Potoče - Novi grad (Pusti grad)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj - East, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When you arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving to the left, then after a few 10 m, opposite the Jelovica company, continue to the right in the direction of the villages of Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and Lake Črnava. The road continues through the village of Hrib, above which we reach a crossroads where we continue straight on (Hotel Bor and Lake Črnava on the left, the Senior Citizens' Home Preddvor on the right). There is a gentle climb of 100 m to a chapel, where the road turns right, and we follow it past a few more houses, then turn left in front of the Senior Citizens' Home into a large gravel parking area.
b) From the motorway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the exit Kranj - West and continue left at the first junction. Continue through the underpass under the motorway and then to the roundabout, from where you continue in the direction of Golnik. The road continues through the village of Mlaka at Kranj, and at the end of the village we turn right towards Srakovlje. We then drive through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we turn right towards Preddvor. At the end of Preddvor, just 10 m before the road joins the main road Zgornje Jezersko - Kranj, turn left towards the villages of Potoče, St. Jakob and Potoška gora and Lake Črnava. The road continues through the village of Hrib, above which you reach a crossroads where you continue straight on (Hotel Bor and Lake Črnava on the left, Preddvor Senior Citizens' Home on the right). There is a gentle climb of 100 m to the chapel, where the road turns right, and we follow it past a few more houses, then turn left in front of the Senior Citizens' Home onto a larger gravel parking area.

Path description:
A few steps before the start of the parking lot, by the fence of the Senior Citizens' Home Preddvor, we will see mountain direction signs, and we will take the path in the direction of Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske. The trail starts at the aforementioned fence and then continues through the forest. Through the forest we climb quite steeply for a few minutes, and then the path is laid and leads us to Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske, where there is also a registration box with a registration book.
From the top, there is a short descent along a forest path, and then you reach a forest road, which you follow to the left, and then descend gently for a short time. Soon you reach another wider road (the road leading from the parking lot near the Senior Citizens' Home Preddvor and bypassing Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske), which you cross slightly to the left, where you see red mountain direction signs as you enter the forest (you can also follow the aforementioned road to get here).
Continue in the direction of the ruins Novi grad) and the footpath towards St. James and Potoška gora. The path continues to climb moderately through the wooded valley, then splits into two parts.
Take the left path, called the Juhant path, which leads towards St James (slightly to the right is the usual marked path towards St James, Potoška gora, Javor's Peak, etc. ), which splits again after only a minute or two.
In the direction straight ahead, the marked, but further on unmarked path towards St. Jakob continues, and we continue to the left along the further marked path in the direction of the New Castle. There is a short climb and we reach a small saddle, where we continue left along a wider mountain path. The forest trail then climbs steeply and gradually turns to the right. A little further on, the path turns even more to the right and leads to the ruins of the New Castle.
From the top you can descend on a marked circular path, which returns to the above described path at a small saddle just below the top.

On the way: Senčnica Josipine Turnograjske (570m)

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