Gozd - Koča na Kriški gori (Ovčja pot)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj-west exit and continue along the road towards Golnik. Just a little after Golnik (more precisely after the settlement of Senično), a steep road branches off to the right uphill towards Zgornji Vetrni and Gozd. After the village of Zgornje Vetrno, the road mostly continues through the forest, and we follow it to the marked parking lot located in the immediate vicinity of the Shelter in Gozd.
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway, take the Podbrezje exit, then continue driving towards Ljubelj and Tržič. Before the Petrol petrol station in Bistrica pri Tržiču, turn right and then drive into Tržič. When the road descends into the valley, continue sharply right towards Pristava and Križ, then drive along the main road leading to Zgornje and Spodnje Duplje, leave the mentioned main road at the settlement of Retnje, where we continue left towards the settlements of Križe and Golnik. Continue towards Golnik, and shortly after the settlement of Križe, we arrive at a small intersection where a steep road branches off to the left towards Zgornji Vetrni and Gozd. After the village of Zgornje Vetrno, the road mostly continues through the forest, and we follow it to the marked parking lot located in the immediate vicinity of the Shelter in Gozd.

Route description:
From the Shelter in Gozd, we walk to the nearby church of St. Miklavž, then arrive at a marked junction where the path from Golnik joins from the right. We continue left uphill along the increasingly rough road, which takes us to a junction in a few minutes.
Here we take the left path towards the Hut on Kriška gora (right: Tolsti vrh, Mala and Velika Poljana, and Storžič), which passes the water catchment and continues along the cart track. Just a few meters further, the cart track takes us to the next junction.
We continue straight along the cart track towards Kriška gora (forest path), with the usual marked path to the right. At this junction, an information sign warns us that we will continue along a path exposed to snow avalanches in winter. The cart track ascending through the forest takes us to grassy slopes 20 minutes from the junction. A short ascent follows to the point where the path reaches the scenic side ridge of Kriška gora. Here we encounter an orienteering loop. We continue along the right path, which ascends along the indistinct side ridge on the southern slope of Kriška gora. Slightly higher up, the path takes us to a point where we cross grassy slopes with a slight ascent, after which it leads into a short stretch of forest. A little further on, we reach a clearing above which we notice the route of a cargo cableway. The path continues ascending under the cableway all the way to the Hut on Kriška gora.

Starting point - St. Miklavž 0:05, St. Miklavž - junction above Gozd 0:10, junction above Gozd - Ovčja path junction 0:10, Ovčja path junction - Hut on Kriška gora 1:05.

PS: In the event that any object falls from the cableway and injures us, the cableway owner is not responsible for our accident, as the information sign states that we proceed at our own risk!

Along the route: Sveti Miklavž (Gozd) (890m), Gozd (890m), Razpotje nad Gozdom (950m), Odcep Ovčje poti (1008m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrata ( 30 min), Tolsti vrh (1 h)

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