Pševo - Sveti Jošt above Kranj (Sodarjeva pot, past the chapel)
Starting point: Pševo (530 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2396°N 14.319°E
Path name: Sodarjeva pot, past the chapel
Time of walking: 50 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 315 m
Altitude difference (by path): 315 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Medvode, and then on the old road we drive to Kranj, where at first traffic light we turn left in the direction of Stražišče and Šmarjetna gora. From the roundabout, where a road towards Šmarjetna gora branches off to the right, we continue "straight" (second exit). Further, we drive on the road Škofjeloška cesta, after that from a little bigger crossroad we turn right in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje. When Kranj ends at first we drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, and a little further we get to the starting point of Sodar way, where we park on a parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj west, and then on the old road towards Ljubljana. Towards the end of Kranj, at the last traffic light we turn right in the direction of Stražišče. From the roundabout, where a road towards Šmarjetna gora branches off to the right, we continue "straight" (second exit). Further, we drive on the road Škofjeloška cesta, after that from a little bigger crossroad we turn right in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje. When Kranj ends at first we drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, and a little further we get to the starting point of Sodar way, where we park on a parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.
C) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj east, and then we follow the signs for Škofja Loka. We leave the road towards Škofja Loka at the spot, where signs for Stražišče and Šmarjetna gora point us to the right. Further, we drive on the road Škofjeloška cesta, which we leave on a little larger crossroad and we continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje (road signs are only from the opposite direction). When Kranj ends at first we drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, and a little further we get to the starting point of Sodar way, where we park on a parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.
D) We drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Kranj. When the settlement Zgornje Bitnje ends, we continue left in the direction of Stražišče and Šmarjetna gora. Further, we drive on the road Škofjeloška cesta, which we leave on a little larger crossroad and we continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje (road signs are only from the opposite direction). When Kranj ends at first we drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, and a little further we get to the starting point of Sodar way, where we park on a parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we at first carefully cross the road, and then we go on the path Sodarjeva pot, which is at first ascending parallel with the road, and after a smaller meadow it turns a little to the right and passes into a dense forest. Before we step out of the forest on a little larger meadow, from the right joins also the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, and above the meadow path returns into the forest. In the forest, the path splits, and we continue straight (left path on stairs and the path Na klopca) on a gently sloping path, to which a little ahead from the right joins also the path from Rakovica.
We continue in the direction of Sveti Jošt, and at the next crossing we choose the left path (straight path through the valley). Next follows a little steeper ascent and the path past a bigger chapel brings us to the cottage Dom Puščava Jošt, where from the left joins the path Na klopca and few steps ahead also the path on stairs.
We continue on the wide path, from which a little below the summit nice views open up. We follow this path all the way to the nearby peak, where there are mountain hut Dom na Joštu and church of St. Jošt.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (February).
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