Planina Jezerca - Kržišče (Pokovše)

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 reach the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and the Krvavec ski resort. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski resort. Further on, you reach the village Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: lower station of the circular-cable gondola to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the gradient on the steep road eases slightly, you reach an intersection, where you continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno, and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends slightly, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, you reach 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 ascends through it all the way to the mountain pasture Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Brnik, Komenda, and Mengeš. When you reach the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and the Krvavec ski resort. At the end of the settlement Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski resort. Further on, you reach the village Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: lower station of the circular-cable gondola to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the gradient on the steep road eases slightly, you reach an intersection, where you continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno, and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends slightly, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, you reach 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 ascends through it all the way to the mountain pasture Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, we notice the mountain signs for Kriška planina, which direct us onto a footpath that ascends between both roads. After a few minutes of steep ascent, we reach the cart track (up to here also possible on the cart track) and follow it to the left. With nice views reaching all the way to the Julian Alps, we quickly reach an unmarked junction, where we leave the marked path leading towards Kriška planina and continue the ascent along the right cart track, which ascends transversely further on. The cart track on which we are ascending soon turns into a footpath, along which we reach the track of the ski slope. We continue the ascent along a fainter trail that continues along the aforementioned ski slope (during operation of the ski resort, walking on the ski slopes is forbidden); higher up, it fades increasingly, but orientation is no problem as we always follow the path upwards. When higher up we reach the upper station of the drag lift at Kržišče, we are on the fore-summit, from which only a few minutes of easy walking separate us from the main summit.
The description and pictures refer to the conditions in 2016 (October).