Kriška planina - Kalška gora (via Zvoh)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, take the Vodice exit, then continue driving to the first traffic-light junction in Vodice, where you continue left in the direction of Cerklje na Gorenjskem and Brnik. When you reach the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and Krvavec ski slopes. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski slopes. Further on, you reach the village Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight: bottom station of the cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness on the steep road eases slightly, you will reach a junction, where you continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further, the road temporarily descends slightly, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, you reach Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you bypass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onwards, the road enters the forest and ascends through it all the way to the mountain pasture Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot. Here the road flattens and turns left, and about 500 m further it brings you to a junction, where you continue right in the direction of Kriška planina mountain pasture (straight: upper station of the cable car and Planinski dom mountain hut on Gospincu). Only a short steep ascent follows and you reach the parking lot on the edge of Kriška planina.
The road from the mountain pasture Jezerca to Kriška planina is now closed to public traffic, which extends the approach by approximately 15 minutes.
B) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana highway, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Brnik, Komenda and Mengeš. When you reach the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and Krvavec ski slopes. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski slopes. Further on, you reach the village Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight: bottom station of the cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness on the steep road eases slightly, you will reach a junction, where you continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further, the road temporarily descends slightly, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, you reach Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you bypass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onwards, the road enters the forest and ascends through it all the way to the mountain pasture Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot. Here the road flattens and turns left, and about 500 m further it brings you to a junction, where you continue right in the direction of Kriška planina mountain pasture (straight: upper station of the cable car and Planinski dom mountain hut on Gospincu). Only a short steep ascent follows and you reach the parking lot on the edge of Kriška planina.
The road from the mountain pasture Jezerca to Kriška planina is now closed to public traffic, which extends the approach by approximately 15 minutes.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head onto the wide cart track that goes under the cableway and starts to ascend across pastures (direction Dom na Krvavcu hut). The moderately steep path brings us to the Dom na Krvavcu hut after less than 30 minutes of walking, from which a nice view opens towards Gorenjska.
From the hut, continue in the direction of Zvoh on the road that takes us past the chapel and transmitters on Krvavec to the Razor saddle (saddle between Krvavec peak and Veliki Zvoh), where there is a road junction. Continue straight along the ridge (right to Krvavec peak 5 minutes) and follow the increasingly steep transport-rescue road, which is occasionally paved, along the edge of the ski slope to the reservoir on Veliki Zvoh. From the reservoir, climb to the nearby summit, then cross the wire fence to the summit logbox, which is located just a few steps below the top.
From Veliki Zvoh, continue on the marked path along the ridge named Jež-a. The relatively easy ridge path starts descending after a few minutes of walking and brings us to a technically demanding spot. Using the steel cable, climb the steep and crumbly gully, which is exposed to falling rocks. The gully is short but long enough to cause problems for inexperienced hikers. The difficulties then disappear and we follow the pleasant path, which mostly runs along the ridge, to two successive junctions. At the first, the path to Mokrica and Koren mountain pasture branches off right and downwards, at the second the path to Vrh Korena branches off right and upwards (1 minute). This is followed by an approximately 15-minute descent down a slope that is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. At the end of the descent, the path brings us to a junction on Škrbina.
Here, continue straight in the direction of Kalški greben and Cojzova koča on the path that after just a few more steps brings us to the next junction. Continue slightly right in the direction of "Kalce" (left: Kalški greben) on the path that after a few more minutes of walking starts to descend more noticeably. After a few minutes of descent, the path turns slightly left and crosses the scree slopes below Kalški greben. Here, on the right side at the foot of the scree, we can notice a small pond called Krvava lokev; we continue on the marked path, which gradually transitions to open undergrowth terrain. This is followed by a few short ascents and descents on the path that leads past numerous small sinkholes, then we reach the scree again. In the middle of the scree, along a sort of ridge, an abandoned climbing path to Kalški greben branches off to the left; we continue on the marked path, to which a barely noticeable path from Žagana peč joins from the right a little further on. Continue in the direction of Cojzova koča; the path gradually brings us onto increasingly steep and partly grassy slopes. A little further, with the aid of a steel cable, the path climbs over a steep slope, then flattens and brings us to a marked junction in a few more minutes of walking.
From the junction, located on a small saddle, continue right in the direction of Kalška gora (sharply left: Kalški greben via a very demanding path, straight down: Kokrsko sedlo). The path ahead transitions to steep grassy slopes that are especially prone to slipping when wet. We then follow this further relatively level path all the way to Kalška gora, which we reach after a good 5 minutes of additional walking.
Kriška planina - Veliki Zvoh 1:25, Veliki Zvoh - Vrh Korena 1:15, Vrh Korena - Kalška gora 2:05.

On the way: Dom na Krvavcu mountain hut (1684m), Razor (1809m), Zvoh (1971m), Škrbina (1870m)