Lom pod Storžičem - Tolsti vrh

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

Path description:
From the church, we continue on the road, and after some 10 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 by 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 trodden footpath. The footpath, by which we notice some unofficial blazes (red lines, red dots...), first ascends diagonally towards the right, and 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 on many spots dangerous for slipping. Leaf-covered and in some parts also wet path soon flattens a little and brings us to the edge of the side ridge. Here, if we step on the edge, a nice view opens up towards the valley and surrounding mountains. We continue on the path which ascends a little towards the left and brings us to the bottom part of the nearby small valley. Here, the footpath turns to the right and again starts ascending over steeper slopes. Higher, 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 crosses the slopes towards 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 cottage.
Here, the footpath vanishes, and we continue right through the forest, through which we start to ascend more steeply. There follows a few more minutes of ascent on some sort of pathless terrain and the "path" brings us onto the main ridge of Kriška gora. Here we continue left and with increasingly beautiful views we walk to the nearby Koča na Kriški gori.
From the Koča na Kriški gori we continue on the marked path towards Tolsti vrh. The path only a few meters behind the hut turns slightly to the left (slightly right Gozd) and starts gently ascending over a grassy slope. After three minutes of walking, the path to Grahovše branches off almost unnoticeably to the left, and we continue on the well-trodden mountain path, which continues along the main ridge of Kriška gora. Further on, the path withdraws from the ridge several times onto the right side, and the panoramic path mostly leads us over grassy slopes. A little further ahead, the path returns to the ridge, which we reach right at the distinct notch, where a pathless route to Grahovše branches off left downwards (possibility of descent over scree).
The path ahead leads us over a pasture fence, then bypasses Vrata (1591 m) on the right side. Higher, the path returns to or along the ridge and for some time only gently ascends. After a few minutes of traversing we arrive at the place where the path starts steeply ascending towards the forepeak of Tolsti vrh. From the forepeak a nice view opens up on all sides, and the path ahead leads us for a short time along a narrower ridge. There follows some descent through the forest, then the path starts ascending again. Higher the forest thins out, and an increasingly panoramic path brings us to Tolsti vrh.

On the way: Koča na Kriški gori mountain hut (1471m)