Križovec - Kahlkogel/Golica (on ridge)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway we turn onto the Lipce exit and continue on the road towards Jesenice. When we reach the traffic-light intersection where we join the old road we continue right towards Žirovnica. We follow this road only briefly since at the next somewhat larger intersection (traffic light) we continue left towards Javorniški Rovt. The road then passes through an underpass (railway) and turns left (right Koroška Bela). We follow the road that begins to ascend steeply higher up in the direction of Javorniški Rovt. The road leads us past the Pristava house (the house is slightly above the road) and after the house we reach the next (smaller) intersection where we turn right. We then continue on the gravel road all the way to Križovec which we recognise by the junction of several roads (there are a few small parking areas at the junction and a cross).

Route description:
From Križovec we continue past the cross along the road towards Pusti Rovt. At the beginning the road leads us past a barrier and then ascends gently through the forest. After about 15 minutes of walking it turns left and brings us out of the forest to the lower edge of Pusti Rovt. We continue along the road to which a marked path from Dom Pristava on Javorniški Rovt joins from the right and after a few dozen steps of further walking this brings us to the shepherd's hut on Pusti Rovt.
From the shepherd's hut we continue along the road which in the upper part of Pusti Rovt turns right into the forest. A little further on we reach a marked junction where we continue left (slightly right Sedlo Kočna and Struška) along the road which in gentle ascent crosses the slopes to the left. A little further a path from Markljev Rovt joins from the left and the road quickly brings us just below Sedlo Suha.
From the road we walk a few steps to the border ridge (straight ahead Koča na Golici) and then continue the ascent westwards. Further on the unmarked but orientationally undemanding path begins to ascend first moderately and then steeply along the grassy ridge of Mala Golica. The path bypasses the mentioned summit on the left side then levels out and after a short descent brings us to an indistinct saddle between Mala Golica and Krvavka.
The path continues to ascend along the ridge then moves to the Slovenian side where it crosses the slopes of Krvavka. A short descent follows bringing us to the saddle between Krvavka and Golica. From the saddle we continue for a short time on the unmarked path then join the marked path from Koča na Golici. We proceed straight ahead and follow the increasingly scenic path all the way to the summit of Golica which we reach without major difficulties.

Križovec - Pusti Rovt 0:15, Pusti Rovt - turn-off for Struška 0:10, turn-off for Struška - Sedlo Suha 0:20, Sedlo Suha - junction on the ridge of Golica 1:05, junction on the ridge of Golica - Golica 0:15.

Along the route: Pusti Rovt (1296m), Razpotje nad Pustim Rovtom (1349m), Odcep za Struško (1373m), Razpotje pred Sedlom Suha (1419m), Sedlo Suha (1435m), Mala Golica (1646m), Razpotje na grebenu Golice (1757m)

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