Želeče (Bled) - Straža (Rikli Path)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the Lesce exit and drive towards Bled. When we arrive in the mentioned tourist town, we drive straight through the traffic-light intersection, and after 50 meters (before the telephone booths) we turn left. The road goes left uphill and then right - past hotels Kompas and Golf, (flat for approx. another 250 m), whereupon we turn right in the direction of Straža, Garni hotel Berc. Here we stick to the left direction and follow the signs "Straža", which on a narrower road brings us to a large parking lot below the ski slope (also summer sledding ground) with a chairlift. This is the starting point of the path.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go a few meters back, where on the left side we notice the path into the forest and next to it signposts. When we step onto the mentioned path, it first leads us along the fence of a luxurious villa, and soon it begins to ascend gently to the right. Two more paths join from the left, but we always stick to the right. The path immediately starts to ascend in zigzags towards the summit. Then, when we come to a bench, the path begins to have the appearance of slight exposure. A few meters further, a wooden fence also offers help, which accompanies us in the next two turns to a small bridge and stone steps. After ascending the latter, we are almost at the top. Here, on the left, there is a roof that offers shelter during a storm, and we continue along the far right edge, which soon brings us to the top of the small drag lift. From here we look towards SW, where we notice an ascending cart track (ski slope in winter). When we reach it, it brings us to the upper station of the chairlift, where there is a refreshment stand with a terrace and an info board.
We continue past the chairlift (carefully when operating) into a small ascent towards SW. Here the path leads us left and slightly downwards to a viewpoint with a bench (there are a few more similar ones on the path). From here we head left again, where the path along the edge of the summit in the direction east brings us through a nice little forest to the monument of Arnold Rikli.

A circular path runs along the summit of Straža (along the trim trail), which continues behind the monument and brings us back to the previously mentioned cart track.