Dom Trilobit - Hochstuhl/Stol (via Rida (Medji dol))

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, take the Lipce exit, then turn right towards Jesenice. In the settlement Javornik, at the first traffic-light intersection, turn right (direction Lj.) towards Koroška Bela. At the next intersection with traffic lights, turn left, and soon again left towards Javorniški Rovt. After a few kilometers of uphill driving (when we have already arrived in the mentioned village), in a sharp left turn, the macadam road branches off straight ahead towards the Dom Trilobit mountain hut (sign). After a few hundred meters, we arrive at the lake, along which the road runs; on the left, we notice Dom Trilobit. When we drive past this structure, the road ends in the forest; here is our starting point.

Route description:
On the left side from the starting point, a somewhat damaged cart track leads uphill, which we follow and at the same time encounter the first blaze. After a few minutes, we notice a branch-off of the cart track to the right towards the mountain pasture Stamare, but we continue straight to the spot where the path approaches the stream bed. Here the cart track turns left and ends at the upper spring of the Javornik stream or flows into a forest path. This begins to climb more steeply, first straight, then zigzagging through the forest. On the left, we can notice a monument with a fence, and after only 45 minutes of walking, we arrive at the second monument (to the hunter) by the path, where on the right there is a completely destroyed bench. The steepness eases a bit, and the path heads left towards the north, running for a while through a mixed woodland. Here, on the right, we can first observe the screes of Srednica, and later a view gradually opens eastward towards the Rida amphitheater. We can observe this fully once the forest transitions into a belt of dwarf pines. A few more zigzags and we are near the Seče mountain pasture, where we encounter directional signs on a tree. Head right towards Vajnež and Stol. The path first ascends moderately, then soon descends quite steeply towards the screes of the amphitheater, where it proceeds almost flat for a while in a right-circular direction. Before it brings us out of Rida, it ascends briefly again; at the top, it turns left towards SE. With moderate ascending amid dwarf pines, the path now brings us to the grassy slope of Belščica, where it first ascends slightly, then almost levels out. This is followed by about half an hour of walking with a fine view towards the Ljubljana Basin, up to the branch-off for Vajnež, which ascends last on the left.
At the sign reading Vajnež, continue straight and follow the blazes and marked directions on the rocks. These lead us slightly right, past Vajneževo sedlo on the left, towards Potoški Stol, which we reach after a few minutes of walking. Near the highest point of Potoški Stol, the path heads right (straight ahead goes to the marker - cross), towards the southern edge, where it turns left towards the somewhat exposed ridge separating Potoški and Veliki Stol. Once on the ridge, we can observe the landscapes on the Austrian and Slovenian sides simultaneously, but we step carefully. After some time, we move to the slope of Veliki Stol, where the path ascends moderately. When we encounter the steep left branch-off, continue straight or right over the rough scree, where in the little valley between Mali and Veliki Stol we soon join the left branch of the path coming from the Valvazor direction. Here turn left towards the saddle between both Stols, then once again left, and after 10 more minutes of walking reach the summit.

Along the route: Planina Seča (1698m), Amfiteater Rida (1750m), Kamnitnik (1858m), Bivak na Belščici (1750m), Mali vrh (2017m), Weinasch/Vajnež (2104m), Potoški Stol (2014m), Prešernova koča na Stolu mountain hut (2174m)

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