Križe - Koča na Kriški gori (easier path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Naklo, then continue driving towards the settlements Žeje, Spodnje and Zgornje Duplje to the settlement Retnje, where we turn right towards the settlement Križe. Further on, we drive past the NOB monument, the sports field Križe to the parking lot by the cemetery and the parish church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, we take the exit Podbrezje, then 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, further on the main road which leads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Duplje; we leave the mentioned main road at the settlement Retnje, where we continue left in the direction of the settlements Križe and Golnik. Further on, we drive past the NOB monument, the sports field Križe to the parking lot by the cemetery and the parish church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road towards the east, where the path leads us first past the church, then also past the post office, the inn pri Benk and the bakery to the crossroads at the chapel, where we continue left in the direction of Pristava. The road then leads us also past the store Tušek market Markič, then we already notice the first hiking markers for Gozd, Kriška gora and Storžič, which lead us right onto the street Planinska pot. At the crossroads through the settlement, we follow the blazes, then the road loses its asphalt surface and turns into the forest. A few minutes higher, at the crossroads of macadam roads, we continue right, then gradually we emerge from the forest, from where a nice view opens towards Gorenjska. After the panoramic section, the road becomes asphalted and brings us to the place where we join the road that leads towards Gozd. We follow the road to the left, but walk on it only briefly, as the blazes lead us right onto a cart track.
We leave the road at a small information board which informs us about the opening status of the shelter Zavetišče v Gozdu. From the cart track, we continue immediately twice left, so that we continue the ascent on a forest path, which soon joins another cart track, on which we return to the asphalt road in a few minutes. We walk a few steps on the road, then the path from Tržič joins from the left, and to the right continues the footpath or cart track towards the shelter Zavetišče v Gozdu (straight on the road Koča na Kriški gori - steep path).
We continue on the right path (cart track), which initially runs parallel to the road and further leads us past a trough with water. A little further on, we leave the cart track, as the blazes lead us left onto a temporarily somewhat steeper path, which soon returns to the cart track, and this to the asphalt road. We follow the road to the right, walking on it for a few more minutes, or until the place where we notice a large parking lot on the right side and next to it the shelter Zavetišče v Gozdu.
From the shelter, we walk to the nearby church, then we reach a marked junction, where the path from Golnik joins from the right. We continue left uphill on the increasingly poor road, which brings us to a junction in a few minutes. Here we take the left path (right Tolsti vrh, Mala and Velika Poljana and Storžič), which passes the water intake and continues on a cart track. The cart track quickly enters the forest and brings us in a moderate ascent to a smaller junction, where we continue right in the direction of Kriška gora (straight unmarked path to Koča na Kriški gori) onto a somewhat rougher cart track, which higher turns into a relatively steep trail. Further, we ascend on a well-maintained path, along which we notice numerous benches and next to them the names of the benches. Higher up, the path brings us to a pasture fence and just a little higher turns left, where it then ascends diagonally. After a few minutes of diagonal ascent, we step out of the forest, where we already see the mountain hut Koča na Kriški gori in front of us, to which only a few dozen steps of easy walking remain.

On the way: Zavetišče v Gozdu mountain hut (891m)

Trip can be extended to: Vrata , Tolsti vrh