Dražgoše (Jelenšče) - Planina Kališnik

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 on, 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 an arranged turning area a few tens of meters to the right). Further on, we drive past the church of St. Jedert, and then we already arrive in Dražgoše, where we first 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, Vodiška planina and Dražgoška gora (right Bičkova skala), where the path leads us on a cart track which ascends transversely towards the left. The path mostly runs through the forest, but occasionally some views open up to Ratitovec, Blegoš and the valleys, where we can clearly see the Rudno ski slope. When the slope flattens somewhat, we arrive at a junction, where a path marked with Knafelc blazes joins us from the left and which starts in Dražgoše in the area Na Pečeh.
Here we continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Kališnik and Vodic (straight Dražgoška gora 5 minutes), on the path which ascends somewhat more steeply; a little further it reaches the edge of the Jelovica plateau, where it flattens and a little further joins the cart track (here we join the path which leads past the Dražgoška gora viewpoint), 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, right continues the marked path towards Vodiška planina, and via the road we can also return to Dražgoše; we however continue slightly left, on the footpath in the direction of the mountain pasture Kališnik. From the place where we leave the road we begin to descend lightly through the forest, lower down the path flattens, and then it quickly brings us to the abandoned mountain pasture.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (January).

Trip can be extended to: Partisan cottage on Vodiška planina (1 h 30 min)