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 the 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 we park at an appropriate place by the signposts.
B) We drive to Kranj, and then we follow the signs for Besnica (turn off from the old road Ljubljana - Kranj is before the bridge over the river Sava, or after the bridge if we come from the direction of Kranj). Further, we drive through Spodnja and Zgornja Besnica and Njivica. A little further ahead, we arrive in Nemilje, after the mentioned settlement the road starts to ascend more steeply. When we arrive in Podblica, we follow the main road, above Podblica we reach the main road Kropa - Dražgoše, which we follow to the left (if the turn is too sharp, there is a turning point arranged a few tens of meters to the right). Further, we drive past the church of St. Jedert, and then we already arrive in Dražgoše, where first we arrive at a crossroad, where the road towards Sv. Križ branches off to the left. Here we continue on the main road, and then we arrive in 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 easily miss them). Above the hamlet Jelenšče we continue on the forest road, but only to the first crossroad, where we park at an appropriate place by the signposts.
C) We drive to Kropa, and then we continue driving towards Dražgoše and Železniki. When we arrive in 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 easily miss them). Above the hamlet Jelenšče we continue on the forest road, but only to the first crossroad, where we park at an appropriate place by the signposts.

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 ascends diagonally towards the left. The path mostly runs through the forest, and occasionally we get some views of Ratitovec, Blegoš and the valleys, where we can clearly see the ski slope Rudno. When the slope flattens a little, we arrive at a junction, where from the left another path marked with Knafelc blazes joins, which starts in Dražgoše in the 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 somewhat more steeply, a little further it reaches the edge of the plateau Jelovica, where it flattens and a little further joins a cart track (here we join the path that leads past the viewpoint Dražgoška gora), which we follow slightly to the right. The cart track soon brings us to a forest road, where there is a marked junction.
The left road continues in the direction of Partizanski vrh, slightly left downward leads the path to the abandoned mountain pasture Kališnik, and we continue right, on the road in the direction of the mountain pasture Vodiška planina. On the other side of the mountain pasture Kališnik we soon leave the road and continue slightly left on the path in the direction of Vodice. Further on we mostly walk on forest cart tracks, at junctions we follow the blazes. Somewhat further we temporarily return to the road, which we follow to the left, from it we soon go right again, in the direction of Vodice. Further at the junctions we still follow the blazes, and the path brings us to the Rženova bajta cottage.
We bypass the mentioned cottage on the right side, and the signs for Vodiška planina lead us into dense forest. Further on we still follow the signs for Vodice or Vodiška planina, then we arrive at a junction, where to the left branches off a marked path to Ratitovec.
We continue right in the direction already known to us, then from the right first the first path from Jamnik joins us, lower by the NOB monument also the second.
We continue the descent, this time on a path that descends quite steeply, it flattens when we reach the edge of Vodiška planina, from where only two minutes of walking separate us to the Partizanski dom.
Jelenšče - Kališnik 45 minutes, Kališnik - Vodiška planina 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (January).

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

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