Jesenice (Straža) - Španov vrh (via Jelenkamen)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Lipce, where you turn right towards Jesenice. In the Slovenski Javornik settlement, at the junction with the traffic light, turn left towards the town centre. At the second traffic lights (by the gymnasium) turn right, back towards Tomšičeva cesta, passing the primary school on the left. Drive for another 2. 5 km to the end of Tomšičeva Street, or to where the last bus stop is located at the bottom of the incline by the railway line. Here is a large parking lot, or our starting point.

Path description:
From the parking lot, follow the tarmac road uphill, where just below the summit you will see a track on your left, which you can step onto and follow in the direction of the gardens on your left. Immediately you come into the vicinity of the residential buildings on your left, where you cross the short cart track (leading to the nearby water reservoir on your right). The track now climbs slightly towards the power line, which you quickly reach. Here turn right uphill to the east along a dirt track.
Soon reach another power line, where the path turns left into a short copse (in the summer time you come across a wire fence), after which you enter an east-west (hunting) track. Turn left (west) across a pasture, at the end of which you see a small bench, and we continue right here, steeper uphill. Soon the steepness eases, and the path turns left towards an exposed rocky "baba", where we can enjoy the view.
Continue into the deciduous forest (heading west), where the path crossing the slope first descends slightly and then leads to a forest levelling. Here, among the ferns, you come to the edge of the ferns, where there is a small crossroads. Continue right along the edge, and after about 40 m you will come to another crossroads (left fork), where you continue straight uphill. Initially a wider forest path, it soon turns right and narrows. It continues up the forest slope in switchbacks. After a while, at the top of the eastern ridge of Jelenkamn, the trail flattens out a bit and continues straight uphill to the north. Soon (at a fallen tree) the path turns sharp left, where it first crosses a slightly steeper slope, and then leads to a partially open place, where we are offered a view of the Julian Mountains, and the main lookout point of Jelenkamn, which lies just 100 m below its summit. Here the path turns right, steeply uphill (take care when descending in the wet!), but it doesn't take long. As the path lays down and points slightly to the left, you will notice various markings on the trees. Soon the path climbs up the eastern slope in a NW slope for the last time towards the top of Jelenkamn. After a few minutes, when you reach the top, turn right (left Jelenkamen) to the NW. A few minutes' walk along the marked path of the forest ridge, then, when it descends a little, we come to a crossroads: right Pristava, left rovt Dole, straight the hunting path to Lenčkov Špik. Choose the last one and follow it up in the same direction from which you came. After a short time, when the trail descends a little, you will come across a right fork, where you will head and leave the marked hunting trail. The path which crosses the rather steep slope of Lenčkovo Špik, leads us shortly to Lenčkovo rovt. Here, take the cart track, which descends slightly at first and then, at a fork, take the left one and climb moderately over and along the pastures until it ends at the forest road Prihodi - Križovec. Bear right and walk along this road for a further 10 minutes, then you will come across cart track on the left, which leads into the woods to the NW (there is a small parking lot on the right-hand side of the road). Bear right and take the marked path Pristava - Črni vrh. Only a little further on, the path reaches a small undistinguished precipice, after which it starts to descend gradually. At the point where the path turns left and then climbs slightly, cross the stream (Ukova on the left). After a short, moderate climb, just before leaving the forest at the crossroads, turn right, or take the path that leads straight ahead. When you reach a grassy slope, take the ascending cart track on your right and leave the marked path (before re-entering the forest). Cart track, which fades away towards the top of the increasingly scenic slope, leads us to a large pass just below Španov vrh on our right (here we get a view towards Golica). There is only a short climb along the edge of the ski slope to the top station of the Španov vrh chairlift.

On the way: Jelenkamen (1096m)

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