Zalog - Velika Poljana (via Mala Poljana)

Access to starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj west and continue along the road in the direction of Golnik. Soon after the village of Tenetiše, we will notice signs for the village Goriče, which direct us right onto a local road. A little further on, we reach the next junction, where we continue right in the direction of the villages Trstenik and Preddvor. We do not follow this road for long either, as after just a few metres we will notice a sign with the inscription Zalog, which directs us left onto an ascending road that we then follow to the aforementioned village. In the middle of the village, slightly before the church, we will notice a road that branches right from the main road. We turn onto this road, beside which we soon spot the blazes. We follow this road for another approximately 1 km, then park in one of the parking spaces alongside the road.

Route description:
From the starting point we continue along the road beside which we parked; it becomes progressively worse and leads us higher to the NOB monument, where we leave it and continue the ascent right along an ascending cart track. At the place where the cart track, along which we are ascending, turns left, we will notice a path on the right side that begins to ascend more steeply through the forest (the start is not marked).
The path along which we notice occasional blazes leads us past a small chapel to a poorly marked junction, beside which on a scenic rise we notice a pleasant bench.
We continue slightly left in the direction of Mala Poljana (the signpost is a little further ahead from the junction) along the path that after a few more steps brings us into a valley overgrown with forest. The increasingly faint path ascends further through this valley, which becomes narrower and gradually turns into a ravine. We continue ascending along a barely visible path between two steep slopes. The path, mainly covered with leaves and exposed to falling rocks in places, leads us higher to an initially quite eroded cart track, along which we emerge from the forest in a few minutes onto the lower part of Mala Poljana. The cart track along which we continue the ascent brings us, after a few more minutes of walking, to the hunting hut on Mala Poljana.
From Mala Poljana, where the path from Dom pod Storžičem joins us, we continue right in the direction of Velika Poljana. The path, which continues along the cart track, soon enters the forest, where it ascends diagonally. After a few minutes of walking we reach a scenic slope from which a fine view opens onto the surrounding mountains. A little further on, the cart track turns right and after a short ascent brings us to the upper edge of Velika Poljana, from where we descend to the hut in a few minutes.
Zalog - Mala Poljana 2:00, Mala Poljana - Velika Poljana 15 minutes.

Along the route: Mala Poljana (1325m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik ( 15 min), Grebenc ( 5 min), Dom na Kališču, Storžič

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