Železniki - Sleme (Površnica) (via Štalca)

Access to the starting point:
Drive to Železniki, where you can park in the parking lot at the junction for Kropa, Dražgoše and Rudno.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the pavement and walk in the route Škofja Loka, and just after crossing the Češnjica stream, turn left onto a side road. Walk along the side road for a few 10 paces, then go right between two houses, where the track starts, climbing above Železniki. At first, the path climbs cross-country, overlooking Železniki, before entering the woods and turning more to the right. There are a number of forks, and we continue straight ahead or slightly right, being careful also because the route of the downhill cycle path leads along some of the paths. Higher up, follow the paths leading to the ridge, then follow the ridge to reach the top of Štalka (642 m), from which there is some downhill. When the trail stops descending, the trail that goes around the top of Štalka joins us from the left, and we follow the trail that continues along the ridge. Higher up, we leave the woods and cross the hayfield on the clearly visible cart track, which turns into a dirt road before the Kališe settlement.

Follow the road up to a crossroads where a road sign for Dražgoše points left, and we continue up to the right and then cross the road to the right (the path leading straight up out of the settlement passes through private land and is not passable). The settlement soon ends, the road becomes macadam and as it turns into forest, the path from Selca joins us on the right.

Go left twice here, then right on the beaten footpath, which begins to climb steeply. After a few minutes of steep climbing, we leave the forest, where the path is laid, and we are only a good minute's walk from the Church of the Holy Cross, which we can already see in front of us.
From the church, continue along the ridge overlooked by the view, then into the forest, where you continue along a well-worn path that quickly leads to an asphalt road. Continue along the tarmac road for a short distance, and when the road turns left, continue straight on to a footpath that continues through the forest. Continue along the slopes of Rožnik, where the path leads you across a hayfield, and when you return to the forest, the path turns into a ridge. A little further on, leave the forest and walk across the meadow to the highest point of the ridge or Površnice.
Železniki - Sv. Križ 1:15, Sv. Križ - Sleme 0:20.

On the way: Štalca (642m), Sveti Križ nad Selcami (860m)

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