Poljana (Završnica) - Potoška planina (via Valvasorjev dom)

Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Žirovnica and Jesenice. After a few km of driving, you will come to a crossroads where the road to Žirovnica and Moste turns right (from Jesenice, left). Just a few metres further, at the next crossroads, turn left into Moste (right into Žirovnica). Continue past the memorial to the fallen fighters, where the road starts to climb uphill under the railway line. At the top of the hill, turn right (at the Vila Karin sign) and we continue towards Završniškem jezero and Valvasor's home. The road then bends and leads to a crossroads where the road to Valvasor's home branches off to the left. Here you continue straight on towards Završnice and then park after 100 m in a nicely laid out asphalt parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, return along the asphalt road to the crossroads, and from there continue in the direction of Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom and Potoška mountain pasture. From the crossroads, walk along the scenic dirt road for a while, and then the markings and signs for Valvasor's House direct you left onto a marked footpath that descends gently to the nearby Rečica stream. Cross the footbridge over the stream, then arrive at a larger meadow, over which you ascend gently to the left. On the other side of the meadow, the path enters the forest and turns into the relatively steep cart track, which ascends to an indistinct saddle between the peaks of Sivo Rib and Smolnik.
From here, continue along cart track for a short distance, and then the signs direct you to the right onto a footpath that climbs cross-cutting over a short, broken slope. The well-maintained path then turns left and continues to climb across the occasionally steeper slopes of Smolnik Peak. All the time quite a wide path, leads us higher to the forest road, which we just cross. On the other side of the road, continue to the right and continue the ascent along a less marked path, which also has some unmarked shortcuts higher up. Follow this path, which is slightly more difficult in the upper part due to the numerous paths, all the way to Valvasor's house under the Stool.
From Valvasor's home, continue along the worse dirt road in the direction of Belščice and Potoška mountain pasture. After an initial slightly steeper climb, the road gradually flattens out and turns left to cross the slopes below Potoski Stol. The road, which passes through woods most of the time, descends gently over time and leads to a crossroads in the immediate vicinity of Potoska mountain pasture. Here you cross a pasture fence and walk a few steps to a shepherd's hut on the above-mentioned mountain pasture.

On the way: Valvasorjev dom pod Stolom mountain hut (1181m)

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