Adergas - Štefanja gora (via benches)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Vodice or Brnik, or Kranj - East and follow the road towards Cerkelj na Gorenjskem. In Cerklje, continue on the main road (direction Adergas) and follow it to the village Trata, where the signs for Adergas point you to the right. Continue along a slightly narrower road, which you follow to a large parking lot in front of the former monastery in Adergas.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the asphalted road, which continues along the left-hand side of the former monastery walls. Follow the road to the first left turn, where the signs for Štefanja gora direct you to the right onto a footpath. After a further 10 paces, the marked path turns left and starts to climb steeply. Soon the steepness gives way and the path from the water reservoir joins us on the left. Continue slightly to the right past a small signpost on a gently sloping path which continues along and along cart track, which is usually quite muddy for a few days after rain. A little further on, the path from Velesovo joins us from the left, and we continue along the wide and gently sloping cart track. The easy path then leads us to a marked crossroads, at which there is a small chapel.
Continue to the right towards the 'bench' (to the left 'stterne') on the cart track, which gradually begins to climb moderately. Higher up, the path leads us to three successive benches (klopce), from which we have a beautiful view of Gorenjska. Cart track then passes into the forest, turns into a fairly steep footpath, which, however, is quickly laid and leads us out of the forest onto a vast grassy slope, over which we walk in a few minutes to the asphalt road and then to the excursion farm Pr Mežnarju.
From the farm, continue along one of the two paths that climb over a partly steep grassy slope. After a further 5 minutes' walk, you reach Štefanja gora, where the Church of St Stephen stands.

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