Pevno - Sveti Križ (Križna Gora) (via Planica)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Medvode, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Further on, we drive through Škofja Loka, and then a little after the main bus station, on the part where the main road turns slightly to the left, we continue slightly right in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further, at the marked crossroad we go right in the direction of Crngrob and Pevno, and at the next one left in the direction of papirnica, Crngrob and Pevno. Škofja Loka soon ends after that, and the road further leads us through meadows. At the crossroad, where the road slightly branches off to the right towards Papirnica, we continue slightly left, at the next crossroad, by the wooden sign left towards the settlement Pevno (straight Crngrob). There follows a few 100 meters more of driving and the road brings us to Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spots.
B) From Žiri or Cerkno we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue left towards Železniki. Further on, we drive through Škofja Loka, and then a little after the main bus station, on the part where the main road turns slightly to the left, we continue slightly right in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further, at the marked crossroad we go right in the direction of Crngrob and Pevno, and at the next one left in the direction of papirnica, Crngrob and Pevno. Škofja Loka soon ends after that, and the road further leads us through meadows. At the crossroad, where the road slightly branches off to the right towards Papirnica, we continue slightly left, at the next crossroad, by the wooden sign left towards the settlement Pevno (straight Crngrob). There follows a few 100 meters more of driving and the road brings us to Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spots.
C) From Železniki we drive to Škofja Loka, and then before the road turns somewhat right and starts descending towards the main bus station, we continue left in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further we arrive at the next marked crossroad, where we continue right, this time in the direction of the settlement Pevno and Crngrob. There follow a few more crossroads, and we further follow the signs for Crngrob and Pevno. Škofja Loka soon ends after that, and the road further leads us through meadows. At the crossroad, where the road slightly branches off to the right towards Papirnica, we continue slightly left, at the next crossroad, by the wooden sign left towards the settlement Pevno (straight Crngrob). There follows a few 100 meters more of driving and the road brings us to Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spots.
D) First we drive to Kranj, from there we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Still before we arrive in Škofja Loka, in the settlement Dorfarje we continue right in the direction of the settlement Crngrob. First we drive past the furniture salon Prevc, then past the turn-off to the farm pri Brojanu, further past the tree nursery Cegnar and Zakotnik, after that the quite narrow road, which runs through the village, widens somewhat. After the village follows a short descent and the path leads us past a larger parking lot, which is located by the shooting range of the Slovenian army. After the parking lot we cross the stream Ušovca, the road passes into the forest and starts to ascend moderately. Along the asphalt road, we then quickly arrive in the settlement Crngrob, where we bypass the church and a few houses on the left side. Further we drive through the forest, where the road leads us past Rdečega znamenja, when the forest ends, we drive between fields. At the nearby crossroad we go right and past the church of sv. Uršula we drive to the center of the settlement Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spots.

Route description:
From the spot where we notice the first blazes, the path leads us along a side road which at the hydrant splits into two parts. We continue on the lower road which gradually changes into a cart track, which turns right and ascends to the edge of the forest. At the edge of the forest we choose the right path, along which there are also blazes, and the path passes into the forest, where a little higher it returns to a wider cart track. We continue on the forested cart track which at first ascends quite gently, then moderately. At the junctions we follow the blazes or signs for Planica. Higher the cart track becomes steeper and temporarily passes onto a shorter steep slope. Above the mentioned part we reach a wider cart track which brings us from the forest onto a grassy slope below the settlement Planica. With nice views towards the valley and the Alps we quickly reach a smaller settlement, where at the crossroads we continue straight, a few 10 steps before the road sign which marks the end of the settlement we continue slightly left onto a cart track which ascends past a sign.
From the sign there follows approximately another 10 minutes of ascent and the path, which partly runs through the forest, brings us to the church of St. Archangel Gabriel, which is located at the top.
From the top we continue along the macadam road, which at the nearby residential house becomes asphalt, and we descend along it to a smaller chapel by the water intake, where the road turns left.
Here, where the path which bypasses the top of Planica joins us from the left, we continue straight onto the cart track which starts to descend gently. The cart track soon descends even more steeply, then brings us from the forest onto a panoramic grassy slope, from which a nice view opens onto part of the Škofjeloško hribovje (view of the hills from Lubnik across Stari vrh to Blegoš). Across the panoramic slope the path ascends gently, then returns to the forest, through which it starts descending again. Lower we reach a macadam road, which we follow straight, along it we ascend gently to the nearby bus turning circle. At the NOB monument we arrive from the forest again, then we descend along the asphalt road to a relatively new and nicely arranged parking lot, which is located above the village Križna Gora.
From there there follows some more descent, then past the turn-off of the path to the settlement Praprotno, we arrive at the crossroad in the middle of the village Križna Gora, from where we continue right in the direction of the church and the hunting hut. We continue along a quite panoramic and initially still asphalt road, which ascends gently towards the high-voltage power line. After the power line the road levels out, or even descends slightly, then a path branches off to the left from it, which leads directly towards the church of the Holy Cross.
We continue along the mentioned path, which runs parallel to the road and along which in a few minutes we arrive at the already mentioned little church.
From the little church, from where a nice view opens, we continue along a well-trodden path which continues somewhat to the right and returns to the road which we left shortly before. When we step onto the road we continue slightly left and in one minute of further walking we arrive at the hunting hut, which is located at the edge of the forest.
Pevno - Planica 1:30, Planica - Sveti Križ 45 min.

Along the route: Sveti nadangel Gabrijel (Planica) (824m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrh soteske (Križna gora)

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