Adergas - Apnišče (via Šterna)
Starting point: Adergas (424 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2706°N 14.4643°E
Path name: via Šterna
Time of walking: 1 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 316 m
Altitude difference (by path): 316 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Vodice, and then we continue driving in the direction of Krvavec and Cerklje na Gorenjskem. From the roundabout in Spodnji Brnik we drive on exit in the direction of Krvavec and Cerklje na Gorenjskem. Through Cerklje na Gorenjskem we follow the main road, and then we get to the settlement Češnjevek and a little further to the settlement Trata, where we turn right in the direction of Adergas. Further, we drive on a little narrower road, and we follow it to the monastery Adergas, where we park on a large parking lot.
B) We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Kranj - east or Brnik, and then we continue driving towards Šenčur. Further, we drive through Šenčur, where in the middle of the settlement, we turn slightly right in the direction of Srednja vas. The path ahead leads us on Velesovo road, at the crossroad where the road in Velesovo branches off to the left we continue straight on the main road. A little further, we get to a crossroad with the priority road, where at the stop sign we continue left (right Praprotna Polica). When we reach the main road Visoko - Cerklje na Gorenjskem we continue right, after that immediately left, on the road towards Adergas (main road we practically only cross). Further, we drive on a little narrower road, and we follow it to the monastery Adergas, where we park on a large parking lot.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which continues on the left side of the wall of former monastery. The mentioned road, we follow to the first left turn, where signs for Štefanja gora point us to the right on a footpath. After few 10 strides of additional walking, a marked path turns to the left and starts ascending steeper. Soon steepness decreases and from the left joins the path from water catchment. We continue slightly right past a smaller cross, on a gently sloping path which continues on and by the cart track, and which is few days after the rain usually quite muddy. A little further from the left side joins also the path from Velesovo, and we still continue on a wide and gentle cart track. Easy path then brings us to a marked crossing, by which a smaller chapel is situated.
We continue left in the direction of "šterna" (right "bench") on the path which continues on for some time still gentle cart track. Cart track soon changes into wide and a little steeper footpath, and which higher joins other wider cart track. We continue moderate ascent through the forest and from the left joins the marked path from the village Olševek. Only a little above the mentioned crossing we come to "šterna", where the path turns sharply to the right and after a further shorter ascent brings us on a smaller saddle, where there is the next crossing, and next to it signposts for Olševek, Adergas and Možjanca.
We continue on the left cart track (far right path leads to a small church of St. Štefan on Štefanja gora, from which we soon go left on a well-beaten, but unmarked footpath. A little further, the path out of the forest brings us on a meadow, from which a nice view opens up towards Kalški greben and Krvavec. When the path returns into the forest, only a short ascent follows and the path brings us to the top of Apnišče.
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