Potoče - Planinska koča pri Franciju (Juhantova pot)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east, and then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Preddvor we leave the main road and we continue driving left, and after few 10 meters, opposite the company Jelovica we continue right in the direction of village Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and lake Črnava. Further, the road leads through the settlement Hrib, above which we get to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Hotel Bor and lake Črnava, right Senior citizens home Preddvor. Next follows a good 100 meters of a light ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, and we are driving there past few more houses, and then before Senior citizens home we turn left on a larger macadam parking lot.
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj - zahod and at the first crossroad, we continue left. Further, we drive through the underpass below the highway, and then we get to a roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The path ahead leads us through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement, we continue right in the direction of the settlement Srakovlje. Next follows driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. At the end of the Preddvor, only few 10 meters before the road joins main road Zgornje Jezersko - Kranj, we continue left in the direction of village Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and lake Črnava. Further, the road leads through the settlement Hrib, above which we get to a crossroad, where we continue straight (left Hotel Bor and lake Črnava, right Senior citizens home Preddvor. Next follows a good 100 meters of a light ascent to the chapel, where the road turns right, and we are driving there past few more houses, and then before Senior citizens home we turn left on a larger macadam parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the road which continues ahead from the parking lot. The road is slightly ascending through the forest and after 15 minutes of walking, it brings us to "Podaka". Here we continue straight on a marked path to a crossing, which leads towards the castle Pusti grad, which signs we follow only few 100 meters. There marked path turns left, and we continue on an unmarked path straight. The path leads us past a space for loading logs, where only for few 10 meters we step on an old cart track, and then the path "Juhantova pot" branches off to the left on Sveti Jakob. The path ahead leads through the forest and is gradually ascending. When we for the second time cross the new road, the path steeply ascends in zig-zags on a slope and just before the mountain hut it joins the marked path. To the hut Koča pri Franciju is only few more meters. From the yard in front of the hut are nice views on Škofjeloško hribovje, Julian Alps, and into the valley on Preddvor and in the distance on Kranj and Škofja Loka.
We can continue to the mountain hut Planinska koča Iskra on Sveti Jakob (5 minutes).

Trip can be extended to: Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu ( 15 min)