Molnarjev breg - Planjava pri Kamniškem vrhu (via planina Osredek)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the Vodice exit, then continue driving to the first traffic-light intersection in Vodice, where you continue left in the direction of Cerklje na Gorenjskem and Brnik. When you arrive at the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and the Krvavec ski centre. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road, which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko, and continue slightly right onto the road towards the Krvavec ski centre. Further on, you arrive at the village of Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: lower station of the monocable gondola to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the gradient on the steep road eases slightly, you reach an intersection, where you continue left towards the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends slightly, then climbs through occasionally very panoramic slopes. Higher up, you arrive at Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you pass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onwards, the road enters the forest and rises relatively steeply across the slope. When you reach the left hairpin bend, you are at the starting point, where you park in a suitable spot by a small intersection.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the Kranj - East exit, then continue driving towards Brnik, Komenda and Mengeš. When you arrive at the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and the Krvavec ski centre. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road, which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko, and continue slightly right onto the road towards the Krvavec ski centre. Further on, you arrive at the village of Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: lower station of the monocable gondola to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the gradient on the steep road eases slightly, you reach an intersection, where you continue left towards the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends slightly, then climbs through occasionally very panoramic slopes. Higher up, you arrive at Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you pass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onwards, the road enters the forest and rises relatively steeply across the slope. When you reach the left hairpin bend, you are at the starting point, where you park in a suitable spot by a small intersection.

Route description:
From the starting point, head onto the forest road that crosses the slopes of Molnarjev breg. You ascend gently along the road, then reach a small junction, where you continue slightly left along the upper road (the lower road or cart track soon ends), beside which you also notice the path markings. This is followed by a few minutes of traversing ascent along the road, from which occasional views open up. A little further on, the road forks again, and once more you choose the left upper road, from which a steep cart track branches off to the left just a few dozen steps ahead. Continue along the road to the right-hand bend.
From the bend, continue straight onto the marked footpath, which continues traversing through the forest. In the forest, you soon reach a marked junction, where you continue right downhill towards the mountain pasture Osredek and Kamniški vrh (the upper path leads to Kamniški vrh and bypasses the mountain pasture Osredek; it is also possible to continue towards Kriška planina). This is followed by a somewhat steeper descent, then you cross the road that you left shortly before and continue descending. Lower in the forest, the path turns left and levels out. This is followed by a few minutes of traversing, then you emerge from the forest onto the mountain pasture Osredek, where a few wooden huts stand.
From the huts on the mountain pasture, continue eastwards, soon reaching the eastern edge of the mountain pasture, where a marked path from the village Slevo and an unmarked path leading past the Korošaški slapovi join from the right.
Continue into the forest and begin ascending across initially quite a steep slope. Higher up, you reach the ridge, where the path bypassing the mountain pasture Osredek joins from the left.
Continue right (left: our starting point and Kriška planina) along the path running along the northern side of the ridge. After a short traverse, the marked path comes right up to the ridge; here you leave it and in a few steps ascend onto the ridge (slightly left: marked path leading to Kamniški vrh).
This is followed by a few minutes of ascent along the path continuing along the increasingly panoramic ridge of Planjava, and you soon reach the partly grassy summit.

Along the route: Planina Osredek (1100m)

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