Begunje (Krpin) - Pleče (by road)

Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Radovljica or Lesce, and then we follow the signs for Begunje na Gorenjskem. When we get to Begunje na Gorenjskem, at first we still follow the signs for Tržič and Draga, and after the hospital we turn left in the direction of recreation center Krpin, to which we get to after approximately 100 meters of additional driving. We park on a large parking lot by the mentioned recreation center.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the asphalt road which is lightly ascending and past a religious symbol in a few minutes brings us to water plant Mravlinc, where it is also possible to park. Here on the asphalt road we cross the bridge and we ascend to the last house, where the road becomes a macadam and turns right. Only a little further, we get to a crossroad, where the path branches off to the left, which leads to the church of St. Peter, and we continue straight and past the water catchment we get to the next crossroad, where we go sharply left in the direction of St. Peter and Sankaška koča (straight road which leads towards the Blatnica gorge).
Next follows a steep ascent on the macadam road which higher makes a few hairpin turns, and when it eventually splits we continue slightly right (left road leads towards the church of St. Peter).
The road only a little further changes into a cart track, and at the crossings we follow it straight or we stick to slightly right turn-offs. All turn-offs higher reach a marked path, and we follow it to the right, and along it we ascend to the turn-off, where the path to Smokuški vrh branches off to the left (on the tree label S.V.).
At the mentioned crossing, we leave the marked path which continues straight towards the mountain pasture Poljška planina and we continue right on an unmarked cart track which in a few steps takes us to the turning point of the nearby forest road.
From the turning point, we continue right on a cart track which slightly descends, and then it starts lightly ascending. Here a view opens up a little on Karawanks, cart track which gradually passes on the slopes of Pleče, starts moderately ascending. When we are ascending diagonally, best still before the end of the cart track, we continue right, where there are several worse footpaths, and on one of them we ascend to an indistinct ridge and along it on a somewhat more visible footpath to the nearby peak.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (September).

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