Dražgoše (Na Pečeh) - Britmanca

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 notice signs for Bičkova skala. At the mentioned crossroad there is the beginning of the described path. Nearby there aren't any parking spots.
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 on an area named Na Pečeh we notice signs for Bičkova skala (signs are from the opposite direction of the road), where the described path begins. Nearby there aren't any parking spots.
C) We drive into Kropa, and then we continue driving towards Dražgoše and Železniki. When we get to Dražgoše, in the center of Dražgoše, on an area named Na Pečeh we notice signs for Bičkova skala (signs are from the opposite direction of the road), where the described path begins. Nearby there aren't any parking spots.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a side road in the direction of Bičkova skala and Dražgoška gora. We at first walk on a steep asphalt road towards the hamlet Jelenšče, and then we continue left on the road in the direction of house numbers Dražgoše 43, 68 and 70. With nice views on still asphalt road we ascend to the edge of the forest, where from the road to the right the path branches off, which leads towards Dražgoška gora, mountain pasture Kališnik and mountain pasture Vodiška planina (turn-off isn't marked). After a short ascent, at the crossing we continue right (trail blaze shows direction straight), and then we ascend through a panoramic meadow. When a little ahead we reach a wider path, we continue left (right we return to an asphalt road, but we reach it higher than our starting point), and then we are for quite some time ascending there diagonally towards the left. Even a little further, we reach the cart track, which we only cross and continue in the direction of the mountain pasture Kališnik and Vodic (left Dražgoška gora 5 minutes, right Jelenšče), on the path that ascends somewhat more steeply, and a little further reaches the edge of the Jelovica plateau, where it flattens and splits.
The marked path towards the mountain pasture Vodiška planina continues straight, but we turn right onto a well-trodden, unmarked footpath that continues along and beside the ridge. The path, which continues mostly in a gentle to moderate ascent, soon joins an older cart track for a while before turning back into a footpath. We then follow the footpath along the ridge or slightly to the left of the cliffs, and with occasional views, we quickly reach the Britmanca viewpoint, where a bench offers a beautiful view.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2018 and September 2024.