Pišnica - Križ

Access to starting point:
a) First we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue our drive towards the Vršič pass. When Kranjska Gora ends, the road leads us past Lake Jasna, after the lake we reach the bridge over Velika Pišnica, where the described path begins. We park at the smaller parking lot at the crossroads, or a little earlier, at the larger parking lot before the start of TNP, or after the bridge near the former Hotel Erika.
b) We drive to Trenta, then over the Vršič pass we begin to descend towards Kranjska Gora. After crossing the bridge over Velika Pišnica, the described path begins. We park at the smaller parking lot at the crossroads, or a little earlier near the former Hotel Erika, or a little after the bridge, at the somewhat larger parking lot opposite the TNP sign.

Path description:
From the bridge over Velika Pišnica we continue in the direction of Koča v Krnici, where the path leads us along a macadam road, which runs through the valley of Velika Pišnica. The fairly gentle road, which runs along the mountain stream, first crosses a few torrents, then after the dam, which is quite photogenic due to the high mountains in the background, brings us a little further to a marked junction, where to the left the path through Kačji graben to Špik branches off.
We continue straight on the still gentle road, which then brings us across the gravel area to a marked junction, where at the edge of Planina v Klinu the path from Ruski križ joins us from the right.
We continue left in the direction of Krnice, then immediately after crossing the torrent right onto the forest footpath. A moderate ascent through the forest follows, and after about 20 minutes of further walking we arrive at Koča v Krnici.
From Koča v Krnici we continue straight (left Špik and Velika Dnina) in the direction of Križ, Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih and Škrlatica. The path ahead first still leads us through the forest, then brings us into a belt of shrubs, where we walk for some time along the mighty torrent deposits. Higher up the path turns slightly to the left and begins to ascend steeply. A steep ascent follows through the area named Travno brdo, where the path still leads through the last belt of forest. Higher up the larch forest first thins out, then ends quite quickly. This is followed by an ascent across a short grassy section, and from the path, which transitions onto scree slopes, beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and walls open up. Higher up, at an altitude of about 1900 meters the path levels out and brings us into the cirque V kotu, at the end of the cirque the path turns left and brings us to the entry into Kriška stena (in early summer there is often still snow at the entry into the wall).
Before entering the wall, or even earlier, we put on a helmet, then carefully step into the wall. At the beginning of the wall the path turns left and ascends steeply, in the continuation the path is mostly led along natural passages, and on more difficult places we are assisted also by fixed protections. The ascent along the wall, which in addition to exposure is also exposed to falling rocks, lasts about one hour. Above the wall the path levels out and brings us to the junction at Vrh Kriške stene, where we continue right in the direction of Križ (left Vrata, Škrlatica, bivak na Rušju).
An ascent along a wide ridge follows, along which we ascend to Bovška vratca, where the next junction is located.
From Bovška vratca, from where a beautiful view of Kriške pode opens up, we continue left in the direction of Križ (right Pogačnikov dom, Razor, Vršič and Trenta) and continue the path along an ever narrower ridge, then with the help of a steel cable we ascend over a somewhat exposed rock slab. Above the mentioned section we arrive at a smaller natural gully, through which with some skill we climb to the nearby summit of Križ.

Starting point - junction for Kačji graben 0:40, junction for Kačji graben - Planina v Klinu 0:25, Planina v Klinu - Koča v Krnici 0:20, Koča v Krnici - V kotu 2:30, V kotu - Vrh Kriške stene 1:00, Vrh Kriške stene - Bovška vratca 0:15, Bovška vratca - Križ 0:15.

On the way: Eriški most (852m), Rušev graben (899m), Odcep za Kačji graben (916m), Planina v Klinu (980m), Koča v Krnici (1113m), Pod Kriško steno (1945m), Rob Kriške stene (2300m), Bovška vratca (2378m)

Trip can be extended to: Križ , Stenar (1 h 30 min)