Praprotno - Archangel Gabriel (Planica)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. A little before the settlement Praprotno, more precisely just before the main road crosses the river Selška Sora, we turn right onto a local road, along which after 50 meters we park.
To the starting point, we can also come from the direction of Železniki, namely if after the settlement Praprotno we turn left onto a local road, along which we then park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road, but we walk along it only some 10 meters, then, when the cliffs on the right side end, we head right onto a grassy cart track. Along the mentioned cart track we ascend along the edge of the meadow, carefully looking to the right, as we will soon notice a footpath on the right side that leaves the cart track and steeply climbs up the slope (the turn-off is not specifically marked and we can easily miss it).
We continue the ascent through dense forest, through which we steeply ascend. Higher we cross the cart track, and the path continues steeply ascending for some time. After a few additional minutes of ascent the forest begins to thin, and the path becomes less steep. Across the meadow we ascend to the cart track, which higher we cross a few times, then we ascend along it to an unmarked junction near a residential house.
Here we continue right (left leads a worse road to the nearby already mentioned residential house) and continue the path along a worse road that crosses the slopes to the right. The cart track or road then turns left and brings us past the hayrack to the village Križna Gora, where we continue left along the asphalt road (right church of the Holy Cross and hunting cottage).
We continue along the road, which soon levels out and brings us to the NOB monument, where it also enters the forest. A short descent follows and the road brings us to a smaller bus parking lot, where it loses the asphalt surface.
We descend a little further and then from the road a wide initially macadam cart track branches off to the right, along which we continue the ascent. After a short ascent the blazes direct us left onto a wide footpath that crosses the slopes to the left. A little further we step out of the forest and walk with nice views to a small saddle, where we also leave the blazes. The marked path continues right, but we continue straight along the path that begins to ascend through the forest. The path soon widens, crosses a strip of bushes and higher brings us to an asphalt road, along which we ascend to the nearby house. From the house we continue along the wide path, along which in a few steps we arrive at the church of St. Archangel Gabriel on Planica.

On the way: Križna Gora (690m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Križ (Križna Gora)