Lom pod Storžičem - Koča na Kriški gori

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Ljubelj (Tržič), then continue driving towards Ljubelj. Just before the gas station in Bistrica pri Tržiču, we leave the main road and continue driving right in the direction of Tržič. Further on, we drive through Tržič in the direction of Dolžanova soteska, then at the end of the town continue right in the direction of Lom pod Storžičem. When we arrive in Lom pod Storžičem, we park on a smaller parking lot by the church of St. Catherine of Alexandria.

Route description:
From the church, we continue on the road, then after a few tens of meters right downwards on the road, on which we quickly descend to the yard of the nearby residential house, where almost unnoticeably we cross the stream Lomščica. On the other side of the stream, we ascend on a macadam road, which at the nearby football field changes into a cart track, and it ascends through a panoramic meadow. When we get to the edge of the forest, the cart track turns to the left and only a few meters ahead splits into two parts. We choose the right, quite steep cart track, on which we ascend to a mighty torrent gully. At the torrent gully we continue on the right cart track, which in a few steps descends to the other, less distinct torrent. At the other torrent we continue straight into the forest, where we notice a poorly beaten footpath. The footpath, by which we notice some unofficial blazes (red lines, red dots...), first ascends diagonally towards the right, then passes onto an indistinct ridge. For some time we steeply ascend the ridge, then follows a very short descent and a hard-to-follow path brings us onto increasingly steep slopes. Poorly visible, but with some effort always followable footpath, continues on steep slopes, which are dangerous for slipping in several places. Covered with leaves and partly wet, the path soon flattens somewhat and brings us to the edge of a side ridge. Here, if we step onto the edge, a nice view opens towards the valley and surrounding mountains. We continue on the path, which ascends somewhat to the left and brings us to the lower part of the nearby small valley. Here the footpath turns right and begins to ascend again over steeper slopes. Higher up the path brings us onto a smaller ridge, where it gradually flattens. We soon leave the ridge, because the poorly visible footpath turns left onto the slopes, where it traverses the slopes to the left. After a shorter traverse we step out of the forest onto the edge of a hay meadow, where we notice a hunting observatory and a decaying wooden hut.
Here the footpath disappears, but we continue right through the forest, through which we begin to ascend more steeply. There follows a few minutes of ascent on pathless terrain and the "path" brings us to the main ridge of Kriška gora. Here we continue left and with ever better views we walk to the nearby Koča na Kriški gori.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrata, Tolsti vrh (1 h)

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