track, along which we continue the ascent, turns left, we will notice a path on the right side that begins to climb more steeply through the forest (the start is not marked).
The path, along which we notice occasional markings, then takes us past a small chapel to a poorly marked junction, near which on a scenic rise we notice a pleasant bench.
We continue slightly left towards Mala Poljana (the direction sign is a little further ahead from the junction) along a path that after a few more steps brings us into a forest-covered valley. The increasingly faintly visible path continues to ascend through this valley, which becomes narrower and gradually turns into a gully. We continue ascending along the barely visible path, which climbs between two steep slopes. The path, which is mainly covered with leaves and exposed to falling rocks in certain sections, then leads us higher to an initially quite eroded track, along which in a few minutes we emerge from the forest onto the lower part of Mala Poljana. The track along which we continue the ascent then brings us after a few more minutes of walking to the Lovska koča na Mali Poljani hut.

Starting point - Gmajna 0:45, Gmajna - Mala Poljana 1:20.

Along the route: Sevnica (634m), Gmajna (840m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Velika Poljana ( 15 min), Dom na Kališču, Tolsti vrh (1 h), Storžič

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