Vešter - Archangel Gabriel (Planica)

Access to the starting point:
a) Drive to Škofja Loka, then continue driving towards Železniki. Before the road sign marking the end of Škofja Loka, you will see a sign on the right, followed by the company Modri val, where the route described above begins. There are no parking places for hikers at the starting point.

b) Take the Železniki, then follow the main road towards Škofja Loka. When you reach Škofja Loka, you will see the company Modri val on the left side of the road, where the trail starts. There are no parking places for hikers at the starting point.

Path description:
From the shop, the car dealership and the Blue Wave car repair shop, follow the local road through the Vešter settlement. A little further on, at a small crossroads, continue left, passing the newer dwellings on your left. After the parking lot, where only residents of Vešter 20a and 20b are allowed to park, the asphalt ends and the dirt road continues a little further, passing the last house on the right. Once to the right of the house, take the left-hand cart track, which continues along a small valley, and after the transformer, take another slight left-hand turn, onto the slightly narrower cart track. From the above-mentioned cart track, which crosses a hayfield, go sharp left after a few steps onto an unmarked path which turns into a wood. Follow the wooded track for a few minutes, then reach cart track, which you follow to the left. A little further on, go slightly right from cart track onto a beaten track which continues to climb cross-country and also leads under a few short overhangs. Higher up, there are a few more forks where you follow a better-beaten path, and when the path is laid, you cross over to join a worse road, which you follow to the left. After a few steps, go right at the woodpile, then left at the first fork after the woodpile. Continue on a moderate and then steep ascent through the forest, still following the better-beaten track at the forks. Higher up, the path flattens out and splits.

Continue straight ahead (left Vrh soteske) and walk for a few minutes on a fairly winding path. A little further on, a path joins us from the left, leading via Vrh soteske, and we continue straight on and start to descend more visibly on cart track. A few minutes of mostly moderate downhill follows and the path leads us to the hunting lodge on Križna hora.

From the hunting lodge, continue straight ahead and leave the forest, then walk across the meadow to the nearby Church of St. Križ.

After the church, follow the winding path down to the nearby road, which you can follow to the right. Follow the road to Križna Gora, where you turn left at the crossroads (right Moškrin), and after a short climb, the marked path from Praproštno joins you on your left.
Continue straight ahead and you will quickly arrive at a well-maintained parking lot on the outskirts of Križna Gora.
From the parking lot, continue along the asphalt road northwards, which leads you on a slight incline over initially scenic terrain. After the last house nearby, the road goes into the woods and leads past the NOB memorial to the bus turnaround. There is a short easy descent, then continue slightly right on the wide cart track, and from there a few 10 steps further slightly left on the marked mountain path. The path continues for some time zložno to moderately climbs through the forest, and then leads us out of the forest, where it is laid or even slightly descends. It is followed by a crossing of a grassy slope from which a beautiful view of part of the Škofjeloško hribovje opens up. After the viewpoint, the path returns to the forest and starts to climb up the increasingly wide cart track. After a few minutes, when the cart track has been laid, we get on the asphalt road, and we follow it, passing a solitary house, to the top of Planica, where the Church of St. Gabriel the Archangel stands.
Vešter - Sv. Križ 1:25, Sv. Križ - Križna Gora - 0:15, Križna Gora - Planica 0:40.

On the way: Sveti Križ (Križna Gora) (680m), Križna Gora (681m)

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