Križe - Koča na Kriški gori (steep path)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Naklo exit, then continue driving towards the villages Žeje, Spodnje and Zgornje Duplje to the village Retnje, where we turn right towards the settlement Križe. Continue past the NOB monument, the Križe sports ground to the parking lot by the cemetery and the parish church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Podbrezje exit, then continue driving towards Ljubelj and Tržič. Before the Petrol filling station in Bistrica pri Tržiču, turn right and drive into Tržič. When the road descends into the valley, continue sharply right towards Pristava and Križ, then drive along the main road leading towards Zgornje and Spodnje Duplje, leave the mentioned main road at the settlement Retnje, where we continue left towards the settlements Križe and Golnik. Continue past the NOB monument, the Križe sports ground to the parking lot by the cemetery and the parish church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Route description:
From the parking lot continue along the road eastwards, where the path leads us first past the church, then past the post office, gostilna pr Benk and the bakery to the junction at the chapel, where we continue left towards Pristava. The road then leads past the Tušek market Markič store, then we notice the first hiking markers for Gozd, Kriška gora and Storžič, which lead us right onto Planinska pot street. At junctions through the settlement follow the markers, then the road loses its asphalt surface and enters the forest. A few minutes higher, at the junction of gravel roads continue right, then gradually emerge from the forest, from where a nice view opens towards Gorenjska. After the scenic section the road becomes asphalt again and takes us to the point where we join the road leading to Gozd. Follow the road left, but walk along it only briefly as the markers lead us right onto the cart track.
Leave the road at a small information board informing about the opening times of the shelter in Gozd. From the cart track continue immediately twice left, so the ascent continues on the forest path, which soon joins another cart track, along which we return to the asphalt road in a few minutes. Walk a few steps along the road, then a path from Tržič joins from the left, to the right the footpath or cart track continues to the shelter in Gozd, we continue along the asphalt road to the nearby parking lot.
From the parking lot continue in the direction of the steep path to Kriška gora. For a short time we still walk on a fairly gentle path, then it becomes increasingly steep. A steep ascent follows on a more or less forested path, then we arrive at an indistinct ridge where the path becomes even steeper. A few more minutes of walking through the forest follow, then the forest ends quickly and the ascent continues on an increasingly scenic grassy slope. With nice views of the Julian Alps, a large part of Gorenjska, part of the Ljubljana Basin and the Notranjska, Polhograjsko and Škofjeloško hills, we arrive at a bench on the upper part of the grassy slope. Above the bench the path returns to the forest, and from the left the path from Tržič via Mala and Velika Mizica joins.
Here continue right, then in a moderate ascent, first still through the forest, in the last part on the grassy slope, reach Koča na Kriški gori in about 15 minutes.

Start - junction before Gozd 0:55, junction before Gozd - junction on the ridge of Kriška gora 1:25, junction on the ridge of Kriška gora - Koča na Kriški gori 0:20.

Along the route: Zgornje Vetrno (703m), Razpotje pred Gozdom (782m), Razpotje na grebenu Kriške gore (1355m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrata, Tolsti vrh

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