Gozd - Mala Poljana

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Kranj - west and follow the road ahead in the direction of Golnik. Only a little after Golnik (more precisely after the settlement Senično), a steep road branches off to the right uphill, which leads towards Zgornje Vetrno and Gozd. After the village Zgornje Vetrno, the road mostly continues through the forest, and we follow it to a marked parking lot, which is located right next to the shelter Zavetišče v Gozdu.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, we take the exit Podbrezje, and then we continue driving towards Ljubelj and Tržič. Before the Petrol gas station in Bistrica pri Tržiču, we turn right and then drive into Tržič. When the road descends into the valley, we continue sharply right in the direction of Pristava and Križe, and further we drive on the main road which leads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Duplje; we leave the aforementioned main road at the settlement Retnje, where we continue left in the direction of the settlements Križe and Golnik. Further, we drive towards Golnik, and after the settlement Križe we soon arrive at a smaller crossroad, where a steep road branches off to the left, which leads towards Zgornje Vetrno and Gozd. After the village Zgornje Vetrno, the road mostly continues through the forest, and we follow it to a marked parking lot, which is located right next to the shelter Zavetišče v Gozdu.

Path description:
From the shelter, we walk to the nearby church, then we arrive at the marked junction, where the path from Golnik joins us from the right. We continue left uphill along an increasingly poor road, which brings us to a junction in a few minutes.
We continue along the right cart track in the direction of Storžič, Tolsti vrh and Mala and Velika Poljana (left Koča na Kriški gori). The cart track, which ascends diagonally towards the east, has some junctions in the lower part, but they are well marked, so there are no major orientation problems. Higher up, the cart track turns into a gradually steeper footpath, which brings us out of the forest onto panoramic grassy slopes. After a while, the path levels out and takes us to a pleasant viewpoint with a bench, next to which we notice a memorial.
Further on, the path crosses a steep grassy slope (danger of slipping and in winter also of avalanches) and then enters dense forest, where we reach a marked junction. We continue straight in the direction of Velika Poljana (left Tolsti vrh), where we cross forested slopes for a short time, then the forest gradually thins out and transitions to the steeper slopes of Štajnarica, where it continues with some shorter ascents and descents; on the more difficult sections, a few steel cables assist us. In the last part of the crossing over Štajnarica, we cross another steep grassy slope, from which we get the first nearby view of Storžič. After the bench, the path enters the forest, then begins to descend diagonally towards Mala Poljana, which we reach after a few minutes. When we step out of the forest, we also step onto the cart track, along which we descend to the hunting hut on Mala Poljana.

Trip can be extended to: Velika Poljana ( 15 min) , Dom na Kališču , Tolsti vrh , Storžič