Dražgoše (Jelenšče) - Partisan cottage on Vodiška planina

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Železniki, and then we continue driving towards Dražgoše. Through Dražgoše we follow the main road to part of the village named Na Pečeh, where we continue slightly left on a side road in the direction of Bičkova skala, Dražgoška gora and hamlet Jelenšče. Above the hamlet Jelenšče we continue on the forest road, but only to the first crossroad, where by signsposts on an appropriate place we park.
B) We drive to Kranj, and then we follow the signs for Besnica (turn off from old road Ljubljana - Kranj is before the bridge over the river Sava, or after the bridge if we come from the direction Kranj). Further, we drive through Spodnja and Zgornja Besnica and Njivica. Even a little further, we get to Nemilje, after the mentioned settlement the road starts ascending steeper. When we get to Podblica, we follow the main road, above Podblica we reach the main road Kropa - Dražgoše, which we follow to the left (if turn is too sharp is few 10 meters to the right settled a turning point). Further, we drive past the church of St. Jedert, and then we already get to Dražgoše, where at first we get to a crossroad, where the road towards Sveti Križ branches off to the left. Here we continue on the main road, and then we get to the center of Dražgoše, where in the area named Na Pečeh, we continue sharply right on a side road in the direction of Bičkova skala, Dražgoška gora and hamlet Jelenšče (signs are from the opposite direction, so we can quickly overlook them). Above the hamlet Jelenšče we continue on the forest road, but only to the first crossroad, where by signsposts on an appropriate place we park.
C) We drive into Kropa, and then we continue driving towards Dražgoše and Železniki. When we get to Dražgoše, in the center of Dražgoše, in the area named Na Pečeh, we continue sharply right on a side road in the direction of Bičkova skala, Dražgoška gora and hamlet Jelenšče (signs are from the opposite direction, so we can quickly overlook them). Above the hamlet Jelenšče we continue on the forest road, but only to the first crossroad, where by signsposts on an appropriate place we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue left in the direction of the mountain pasture Kališnik, mountain pasture Vodiška planina and Dražgoška gora (right Bičkova skala), where the path leads us on a cart track which is ascending diagonally towards the left. The path mostly runs through the forest, and occasionally a view opens up a little on Ratitovec, Blegoš and towards the valley, where we clearly see ski slope Rudno. When the slope flattens a little, we get to a crossing, where from the left joins the path marked with Knafelc blazes and which starts in Dražgoše on an area Na Pečeh.
Here we continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Kališnik and Vodice (straight Dražgoška gora 5 minutes), on the path which ascends a little steeper, and a little ahead it reaches the edge of plateau Jelovica, where it flattens and a little ahead joins the cart track (here we join the path which leads past the viewpoint Dražgoška gora), which we follow slightly to the right. Cart track soon brings us to a forest road, where there is a marked crossing.
The left road continues in the direction of Partizanski vrh, slightly left downwards the path leads to an abandoned mountain pasture Kališe, and we continue right, on the road in the direction of the mountain pasture Vodiška planina. On the other side of the mountain pasture Kališe, we soon leave the road and we continue slightly left on the path in the direction of Vodice. Further, we mostly walk on forest cart tracks, and at the crossings we follow the blazes. A little further, we for some time return on the road which we follow to the left, and from there we soon go right, again in the direction of Vodice. Further at the crossings we still follow the blazes, and the path brings us to the cottage Rženova bajta.
We bypass the mentioned cottage on the right side, and signs for mountain pasture Vodiška planina lead into a dense forest. Further, we still follow the signs for Vodice or mountain pasture Vodiška planina, and then we get to a crossing, where the marked path branches off to the left on Ratitovec.
We continue right in an already known direction, and then from the right side the first path from Jamnik joins, and lower by NOB monument also the second.
We continue the descent, this time on the path which is relatively steeply descending, and it flattens when we reach the edge of the mountain pasture Vodiška planina, from where to Partisan cottage we have only two more minutes of walking.
Jelenšče - Kališe 45 minutes, Kališe - Vodiška planina 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (January).

On the way: Planina Kališnik (1180m), Rženova bajta (1230m)

Trip can be extended to: Planinski dom Goška ravan , Ažmanov rovt , Razpok