MHE Zabukovec - Praprotnikova koča

Access to the starting point:
First, drive to Preddvor or Tupaliče (reachable from the Gorenjska highway or Kranj), then continue in the direction of Jezersko. When you arrive in Jezersko, you will soon see signs for the Kanonir Inn. After the guesthouse, turn left onto the road in the direction of Dol - Podstoržič and Kovk Farm. Continue along a slightly narrower road, which leads past houses, and then after a further 100 m of driving, you will reach a crossroads where a steep road branches off to the left, which is also the marked path to Kozji vrh. Continue straight on here, then at the next crossroads turn slightly left in the direction of Storžič and Kališča (slightly right Stegovnik). Just a little further on, the path takes you past the Zabukovec small hydroelectric power station, and then you quickly arrive at a place where there is a road sign stating that further driving is prohibited from 20. 7. to 20. 10. due to forestry work. Park in a small marked parking lot just before the road closure. For more information on the road's navigability, please call 04/25-45-300 (ZGS KE Jezersko - Kokra).

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the road that leads past the ramp and continues along the Reka stream, which flows through the Podstoržič valley. The stream has several waterfalls, rapids, pools and some side tributaries, where some of the larger waterfalls are visible from our route. Higher up, a marked trail branches off to the right to Javorniški preval, and we continue straight on in the direction of Storžič and follow the road to a right turn where it branches off in a straight line cart track in the direction of Bašeljski preval, Kališča and Storžič.
Continue briefly on the wider cart track (trains), then continue slightly left on the slightly narrower cart track, from which you soon turn right onto a marked footpath which crosses the above-mentioned cart track a few more times higher up. Further on, the path leads us over the left bank of a mighty torrential gully, where a pleasant bench with a lookout point overlooks the torrent, and if you look on the other side, you will also be able to see several waterfalls in one of the gorges, which dry up on dry days. From here, the path climbs quite steeply for a few minutes, then gradually descends and leads us a little higher to Praprotnikova koča, which is located at the edge of a small clearing.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2015 (November).

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Dom na Kališču, Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec, Storžič (1 h 50 min)

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