Zgornje Jezersko - Žmitkov špic

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Kranj - East and follow the road towards Jezersko. At Zgornje Jezersko, at the junction by the petrol station, turn left towards the Church of St. Ožbolt in Jezersko (straight Border crossing Jezersko). Continue past the Hotel Planinka and follow the road to the nearby St. Ožbolt Church. Park near the church, or a little lower down in the parking lot by the cemetery.

Path description:
From the church, continue along the asphalted road, which climbs moderately and after a few 10 steps leads to the place where it ends. Here you will notice a signpost on a tree for Virnikov Grintovec, which directs you right onto a footpath that climbs gently along the edge of grassy hay meadows. The path, which then goes into the wods and which begins to climb moderately, leads us after 15 minutes' walk, just after the stream, to the Žmitek homestead, where we also step out onto the macadam road.
The marked footpath crosses the road and then begins to climb steeply through the dense forest. After a few minutes of steep ascent, join the steeper cart track, which is then followed to a small pass between Olipa's Edge (another name for Žmitkov špic) on the left and Žmitek's Peak on the right.
At this pass, leave the wide marked trail leading to Virnikov Grintovec and continue left along the less well-trodden, but well-followed path which, after less than 5 minutes of further walking, leads us to the summit of Žmitka's Spit. Here the path climbs steeply, and we can use a rope and, at a slightly higher level, a short ladder to help us. After about 15 m of steep ascent, the path is laid, turns to the left and, after a few further steps, leads us to a scenic peak.

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