Rakovica - Špičasti hrib

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, we drive on the old road towards Kranj, where we stick to the main road, which we follow to the bridge over the Sava River. Just before the bridge, we leave the main road and continue driving straight in the direction of Besnica. We then drive to the village of Rakovica, where we park at a suitable spot near the bus stop.
B) From Jesenice or Bled, we drive on the highway towards Ljubljana, which we follow to the Kranj - west exit. We continue driving on the old regional road towards Ljubljana to Kranj, where immediately after the bridge over the Sava River we turn right in the direction of Besnica. We then drive to the village of Rakovica, where we park at a suitable spot near the bus stop.

Route description:
From the parking lot by the bus stop, we head onto the asphalt road in the direction of the village Zabukovje. The road soon turns right into the forest, where it moderately ascends and brings us to a smaller crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt. We continue on the road for some time, along which we notice some individual blazes, then it takes us past some houses and a well to an unmarked crossroads. Here we continue on the left "main" road, which a few dozen steps higher brings us to a smaller hamlet, where the blazes direct us right between two houses. Behind the houses we leave the road and continue the ascent left on the marked footpath, which first ascends across a meadow, then passes into the forest, through which it ascends on a cart track for quite some time. The cart track higher changes into a steeper path, which brings us to a marked junction, where the path from the village Stražišče joins from the left.
Here we continue right in the direction of Sveti Jošt and continue the path in a traversing ascent to the right. Somewhat higher we reach a larger chapel and above it the Dom Puščava (Društvo Rod zelenega Jošta).
Near the mentioned hut there is another chapel, by which stands a mountain direction sign that informs us that for the ascent to Jošt we can choose the left gentle or right steep path. Regardless of which path we choose, we reach the summit in a few minutes.
From Sveti Jošt we continue in the direction of the village Čepulje, Špičasti vrh and Sveti Mohor.
From Jošt the path descends relatively steeply across the summit slope, then crosses a road and enters the forest, through which it descends for a short time longer. After a short descent a path branches off to the right to Besnica, but we continue left in the direction of Sveti Mohor. The path ahead gradually flattens, then continues with some shorter ascents and descents. Somewhat further we briefly step onto a road, but soon leave it, as the blazes direct us slightly right onto a wide cart track. The cart track gradually narrows and brings us to a marked junction, where we continue straight in the direction of Sveti Mohor and Špičasti hrib (left downhill Čepulje and Planica).
The path ahead rises and falls slightly a few more times, then, as it approaches Gladki vrh, it turns somewhat to the right and steeply ascends for a short time. The path bypasses the mentioned summit on the right side, then brings us to a forest-covered ridge, along which we continue for a short time. The path then turns somewhat to the right and begins to ascend traversely along the slopes of Špičasti hrib. After a shorter gentle ascent we reach a marked junction, where the path from Spodnja Besnica joins from the right, and here we continue left upward in the direction of Špičasti hrib, whose summit we reach after a good 5 minutes of further walking.

Along the route: Sveti Jošt nad Kranjem (845m)

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