Povlje - Velika Poljana (Dolenčeva pot)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway take the Brnik exit, and when reaching the Mengeš - Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. Drive along the main road towards Kranj to the first roundabout, from where continue on the first right exit towards Šenčur. Through Šenčur continue on the main road, then, upon reaching the Kranj - Zgornje Jezersko road, continue right towards Jezersko. When arriving in Preddvor leave the main road and continue driving left towards the centre of the mentioned place, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. Somewhat after the Bašelj settlement the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it over a bridge. Here to the right first branches the road to the villages Babni, Vrt, some 100 m further also to the village Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, park on the small parking lot above the village. At the starting point there is a small intersection, several mountaineering direction signs and a larger information board of the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič".
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway take the Kranj west exit, then continue driving towards Golnik. When arriving in Tenetiše leave the main road towards Golnik and continue driving right towards Trstenik. Approximately 1 km after the Trstenik settlement arrive at a small intersection, where continue left towards the village Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, park on the small parking lot above the village. At the starting point there is a small intersection, several mountaineering direction signs and a larger information board of the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič".

Route description:
From the parking lot continue on the left road, from it go immediately slightly right onto the footpath towards Storžič, Kališče, Planina Javornik and Dolenčeva pot to Velika Poljana. The path ahead first gently, then moderately ascends through the forest, soon bringing us to a track. Continue the ascent on the occasionally steeper track, where due to numerous junctions carefully follow the blazes, leave the track several times as the blazes occasionally lead us also on a trail. For some time we still walk on the trail and alternately on the track, on the slope severely damaged by weather disasters, so there are several larger clearings along the path.
Higher, at the marked junction, at the first refreshment point continue left towards Dolenčeva pot (right Planina Javornik, Storžič and Kališče).
Follows a traverse ascent to the left, in a few minutes arrive at a pleasant arranged spring, behind it the path gradually more steeply ascends and higher joins the track, which we follow to the left, along it quickly arrive at the Petelinc ridge and junction, where we also join another path from the starting point in Povlje and a path from the starting point in Zalog.
Continue right upwards on the initially gentle track, which leads us past the "second refreshment point". After the refreshment point the track continues straight ahead, we from the track continue slightly right onto a parallel trail that ascends somewhat above the track. Higher cross the track and some kind of pasture fence, then gradually also pass from the forest to grassy slopes. A little further step again onto the track, and ahead we already see the Koča na Veliki Poljani, to which only a short, increasingly panoramic ascent separates us.

Starting point - first refreshment point 0:45, first refreshment point - second refreshment point 0:30, second refreshment point - Koča na Veliki Poljani 0:30.

Along the route: Prva okrepčevalnica (998m), Druga okrepčevalnica (1198m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik ( 30 min), Grebenc, Dom na Kališču, Storžič

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