Jesenice (Ukova) - Španov vrh (Čez sedem grabnov)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lipce, where we drive right towards Jesenice. In the settlement Slovenski Javornik at the crossroad with traffic lights we turn left towards the center of the town. At the second traffic light crossroad (at secondary school) we drive right back towards the road Tomšičeva cesta past the primary school on the left. Behind the school we drive past pedestrian crossing and we immediately turn in first (narrower) street on the left. When we ascend there for few 10 meters, on the right we see marked parking lot - our starting point.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road uphill, whereupon after few 10 meters on the left we notice swimming pool Ukova, and on the right road which branches off uphill towards the north in the forest.
We step on the latter and we follow it short time, i.e. to the right turn in front of which is on the same side a fenced water catchment. On other - left side we step on the path which cuts double turn of the road which we left. Here we also run into the first blazes. We quite quickly again cross the road, and we step on the path which starts ascending towards the north. When it turns left, it joins the cart track by which we notice a signpost. We ignore it, and we only cross the cart track and with that we step on a cart track which is ascending at first in the direction of west. On the trees we notice the blazes and we follow them on stone, winding, dry, to a riverbed similar cart track uphill in the direction of northwest. When we eventually run into a crossing, we choose the left and we continue uphill following the blazes. Further, we walk on the right (main) path, which means, that we ignore left turn-offs. When now narrower, to a riverbed of a stream similar path joins a little wider footpath from the left, we continue right. We soon come near the stream, or in the area of its gorge. Here on the rocks we notice few stemples and iron spikes, which doesn't increase the difficulty of our path. After this on the left we notice small cottage, and the path from here further quite few times crosses the stream. When on the left slope of Mirca is disappearing, on the same side forest opens a little, and here we for the last time cross the stream. In direction of left - northwest, the path on stones brings us on a cart track, on which we still continue in the same direction to a meadow (Skavarjev rovt) on our right. Here we need to pay attention, because blazes on this part of the path are quite rare. First, we cross hardened forest road Prihodi - Križovec and few meters right from the stream on the other side (behind smaller parking lot) we look for a forest footpath which in the forest turns right and it ascends. After a short time it turns left, and runs right next to a forest road, and then it also ends there. Only few 10 meters after this, when we stepped on the road, we will at the right turn, on the left notice a footpath which is ascending in the forest. After few meters, it joins a little wider path, on which we again walk only few additional meters. When on a tree we notice cutted: "Č. V." (Črni Vrh), we go left from the path on at first harder noticeable cart track which later turns into an easy to follow marked path, which brings us on a forested ridge. There we are now for quite some time ascending in the direction of northeast. When we come out of the forest, we notice a holiday cottage, which we avoid to the left on a hunting path and from there we soon branch off back to the right, on a forested ridge. We are relatively quickly out of the forest, where by the edge of a meadow, we ascend few more 10 meters, past the linden tree on an open meadow. In the distance we notice a house, which stands near the ski cottage Črni Vrh. We look for a cart track through a meadow, which past the mentioned house on the right brings us near the chairlift. Here we go right, and after few minutes of walking, we get to ski cottage. We continue past the cottage in the direction by the chairlift on a cart track. When it splits, we go right and soon after this also left. Cart track after a short ascent leads gently past few holiday cottage, whereupon it again for a short time ascends. On the top of this ascent, where the cart track is turning to the left and flattens, on the left we notice tree with signs: "Španov Vrh, Zaželjena smer". So we go left on a footpath which above the cottages brings us on a slope. After a short time path flattens, and after few 10 meters of walking, we notice the peak of Španov Vrh with the upper station of the chairlift. Follows only few minutes of ascent in visible direction towards the destination.

On the way: Smučarski dom Črni vrh (1156m)