Medvodje - Stegovnik (via Stegovniški slap)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Podnart (Ljubelj), and then we continue driving on the road towards Ljubelj and Tržič. When "fast road" ends (blue sign), we will on the right side notice gas station, in front of which we turn right downwards towards Tržič. Further, we drive through Tržič, and we follow the narrower road towards the gorge Dovžanova soteska and then through the village Dolina and Jelendol to a hamlet Medvodje, where we park on a marked parking lot by the nearby crossroad.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the right road in the direction of Stegovnik and waterfall Stegovniški slap (left road leads towards the mountain pasture Dolga njiva), and it quickly brings us to the next crossroad. Here as well, we continue right (left road continues by the river Tržiška Bistrica) in the direction of waterfall Stegovniški slap. Further, the road leads us past the football field, after which the road gradually passes over the next to the stream Stegovnik. For some time we are ascending by the stream, on which we can observe small pools and cascades, and then on the left side we already notice waterfall, to which leads a shorter footpath, and from the road it branches off to the left.
From the waterfall, we return on the road, and then we ascend there to its end or spot where it changes into a cart track. Cart track quickly splits into two parts, and we choose right less distinct. Right cart track, on which we continue only few 10 strides ahead brings us to the next crossing. Right cart track continues towards the stream Stegovnik and higher by the riverbed ends, and we choose the left, which gradually passes into wider but poorly beaten footpath. Further, the path leads us through a lane of a forest, after which we get to an overgrown clearing. On overgrown footpath we continue through a clearing, and on the other side, we get to a stream Stegovnik. Here on the left side, only few meters away we notice a hunting cottage Mantova, which is situated at 1010 meters above the sea level.
Before the hunting cottage or when we are parallel with it we continue right over the nearby stream and then on the other side we look for a poorly beaten footpath which starts ascending through the forest. Very badly beaten and on some spots almost unnoticeable footpath, from the riverbed of the main stream of Stegovnik gradually goes a little away to the right, but it still goes approximately in the same direction. In the upper part of the ascent through the forest footpath entirely vanishes, and only a little higher we reach the forest road which we follow to the right to the nearby crossroad.
At the mentioned crossroad, we go left and we continue the ascent on a moderately steep road, from which for some time a nice view opens up on Stegovnik. Higher, we cross two more streams, and then we get to the next crossroad, where we continue on the right road. A little further, we get to the road expansion or some sort of turning point. Here we leave the road and we continue left on at first quite wide cart track which for some time continues through the forest. Further, the forest gets thinner or on some parts entirely disappears, and the cart track leads us past few smaller crossings. In all cases we continue on the "main" cart track, and there with occasional views we walk to its end. When the cart track ends, we continue right on easier pathless terrain. In less than 5 minutes of ascent on pathless terrain we reach a marked path mountain pasture Javornik - Stegovnik.
We follow the mentioned marked path to the left, and it quickly brings us to a crossing, where from the right side joins the path from Jezersko side (path from Dol and eastern path from Dom pod Storžičem). Only a little after the crossing the slope becomes quite steep, and the path brings us to first steel cable, with the help of which we enter into a window in Stegovnik. In the middle of the window to the left opens a passage towards the second window, to which we descend on a short ladder, and from there we continue right through a small window, after which we step on the other side of the ridge.
On the other side of the window with the help of shorter steel cables we descend on a slope, on which we are then relatively steeply ascending. Further steep path leads below the cliffs (danger of falling stones), and then we gradually get to the main ridge of Stegovnik. Here the path turns to the left and with increasingly beautiful views ascends on southwestern secondary peak, from which follows a short indistinct descent on in parts narrow ridge. We continue on a very panoramic and on some spots precipitous ridge, on which in few minutes of a light ascent, we get to 1692 meters high peak.

On the way: Stegovniški slap (872m)