Planina Jezerca - Planina Koren

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, take the Vodice exit, then continue driving to the first signalized intersection in Vodice, where you continue left in the direction of Cerklje na Gorenjskem and Brnik. When you arrive at the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and the Krvavec ski resort. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski resort. Further on, you arrive at the village of Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: bottom station of the circular cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness on the steep road eases a bit, you will reach an intersection, where you continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends a bit, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, you arrive at Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you bypass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onward, the road enters the forest and ascends through it all the way to Planina Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.
B) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana highway, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Brnik, Komenda and Mengeš. When you arrive at the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and the Krvavec ski resort. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski resort. Further on, you arrive at the village of Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: bottom station of the circular cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness on the steep road eases a bit, you will reach an intersection, where you continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends a bit, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, you arrive at Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you bypass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onward, the road enters the forest and ascends through it all the way to Planina Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, where the road turns left but a road branches off to the right towards the nearby Planina Jezerca, we will notice red mountain signposts that direct us straight onto a marked footpath in the direction of Kriška planina, Vrh Korena, Košutna, Kompotela and Mokrica, which ascends across the pastures of the aforementioned mountain pasture. After a short ascent we reach a cart track, which we follow to the left, crossing the slopes of Kržišče (1658 m). The cart track along which we are walking quickly splits into two parts, and we continue straight on the lower one. Temporarily, a nice view opens towards Kranj, Škofjeloško hribovje and Storžič, then the path begins to descend gently. A few more minutes of walking follow, then we arrive at the parking lot at the lower part of Kriška planina.
From the parking lot we continue in the direction of Planina Koren and proceed along a poorer macadam road that goes through an underpass under the ski run. After the underpass, the marked path turns slightly left from the road, continuing parallel to the road along a sort of spruce avenue. After a few minutes of gentle ascent, when we reach the eastern edge of Kriška planina, where there is a small watering place for animals, we continue slightly left across the pasture fence (right: Planina Osredek and Kamniški vrh), but continue the gentle ascent in approximately the same direction. The path then passes from the mountain pasture onto somewhat steeper slopes of Krvavec, across which we ascend transversely to a viewpoint from which a nice view opens towards Kržišče (Pokovše), the ridge of Kamniški vrh, the Korošica valley, Velika planina, and towards the nearby Košutna and Veliki Zvoh.
From the viewpoint, which is located a few steps to the right of the path, we begin to descend more steeply towards the hunting hut above the Korošica valley. When the descent ends and the path continues without major changes in elevation, we will arrive at a visible but poorly marked junction, where a path branches off to the right to the aforementioned hunting hut and further towards the Korošica valley and the Kamniška Bistrica valley. At the mentioned junction we continue slightly left and begin to ascend gently through the forest. The path quickly exits the forest into bushes and dwarf pines, then gradually leads us across a pasture fence to the next unmarked junction, which is located right in the middle of a sharp right-hand bend.
From this hairpin bend, an unmarked path continues straight towards the Razor saddle (saddle between Krvavec and Veliki Zvoh), while we continue right on the still marked path. A short transverse ascent follows, and the path brings us to the southern part of Planina Koren, from where a nice view opens over the central part of the mountain pasture and the surrounding peaks. From the southern part of the mountain pasture, a short descent follows to the nearby shepherd hut, which is located in the central part of Planina Koren.

On the way: Kriška planina (1480m)

Trip can be extended to: Planina Košutna ( 20 min) , Mokrica (1 h 30 min) , Košutna ( 50 min) , Kompotela (1 h) , Vrh Korena (1 h) , Kalška gora (3 h 5 min) , Kalški greben (2 h 30 min)