Crngrob - Sveti Križ (Križna Gora) (via Planica)

Access to the starting point:
a) From Ljubljana, drive to Medvode and from there continue to Škofja Loka. When you arrive at Škofja Loka, do not drive into the centre, but continue "straight on" in the direction of Kranja. In Dorfarje, you will see signs for Crngrob, which will direct you to the left, onto the road that will lead you through the village. First, we pass the Prevc furniture salon, then the turn-off to the farm at Brojan, and then the Cegnar and Zakotnik nurseries, after which the rather narrow road through the village widens slightly. After the village, there is a short descent and the path leads past a large parking lot next to the Slovenian army firing range. Behind the parking lot, cross the small stream Ušovca, and the road enters the forest and starts to climb moderately. Follow the asphalt road, then quickly arrive in the village Crngrob, where you can park in the parking lot in the middle of the village.
b) First drive to Kranj, and from there continue to Škofja Loka. Before arriving in Škofja Loka, turn right at Dorfarje in the direction of Crngrob. First pass the Prevc furniture salon, then the turn-off to the farm at Brojan, and on past the Cegnar and Zakotnik nurseries, after which the rather narrow road through the village widens slightly. After the village, there is a short descent and the path leads past a large parking lot next to the Slovenian army firing range. Behind the parking lot, cross the small stream Ušovca, and the road enters the forest and starts to climb moderately. Follow the asphalt road, then quickly arrive in the village Crngrob, where you can park in the parking lot in the middle of the village.
c) From Žiri or Cerkno, drive to Škofja Loka and from there turn left towards Železniki. As you approach the area Škofja Loka called Podlubnik, you will come to a crossroads where you continue slightly to the right in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further on, you will reach the next marked crossroads, where you will again continue to the right, this time in the direction of Pevno and Crngrob. A few more crossroads follow, and we continue following the signs for Crngrob. When the road has lost its asphalt coating, it turns into a forest and leads us to a small crossroads by an old chapel. Here the left road leads directly to the church in Crngrob, but there are no parking spaces, so we continue along the right road, which after a moderate descent of a few 100 m we reach the parking area in Crngrob. d) From Železniki take the Škofja Loka, then before the road turns slightly right and starts descending towards the main bus station, continue left towards Pevno. A little further on, you reach the next marked crossroads, where you continue right, this time in the direction of Pevno and Crngrob. There are a few more crossroads to follow, and we continue following the signs for Crngrob. When the road has lost its asphalt coating, it turns into a forest and leads us to a small crossroads by an old chapel. Here the left road leads directly to the church in Crngrob, but there are no parking spaces, so we continue along the right road, which after a moderate descent of a few 100 m we arrive at the parking lot in Crngrob.

Path description:
From the starting point, first walk to the church above the village, and from there continue along the marked path that starts to the left of the abandoned building. After a short climb across a meadow, the path goes into the wods, and after a few minutes joins the cart track, which continues along the path. Climbing moderately, cart track turns slightly to the left, then turns right and begins a gradual descent. The descent ends after a few minutes, and then we start to climb moderately, following a path which leads us a little further past a bench a few metres away. Follow the marked path, which continues through the forest for some time, then the forest ends and we pass a trestle to reach a macadam road, where we are joined on the right by an unmarked path from the settlement of Dorfarje.
Continue straight ahead, along the road which becomes asphalted and which leads us past a bench and a water trough to a slightly larger crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of Planica (here we will see the NOB memorial to the right and straight ahead). The way ahead leads us along an asphalted road, which quickly leads us to the settlement of Planica, where we take a sharp right at the first houses in the direction of the church at Planica. At the nearby sign (cross), leave the road and continue along a pleasant path which begins to climb moderately. The trail continues through the forest, only in the part where the trail leads us past the cottage, a nice view opens up, which reaches to Polhograjsko hribovje and Lubnik. Higher up, the trail leads to a nondescript ridge, which, within a minute or two of further walking, leads to the Church of St. Gabriel the Archangel at Planica.
From the top, we continue along the macadam road, which becomes asphalt at a nearby residential house, and we descend to a small chapel by the water reservoir, where the road turns left.
Here, where the path joins from the left and bypasses the top of Planica, we continue straight on to cart track, which begins to descend gently. Cart track soon descends even more steeply, and then leads out of the forest onto a grassy slope which offers a fine view of part of the Škofjeloško hribovje (view of the hills from Lubnik through Stari vrh to Blegoš). The path ascends gently over the slope and then returns to the forest, through which it begins to descend again. At a lower level you reach a dirt road, which you follow straight ahead, climbing gently to the nearby bus turnaround. At the NOB memorial, you come out of the forest again, and then follow the asphalt road down to a relatively new and well-maintained parking area above the village of Križna Gora. From here, there is some more downhill, and then, passing the trail branch to the Praprotno settlement, you will reach a crossroads in the middle of the village of Križna Gora, from where you continue to the right in the direction of the church and the hunting lodge. Continue along a fairly scenic and initially still asphalted road, which climbs gently towards a high-voltage power line. After the power line, the road flattens out, or even drops slightly, and then a path branches off to the left, leading directly towards the Church of St. Križ.
Continue along the path parallel to the road, which will take you to the church in a few minutes.
From the church, where you can enjoy a beautiful view, follow the well-trodden path, which continues slightly to the right and returns to the road we have recently left. Once on the road, continue slightly left and within a minute's walk you will reach the hunting lodge, which is located at the edge of the forest.
Crngrob - Planica 1:30, Planica - Sveti Križ 45 min.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2015 (March).

On the way: Cerkev Marijinega oznanjenja (Crngrob) (426m), Sveti nadangel Gabrijel (Planica) (824m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Vrh soteske (Križna gora)

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