Poljane nad Škofjo Loko - St. Primož and Felicijan on Gabrška gora
Starting point: Poljane nad Škofjo Loko (385 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1237°N 14.18425°E
Time of walking: 1 h 20 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 445 m
Altitude difference (by path): 455 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. When we get to Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, at the traffic light crossroad we turn right towards the center of the settlement. From the crossroad, we drive good 200 meters and then we park on a parking lot by the cemetery.
B) From Polhov Gradec or Horjul, Žiri or Cerkno we drive to Gorenja vas in the valley Poljanska dolina, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. When we get to Poljane nad Škofjo Loko, at the traffic light crossroad we turn left towards the center of the settlement. From the crossroad, we drive good 200 meters and then we park on a parking lot by the cemetery.
Path description:
From the cemetery we on a sidewalk return a little back, or more precisely to the second turn-off of hiking path on Gabrška gora (first turn-off of the path leads on the road). From the second turn-off we start ascending on a narrower asphalt road which leads us past few houses, and then before the last house we continue straight on a cart track which through a panoramic meadow ascends to the other asphalt road, where we join the first path on Gabrška gora.
For a short time, we are ascending on the asphalt road, and then signs for Gabrška gora point us to the left on a marked footpath which starts ascending through the forest. Through the forest the path leads us past several crossings, and we follow the blazes or signs for Gabrška gora. Higher, the path brings us by the upper edge of a panoramic meadow, from where a nice view opens up on part of the valley Poljanska dolina and Polhograjsko hribovje. Above the mentioned part, the path for some time returns into the forest and then at the ascent through the next meadow a nice view opens up on the left side, where we clearly see Blegoš and few neighboring peaks. When the path again passes into the forest, from the right joins the path from the hamlet Smoldno, and we continue straight, past a religious symbol, on the path which continues on a cart track. From the cart track, we soon go left and then follows few minutes of a steeper ascent and the path brings us to the church of St. Primož and Felicijan on Gabrška gora.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (December).
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