Tičnica - Sveti Jošt above Kranj (Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, past the chapel)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Medvode, and then on the old road we drive to Kranj, where at the 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 Škofjeloška cesta, after that from a somewhat larger intersection we turn right in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulj. When Kranj ends, we park on a marked parking lot below the high voltage power line.
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 Škofjeloška cesta, after that from a somewhat larger intersection we turn right in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulj. When Kranj ends, we park on a marked parking lot below the high voltage power line.
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 Škofjeloška cesta, which we leave on a somewhat larger intersection and we continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulj (road signs are only from the opposite direction). When Kranj ends, we park on a marked parking lot below the high voltage power line.
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 Škofjeloška cesta, which we leave on a somewhat larger intersection and we continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulj (road signs are only from the opposite direction). When Kranj ends, we park on a marked parking lot below the high voltage power line.

Route description:
From the end of the parking lot, we continue slightly right on a marked path in the direction of Sveti Jošt. A gently sloping path at first leads below the high voltage power line, and when we reach the edge of the forest it splits.
We continue straight on a marked path (slightly right Šmarjetna gora on an unmarked path), by which only a few steps further we notice signs that we walk on the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta. Next follows a moderate ascent through the forest, on the path that runs a little right from an asphalt road, so that during the ascent from the left a few more paths from higher starting points join. At the wooden sign the path turns slightly to the left and leads us by the upper part of a panoramic pasture, from where a nice view opens up on part of Gorenjska. The path then returns into the forest, and before we leave it from the left joins also the Sodarjeva pot, and above the meadow the 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 Dom Puščava Jošt, where from the left joins the path Na klopca and a 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).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Archangel Gabriel (Planica), Špičasti hrib

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