Dražgoše (Na Pečeh) - Britmanca

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Železniki, and then continue driving towards Dražgoše. Through Dražgoše we follow the main road to the part of the village named Na Pečeh, where we notice signs for Bičkova skala. At the mentioned intersection, the described path begins. There are no designated parking spots nearby.
B) We drive to Kranj, and then follow the signs for Besnica (the turn-off from the old road Ljubljana - Kranj is before the bridge over the Sava River, or after the bridge if coming 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 begins 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 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 reach an intersection from which the road to Sv. Križ branches off to the left. Here we continue on the main road, then arrive in the center of Dražgoše, where in the area named Na Pečeh we notice signs for Bičkova skala (the signs are from the opposite direction of the road), where the described path begins. There are no designated parking spots nearby.
C) We drive to Kropa, and then continue driving towards Dražgoše and Železniki. When we arrive in Dražgoše, in the center of Dražgoše, in the area named Na Pečeh we notice signs for Bičkova skala (the signs are from the opposite direction of the road), where the described path begins. There are no designated parking spots nearby.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a side road in the direction of Bičkova skala and Dražgoška gora. Initially we walk on a steep asphalt road towards the hamlet Jelenšče, then continue left on the road in the direction of house numbers Dražgoše 43, 68 and 70. With nice views, we ascend along the still asphalt road to the edge of the forest, where from the road to the right a path branches off, which leads towards Dražgoška gora, mountain pasture Kališnik and Vodiška planina (the turn-off is not marked). After a short ascent, at the junction we continue right (the marker shows straight ahead), then we ascend across a panoramic hayfield. When a little further we reach a wider path, we continue left (right returns to the asphalt road, but higher than our starting point), then along it we ascend diagonally to the left for quite some time. A little further ahead, we reach a cart track, which we merely cross and continue in the direction of mountain pasture Kališnik and Vodic (left Dražgoška gora 5 minutes, right Jelenšče), on a path that ascends somewhat more steeply, and a little further reaches the edge of the Jelovica plateau, where it levels out and splits.
The marked path towards Vodiška planina continues straight; we go right onto a well-trodden but unmarked trail that continues along and beside the ridge. The path, which continues mostly in a gentle to moderate ascent, soon temporarily joins an older cart track, then turns back into a trail. We then follow the trail along the ridge or slightly left of the cliffs and with occasional views quickly arrive at the Britmanca viewpoint, where there is a bench from which a beautiful view opens up.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2018 and September 2024.