Tinčkova koča - Hochstuhl/Stol (via Smokuška planina)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Žirovnica and Jesenice. After few km of driving, we will get to a crossroad, where the road in Žirovnica and Moste branches off to the right (from the direction of Jesenice left). Only few meters ahead in the next crossroad, we turn left in Moste (right Žirovnica). Further, we drive past a monument to fallen soldiers, where the road starts ascending on a hill below the railway track. On top of the slope, we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), and then drive towards the lake Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and it brings us to a crossroad, where the road towards the mountain hut Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left, and we continue straight on at first still asphalt road. The road soon becomes a macadam, and we follow it to a parking lot near the mountain hut Tinčkova koča. The road in the upper part is often in quite bad condition.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the mountain hut Tinčkova koča we continue on a wide rocky cart track in the direction of the mountain hut Koča pri izviru Završnice. Already after few steps of walking blazes point us slightly right, on a little steeper footpath which ascends on a panoramic grassy slope, and then it returns on the before mentioned cart track which we follow to the right. Cart track, which is relatively steeply ascending through the forest, after few minutes of additional walking brings us to a grazing fence, behind which we come at the marked crossing.
We continue straight (slightly right Roblekov dom) on still rocky cart track which higher out of the forest brings us on ample grassy slopes of Smokuška planina. Here the steepness decreases and the path with increasingly beautiful view in 15 minutes of additional walking brings us to the hut Koča pri izviru Završnice.
From the mountain hut, we continue left on a marked footpath in the direction of Stol. The path already after few minutes leaves the cart track and passes into a smaller valley between Srednji vrh on the left and Vrtača on the right. A moderately steep path which runs through a thin forest, higher for a short time steeply ascends and after few minutes of additional walking brings us on a saddle Šija, where there is a marked crossing.
We continue straight (left Srednji vrh, right Vrtača and Stol upper path) on the path which at first slightly descends, and then it starts gradually ascending. Here from the left almost unnoticeably joins an unmarked path over Zagon, and we continue straight on the path which is surrounded by dense bushes. A relatively gently sloping path soon brings us in high mountain cirque, where from the right side joins (upper) path from the mountain hut Dom na Zelenici.
We still continue towards the west, this time on the path which leads us on a nice high mountain valley, which is on the left side surrounded by less known Srednja peč (1920 meters), on the right side a view towards Austria is veiled by Svačiča and ridge of Belščica. Only a little further, the path to Svačica and towards the mountain hut Celovška koča branches off to the right, and we continue straight on more high mountain path, which in a gentle ascent brings us to a bigger scree below Celovška špica (2105 meters). The path then ascends over relatively steep scree and then it brings us on a small indistinct saddle between Mali and Veliki Stol. Here we continue right (left mountain hut Prešernova koča 5 minutes) in the direction of Stol which we reach after 10 minutes of additional walking.
The starting point - Koča pri izviru Završnice 1:00, Koča pri izviru Završnice - Stol 3:15.

On the way: Dom pri izviru Završnice (1425m), Šija (1693m)