Povlje - Velika Poljana (via mala Poljana)

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 on the bottom left path in the direction of Mala Poljana (right Velika Poljana).
The path ahead crosses slopes towards the left and then it brings us into a valley between Tolsti vrh on the left and the peak Grebenc on the right, where we step on a cart track. Cart track a little higher at NOB monument ends, and we continue on an increasingly steep footpath which continues through a steep valley or on a slope few meters above the valley. Higher the valley narrows quite a lot, so that mainly in spring time it is exposed to falling stones. When the small valley widens path turns right on a slope, where for some time it is still steeply ascending, after that, when forest starts to get thinner, the path flattens as well. A little further, we step on pastures of Mala Poljana, and on the path from which when we look back a view opens up a little towards Gorenjska, we walk to the near hunting cottage.
Behind the cottage, we step on a saddle, where there is a marked crossing. From the crossing, we continue right in the direction of Velika Poljana (sharply left Zavetišče v Gozdu, left Tolsti vrh, slightly left (few minutes on pathless terrain) hunting path on Tolsti vrh, straight downwards Dom pod Storžičem) and we continue on an ascending cart track. During the diagonal ascent for some time a view opens up a little towards Karawanks, and then the path for a short time returns into the forest and it brings us on the upper edge of Velika Poljana, where there is the next marked crossing.
We continue straight (left Storžič) and through panoramic pasture we descend to the cottage on Velika Poljana.

On the way: Mala Poljana (1325m)

Trip can be extended to: Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik ( 15 min) , Grebenc , Dom na Kališču , Storžič