Gozd - Tolsti vrh (via Ježa)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj West exit and continue along the road towards Golnik. Just a little after the village of Golnik (more precisely, after the village of Senično), a steep road branches off to the right uphill, leading towards Zgornje Veterno and Gozd. Soon after the village of Zgornje Veterno, we reach a marked parking lot on the left side of the road (starting point for the steep path), but we continue driving up the ascending road, which soon brings us to the hut Zavetišče v Gozdu. We can park at one of the two large parking areas next to the said hut, or drive a further 100 m or so to the parking lot by the church.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the nearby church, then arrive at a marked junction where the path from Golnik joins us from the right. We continue slightly to the left and proceed with the ascent along the road, which takes us past two successive NOB monuments above the village, where the road turns into a wide but steep cart track. After a short ascent, the cart track splits into two parts; we continue on the right towards Storžič, Tolsti vrh, and Mala and Velika Poljana (to the left: Koča na Kriški gori). The cart track, which ascends transversely towards the east, has some junctions in the lower section, but these are well marked, so there are no major orientation problems. Higher up, the cart track turns into a gradually steeper footpath, which leads us out of the forest onto panoramic grassy slopes. After a while, the path levels out and brings 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 avalanche danger) and then enters a dense forest, where we reach a marked junction. We continue left (straight to Velika and Mala Poljana via Štajnarica) towards Tolsti vrh and proceed steeply uphill. The steep path, which is especially prone to slipping when wet and ascends transversely to the right, higher up leads us out of the forest onto a panoramic grassy slope, where it turns slightly to the left. A few minutes of steep ascent follow, then the path from Dom pod Storžičem and Mala Poljana joins from the right).
We continue towards Tolsti vrh along the still quite steep path, which through a sparse belt of forest brings us to the summit slopes of the mountain. Here the path levels out slightly and in a few minutes of further walking brings us to the top.