Podblica - Sveti Križ above Selca (via Sleme)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Kranj, then follow the signs for Besnica (the turn-off from the old Ljubljana - Kranj road is before the bridge over the Sava River, or after the bridge if you are coming from Kranja). Continue through Spodnja, Zgornja Besnica and Njivica. A little further on, you arrive in Nemilje, and after this settlement the road starts to climb more steeply. When you reach Podblica, follow the main road, and when you reach the ecological island on the right, you will see the beginning of the route described above. Do not park at the ecological island, as this will block the locals' access to the rubbish containers. Park in a suitable place on the roadside lower or higher up the road.
b) From Železniki, drive to Dražgoše, then continue to Kropa, crossing the slopes of Jelovica, then arriving at a junction where the road to Kranj turns sharp right (the turn-off for Kranj is only from the opposite direction). Here, continue sharp right (if the turn is too sharp, there is a turning point about 50 metres further on), then descend to Podblica, where you will see an ecological island on the left before the centre of the village, where the route described above begins. Do not park at the ecological island, as this will block the locals' access to the rubbish containers. Park in a suitable place on the roadside lower or higher up the road.
c) Drive to Kropa, then continue driving to Dražgoše and Železniki. After Jamnik, leave the road towards Dražgoše and drive left towards Kranj. Then descend to Podblica, where the route described above starts at the ecological island. Do not park at the ecological island, as this will block the locals' access to the rubbish containers. Park in a suitable place on the roadside lower or higher up the road.

Path description:
A few steps above the eco-island there is a marked crossroads, from where you turn left in the direction of St. Mohor (right footpath to Jamnik and Metka biscuit bakery). The path ahead leads you along the cart track, which climbs crosswise through vast hay meadows, then turns into woods after a small sign. Through the woods we continue to climb mainly cross-country, then at the chapel we reach a marked crossroads, from where we continue right towards Lajš (St. Mohor on the left, Selca on the right).
The way forward is still along the cart track, which climbs gently to moderately. At a slightly higher altitude, the path exits the forest onto a hay meadow and then returns to the forest behind a small hut, which can be seen on the right-hand side. After a few minutes of ascent through the forest, you reach another hayfield, where the path leads along its left edge. A little higher up, the path turns left and leads us past the abandoned Lobnikar farm to an asphalt road, which we follow to the left, quickly reaching the church of St Jedert.
From the church, continue along the asphalt road, and at the nearby crossroads, continue straight on towards Dražgoš. The way forward leads past two NOB memorials, with beautiful views, and then arrives at Dražgoše, where, after the house in front of which the chapel is located, we turn left, onto a side road. The way ahead takes us past a few houses, and then we arrive on the slopes of Slemena, where, before a strip of woods to the left, cart track branches off, leading to the transmitters, and we continue for a few more 10 metres along the asphalt road, turning left at the middle of a left-hand bend. The way forward leads us along the cart track lookout, which leads us along the ridge to Sleme in a few minutes.
From the top, we continue to the nearby transmitters, where the above-mentioned cart track joins us from the left. Continue straight ahead, following the path into the forest, which begins to descend gently to moderately. A little lower down, the path goes from the ridge to a slope, and a few steps further on, out of the forest onto an older clearing, now mainly a grassy slope with some reforestation in the upper part. A little further on, you reach an asphalt road, and continue climbing along it to a marked fork. Continue along the forest track (right private asphalt road), which leads to the top of a rise, where you leave the forest. From the point where you leave the forest, it is only a short walk of 10 steps to the Church of the Holy Cross. Description and figures refer to the situation in 2017 (November).

On the way: Sveta Jedert (Lajše) (850m), Sleme (pri Dražgošah) (883m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Sleme (Površnica)

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