Olševek - Apnišče (via Šterna)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the Brnik exit; when you reach the Mengeš - Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. On the main road towards Kranj, drive to the first roundabout, from which take the first exit right in the direction of Šenčur. Through Šenčur, continue on the main road; then, when you reach the Kranj - Zgornje Jezersko road, continue right in the direction of Jezersko. In the settlement Hotemaže, leave the main road and continue driving straight (right from the main road) in the direction of the settlement Olševek. When you arrive in Olševek, first follow the main road; from the intersection of several roads, continue left onto the road in the direction of the sports club. Before the children's playground and sports field, continue slightly left and then park behind the NOB memorial.
B) First, drive to Kranj, then continue driving in the direction of Zgornje Jezersko. In the settlement Hotemaže, leave the main road and continue driving straight (right from the main road) in the direction of the settlement Olševek. When you arrive in Olševek, first follow the main road; from the intersection of several roads, continue left onto the road in the direction of the sports club. Before the children's playground and sports field, continue slightly left and then park behind the NOB memorial.
C) b) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the Kranj west exit, then continue driving towards Kokrica, later Britof. Still in Kokrica, at the unmarked intersection with the priority road, continue left; then, when you arrive in Britof, follow the signs for Zgornje Jezersko. In the settlement Hotemaže, leave the main road and continue driving straight (right from the main road) in the direction of the settlement Olševek. When you arrive in Olševek, first follow the main road; from the intersection of several roads, continue left onto the road in the direction of the sports club. Before the children's playground and sports field, continue slightly left and then park behind the NOB memorial.

Route description:
From the starting point, continue along the road next to which we parked; next to it initially runs the Olševek educational trail, so along the path we notice some educational panels. The educational trail turns left at the next intersection, but we continue along the lower road, which continues straight ahead; from it, the blazes soon direct us left into the forest. We continue the ascent through dense forest; the path leads us partly along forest cart tracks, partly along forest footpaths, and at junctions we follow the blazes. Higher up, the path brings us to a wider cart track, which we follow to the right, from which a view opens up temporarily. After the panoramic section, the cart track ascends steeply for a while, then we join the marked path from Adergas.
We continue left, where the path leads past the "šterne"; then a little further ahead, the path levels out on a small saddle, where there is a junction with direction signs for Olševek, Adergas and Možjanca.
We continue along the left cart track (the far right path leads to the chapel of St. Štefan on Štefanja gora), from which we soon go left onto a well-trodden but unmarked footpath. A little further, the path brings us from the forest onto a meadow, from which a nice view opens towards Kalški greben and Krvavec. When the path returns to the forest, only a short ascent follows, and the path brings us to the summit of Apnišče.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (May).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Štefanja gora ( 20 min)

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