Srednji Vrh - Kresišče (via Grajšca)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, take the Jesenice - west (Hrušica) exit and continue driving towards Kranjska Gora. When we arrive in Gozd-Martuljek, turn right towards Srednji Vrh and drive up the narrow and steep road to the mentioned settlement. When the road flattens a little, we will come to a crossroad of several roads and a turning area. Here we park in an appropriate place by the crossroad.

Path description:
From the turning point at Srednji Vrh, we continue north, where we soon arrive at a small crossroads. From the crossroads, we continue along the lower right road, closed to public traffic by a traffic sign. The road first descends slightly, then begins to ascend gently past a few houses, beyond which the asphalt ends. At two successive smaller crossroads just above the village, we continue left, then for some time follow the gently ascending road that crosses a large number of torrents, gullies and streams. In the lower part of the path, a few views open up on the Martuljek mountain group, then the road enters the forest. For the first hour of walking, the road ascends gently to moderately, then levels out and even descends slightly a few times. In the last part of the ascent along the road, the forest thins out and the path leads us to the Hladnik hunting hut, located in the middle of a large meadow.
Beyond the hunting hut we continue left, but the path soon brings us to an unmarked junction. Here we continue right into the forest and ascend further along a relatively steep cart track. Slightly higher we arrive at the next junction of cart tracks, where we take the right one, which continues traversing up to the right. The said cart track soon levels out completely and leads us to a small valley where we cross Hladnik stream. Immediately after the stream we turn left and ascend moderately beside it for a while, then the path enters dense forest where it begins to ascend steeply. After about 15 minutes of steep ascent, when the trail leads us out of the forest, it levels out and gradually fades on the grassy slopes of Grajšca. In places the poorly visible path, running through or beside the valley, leads higher past an animal watering place, and the valley forks into two parts just above the said watering place.
We continue along the left considerably longer and gentler valley, which gradually turns further left. Here, if we are quiet enough and a little lucky, we may spot a marmot.
At the start of the upper part of Grajšca we should pay attention, as a nice passage opens on the right towards the ridge between Maloško poldne and Kresišče. At a suitable spot, leave the path leading to Trupejevo poldne and head right onto easily passable pathless terrain, over which we ascend to the saddle between the aforementioned peaks in about 5 minutes.
Upon reaching the saddle, we join the marked Austrian path and follow it right towards Kresišče / Schwarzkogel (left Maloško poldne and Ostra peč).
Initially we still ascend through sparse forest, higher it is replaced by dwarf pines and increasingly beautiful views open up, especially on the Julian Alps. In the final part the path leads us onto grassy slopes followed by a short ascent to the summit.

On the way: Lovska koca (1280m), Grajšca (1760m)