Završnica (Pri žagi) - Smokuški vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, we take the Lesce exit, then follow the signs for Žirovnica. We then drive along the old road towards Jesenice to Žirovnica, where we turn right, and further follow the signs for Završnica and Valvasorjev dom. When the road to Valvasorjev dom turns left, we continue straight ahead and proceed driving up the Završnica valley. We follow the mentioned road to the marked junction at an altitude of 890 meters, where we park at a suitable spot near the junction.
B) We drive to Jesenice, then continue on the old road towards Lesce. At the end of the Polje settlement, we turn left and then follow the signs for Završnica and Valvasorjev dom. When the road to Valvasorjev dom turns left, we continue straight ahead and proceed driving up the Završnica valley. We follow the mentioned road to the marked junction at an altitude of 890 meters, where we park at a suitable spot near the junction.

Route description:
From the junction, we continue along the right road towards Sankaška koča (slightly left: Tinčkova koča, Dom pri izviru Završnice and Dom na Zelenici), where a little further ahead we cross the Završnica stream over a bridge. We then ascend diagonally, crossing a few streams in between. Higher up, the path temporarily descends slightly, then moderately ascends to the Kališča saddle, where we reach the marked path Begunje - Poljška planina.
At the mentioned saddle, we leave the road and continue slightly right towards sv. Peter (left: Poljška planina and Roblekov dom, straight down: unmarked path to Begunje through the Blatnica gorge), and begin ascending parallel to the macadam road, which we also cross higher up, just before its end. Some 10 steps further, we leave the marked path leading towards sv. Peter and beginning to descend, and continue slightly right onto an unmarked cart track that continues diagonally to the right. At the nearby junction, we choose the lower cart track, after which there are a few more short traverses. When the traverse ends, the cart track turns into a forest path, along which we ascend to the panoramic summit in a few minutes.
The description refers to the conditions in November 2019, and the photos are from October and November of the same year.

Along the route: Kališča (980m)

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips, summit register