Križe - Koča na Kriški gori (steep 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, Križe sports field 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, we drive on the main road leading towards Zgornje and Spodnje Duplje; we leave the aforementioned 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, Križe sports field 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 first past the church, then also past the post office, inn pri Benk and 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 signposts for Gozd, Kriška gora and Storžič, which lead us right onto Planinska pot street. 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 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 leading 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 informing us about the opening status of the shelter Zavetišče v Gozdu. From the cart track, we continue immediately twice to the left, so that the ascent continues on a forest path, which soon joins another cart track, along which we return to the asphalt road in a few minutes. We walk a few steps on the road, then a path from Tržič joins from the left, and to the right the footpath or cart track continues towards the shelter Zavetišče v Gozdu; we continue on the asphalt road to the nearby parking lot.
From the parking lot, we continue in the direction of the steep path to Kriška gora. For a short time, we still walk on a fairly level path, then it becomes increasingly steep. A steep ascent follows on a more or less forested path, then we reach 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 panoramic grassy slope. With nice views of the Julian Alps, a large part of Gorenjska, part of the Ljubljana Basin and Notranjsko, Polhograjsko and Škofjeloško hribovje, 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 we continue right, then in a moderate ascent, first still through the forest, in the last part on the grassy slope, in approximately 15 minutes we reach the Koča na Kriški gori.

Trip can be extended to: Vrata , Tolsti vrh