Zalog - Velika Poljana (direct way)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Kranj west and follow the road ahead in the direction of Golnik. Soon after the village Tenetiše, we will notice signs for the village Goriče, which direct us to the right onto a local road. A little further on, we come to the next crossroads, where we continue right in the direction of the villages Trstenik and Preddvor. We don't follow this road for long either, because already after a few meters we will notice the sign with the inscription Zalog, which directs us left onto an ascending road, which we then follow to the mentioned village. In the middle of the village, a little before the church, we will notice a road which branches off to the right from the main road. We turn onto this road, beside which we soon notice blazes. We follow this road further for approximately 1 km, then we park on one of the parking lots by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road beside which we parked, but it gets progressively worse and brings us higher to the NOB monument, where we leave it and continue the ascent to the right on an ascending cart track. At the spot where the cart track, along which we continue the ascent, turns left, we will notice a footpath on the right side which starts to ascend more steeply through the forest (the beginning is not marked).
The path along which we notice rare blazes then brings us past a small chapel to a poorly marked junction, beside which on a panoramic rise we notice a pleasant bench.
From the viewpoint we continue on the path which ascends slightly to the right (left Mala Poljana) and goes into the forest after just a few steps, where it starts to ascend steeply. The path soon passes onto a wide vegetated ridge, where it then continues for quite some time.
A relatively steep path, which higher up turns somewhat to the right, then brings us after some time to a wide cart track, where we join the path from Povelj.
We continue straight on the ascending cart track, which brings us past the »refreshment point« to the spot where a marked footpath branches off to the left from the cart track. We can continue the ascent on the mentioned footpath, which ascends over grassy slopes, or on the cart track, which ascends along the edge of the forest. Both paths join higher up and bring us without difficulty to the hut on Velika Poljana.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik ( 30 min), Grebenc ( 20 min), Dom na Kališču, Storžič

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