The Storžič Lodge (; ) is a mountain hostel in the upper part of the Lomščica Valley, near the Jesenje Pasture in northwestern

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. The first lodge was built in 1938 and was called the Verbič Lodge (); it caught fire one year later. It burned in 1941 when German forces attacked the Storžič Battalion. The current brown shingled hut was built in 1951.

Access

* 3h: from the town of

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through the village of

Lom pod Storžičem Lom () is a village in the Municipality of Tržič in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the nort ...

* 3½h: from the Forest Shelter (; 891 m), via the Little Poljana Pasture (; 1325 m) * 3½-4h: from

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, via the Podstoržec Pasture

Nearby lodges

* 3h: to the

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(; 1471 m), via Fat Peak (; 1715 m), via the

Slovenian Mountain Hiking Trail The Slovenian Mountain Hiking Trail (), sometimes also called Transverzala (Long-Distance Trail), is a route from Maribor to Ankaran. It covers most of the Slovenian mountain areas including Pohorje, the Julian Alps, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, the K ...

* 2½h: to the Kališče Lodge (; 1534 m), via the Javornik Pass () and the Bašelj Pass ()

Nearby mountains

* 3h: Stegovnik (1692 m), via Mount Javornik * 3½h:

Storžič Storžič (; ) is the highest mountain in the western part of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps. The top is a nicely shaped cone (), from which the mountain got its name. Storžič has a good panoramic view. To the south are the Ljubljana Basin, Mount Kr ...

(2132 m), via the Psice Ridge * 3½h: Storžič (2132 m), via Škar Crag (), on the Slovenian Mountain Hiking Trail * 3h: Storžič (2132 m), via the Žrelo Gorge

References

* Slovenska planinska pot, Planinski vodnik, PZS, 2012, Milenko Arnejšek - Prle, Andraž Poljanec

External links

Routes, Description & Photos

Dom pod Storžičem (slo)
Kamnik–Savinja Alps Mountain huts in Slovenia {{Slovenia-geo-stub