Planina Vetrh - Veliki Javornik (Ženiklovec)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Tržič, and then we continue driving towards Dovžanova soteska. Towards the end of Tržič we leave the road towards Dovžanova soteska and we continue driving right in the direction of Lom pod Storžičem. Above Lom pod Storžičem, at the right hairpin turn we leave the main road which leads higher towards Grahovšam and Dom pod Storžičem and we continue driving left in the direction of the settlement Potarje. On the asphalt road, we drive to a crossroad below the tourist farm pr Tič, where we continue left towards the mountain pasture Konjščica. Next follows driving on a macadam road, from which soon a road towards the farm Pinč branches off to the left. Here we go right on the upper road which becomes considerably worse, and we drive on it for quite some time to the next crossroad. From the crossroad, we continue straight on the lower road (right upward mountain pasture Konjščica), which a little ahead crosses the stream Vetrnik. At the next crossroad, we go left, and after 50 meters we park on a marked parking lot by the edge of the mountain pasture Planina Vetrh. From the crossroad at factory Lepenka in Tržič to the starting point, there is approximately 11 km, of this 6 km macadam.
B) First, we drive to Tržič, and then we continue driving towards Dovžanova soteska. Further, we drive through Dovžanova soteska, Dolina, to Jelendol, where in the triangular crossroad we continue on the right road towards Medvodju. A few kilometers ahead a road towards the mountain pasture Zali potok branches off to the left, and by Tržiška Bistrica we drive for some time, more precisely to the first driving road to the right, which over a bridge crosses Tržiška Bistrica. After the bridge, we start ascending on a worse macadam road which is on some parts often in quite bad condition. At the crossroads, we continue straight, and after the road flattens we quickly get to a marked parking lot on the periphery of the mountain pasture Planina Vetrh, where we park. From the crossroad at factory Lepenka in Tržič to the starting point, there is approximately 12.5 km, of this 3.7 km very bad macadam road, and there is some more macadam.

Route description:
On the eastern side of the parking lot, we notice a cart track which through the forest ascends to the nearby forest road, which we follow to the left. On the road, we quickly get to the right hairpin turn, from which a nice view opens up towards Košuta, Plešivcu and surrounding mountains. Further, at first among trees still some views open up, and then the path passes into a quite dense forest, through which it ascends on the western slopes of Pečica (1421 m) and later Maljevca (1502 m). On the slopes of Maljevca we don't walk long, because the road brings us into the small valley of the stream Vetrnik. Over a bridge the road quickly passes to the left bank of the stream, and then we ascend for a few minutes directly along the stream. When higher the road once again crosses the stream (this time without a bridge), we leave it and before crossing the stream we continue right on a wider cart track, which starts ascending through the forest. At the fork of cart tracks we continue slightly left, then a few minutes higher we return to the macadam road, which we follow to the right.
While walking on the road, we quickly get to a marked junction, from which we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Javornik (right Bela peč, mountain pasture Konjščica and cottage pr Zdravc). From the junction we continue on the cart track, then through a belt of forest we ascend to the mountain pasture Javornik, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
From the mountain pasture we continue straight (left Stegovnik, right Storžič, Kanonir and Dom pod Storžičem) on a moderately steep grassy slope, where at first we can still follow the path, which from the mountain pasture onwards is no longer marked, and higher it changes into easier pathless terrain. When the footpath ends, we continue on the grassy slope, which quite resembles a ski slope. This "path", from which increasingly beautiful views open up, we follow all the way to the summit logbook on Veliki Javornik or. Ženiklovec, to which we arrive after less than 30 minutes of ascent from the mountain pasture Javornik.
Planina Vetrh - Planina Javornik 1:00, Planina Javornik - Ženiklovec 30 minutes.

Along the route: Planina Javornik (1550m)

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