Povlje - Grebenc

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Brnik, when we reach the road Mengeš - Kranj, we continue left towards Kranj. On the main road towards Kranj we drive to first roundabout, from where we continue on first exit right in the direction of Šenčur. Through Šenčur we continue on the main road, after we reach the road Kranj - Zgornje Jezersko, we continue right in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Preddvor we leave the main road and we continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement, from there we follow the signs for settlement Bašelj. A little after the settlement Bašelj the road descends to a stream Milka and over a bridge also crosses it. Here at first road in the village Babni Vrt branches off to the right, and good 100 meters ahead also in the village Povlje. We continue on an ascending road towards Povlje, and we park on a smaller parking lot above the village. At the starting point, there is a smaller crossroad, more mountain signposts and larger information board of learning path Trstenik "Pot pod Storžičem".
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj west, and then we continue driving towards Golnik. When we get to Tenetiše we leave the main road towards Golnik and we continue driving right in the direction of Trstenik. Approximately 1km after the settlement Trstenik we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of village Povlje. We continue on an ascending road towards Povlje, and we park on a smaller parking lot above the village. At the starting point, there is a smaller crossroad, more mountain signposts and larger information board of learning path Trstenik "Pot pod Storžičem".

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the left road in the direction of Velika and Mala Poljana (path between the both roads leads on the mountain pasture Javornik, also the path Dolenčeva pot on Velika Poljana). The road soon turns left, where leads us past the water storage and quarry. A little further, the road changes into a cart track, and for some time it steeply ascends. A little after the cart track flattens and turns right in the forest, from there a marked footpath branches off a little more to the right, on which we continue the ascent. We short time continue the ascent by a torrent, and then the path turns left and it ascends diagonally, in the last part over a little rough gully. On top of the gully, we step on a some kind of a ridge between two streams, where from the left joins the path from the village Goriče and Zalog. A short ascent follows on a panoramic ridge and then we get to a marked crossing, from where we continue right in the direction of Velika Poljana (slightly left Mala Poljana and Tolsti vrh).
The path ahead leads us past a viewpoint, on which used to stand smaller a bench, and today there is only a stand. When we've enjoyed the view on Gorenjska, we return on the path, and it passes into the forest, through which is occasionally relatively steeply ascending. The path ahead is few minutes ascending on a slope, and then returns on a forested ridge, where there stands a bench Andrejeva klopca. Here the path for some time flattens, and then again becomes steeper. A little further, the path turns right and on a moderately steep ridge ascends to the spot, where we join the path Dolenčeva pot and the path on a cart track.
We continue on at first a gentle cart track which leads us past "second snack bar". After the snack bar in the direction of straight continues the cart track, and from the cart track we continue slightly right on a parallel footpath which is ascending a little above the cart track. Higher, we cross the cart track and some sort of grazing fence, and then gradually we also pass out of the forest on grassy slopes. A little further, we again step on a cart track, and in front of us, we already see cottage on Velika Poljana, to which we have only a short, more and more panoramic ascent.
From the shepherd hut, we continue diagonally towards the left (straight mountain hut Dom pod Storžičem, Mala Poljana and Storžič, sharply right mountain pasture Javornik), where in less than 5 minutes we get to the cottage Koča na Grebencu, from where a nice view opens up also towards the west to southwest.
Behind the cottage a little to the right worse footpath branches off, which crosses the fence and leads further towards the summit of Grebenc. The path ahead isn't very well-beaten, but we can follow it relatively easy, because most of the time it runs on or by the panoramic ridge. Higher, the path crosses some lanes of forest, and all the time sticks to the main ridge and harder spots it avoids mostly on the right side. During the ascent, the path few times quite steeply ascends, and occasionally crosses also for slipping exposed slopes, but the path in dry does not pose a greater risk, because we can harder parts always avoid right in the forest and then we return on the ridge. After approximately 15 minutes of ascent from Koča na Grebencu we reach quite panoramic peak.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (January).

On the way: Velika Poljana (1410m), Koča na Grebencu (1401m)