Križovec - Mala Golica

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, we take 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, as at the next somewhat larger intersection (traffic light) we continue left towards Javorniški Rovt. The road then goes through an underpass (railway) and then turns left (right Koroška Bela). We follow the road that starts to climb steeply higher up towards Javorniški Rovt. The road takes us past the Pristava house (the house is slightly above the road) and after the house we reach the next (smaller) intersection, where we go right. We then drive on a gravel road all the way to Križovec, which we recognize by the intersection of several roads (there are a few small parking areas and a cross at the intersection).

Route description:
From Križovec we continue past the cross on the road towards Pusti Rovt. At the beginning the road leads us past a barrier and then climbs gently through the forest. After about 15 minutes of walking it turns left and takes us out of the forest to the lower edge of Pusti Rovt. We continue on the road to which the marked path from Dom Pristava on Javorniški Rovt joins from the right, and after a few dozen steps of further walking this takes us to the shepherd's hut on Pusti Rovt.
From the shepherd's hut we continue on 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) on the road which then crosses the slopes to the left in a gentle ascent. A little further on the path from Markljev Rovt also joins from the left, and the road quickly takes us just below Sedlo Suha.
From the road we walk a few steps to the border ridge (straight ahead the path leads towards Koča na Golici), then we continue the ascent towards the west. Further on the unmarked but orientationally undemanding path begins to ascend first moderately and then steeply along the grassy ridge of Mala Golica. Higher up the steepness eases, and at this point we leave the path and continue the ascent to the right. After a short ascent (approximately a few dozen steps) across the grassy slope we reach the summit of Mala Golica.

Križovec - Pusti Rovt 0:15, Pusti Rovt - turn-off for Struška 0:10, turn-off for Struška - Sedlo Suha 0:20, Sedlo Suha - Mala Golica 0:35.

Along the route: Pusti Rovt (1296m), Razpotje nad Pustim Rovtom (1349m), Odcep za Struško (1373m), Razpotje pred Sedlom Suha (1419m), Sedlo Suha (1435m)

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