Kočna - Žerjavec (Kavče) (steep north path)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lipce, where we turn left in the direction of Blejska Dobrava and Spodnje Gorje. Soon when we drive past the railway underpass, we are at the next crossroad, where we turn right - Bled, Kočna. At first, a zig-zag road ascends straight towards the west and soon at the left turn reaches the top or settlement Kočna. Our starting point is located on the left side of the road, few meters before the settlement sign. Beacause of continuous line we drive ahead past first houses, where on the right we notice a bus stop. Here we turn around and return back, almost to the turn, where we would descend back into a valley. We stop on a macadam parking lot.

Path description:
Turned towards the valley, after few steps from the starting point, we step on the path which leads in the forest on our right. After few meters in the forest, we turn left. At first gentle path soon slightly ascends to the edge of a slope on which we can look into a valley, and where there is also a crossing. Here we go right, uphill (straight path, which ends). After few meters of a light ascent among trees we come on the open. Here we have to pay attention. When right after that part we slightly ascend to first tree, which is situated by the left side of the path, we turn sharply right on a steep slope of Žerjavec (we leave indicated path). Occasionally a little hard to follow path turns steep towards the summit, in doing so mainly sticks to right edge of northern slope of the hill. Steep path after this leads past rocky area on left, peak of which we can enjoy the view towards Jelenkamen and part of Jesenice. From here we can already observe also Kres nad Kočno and famous Poljanska Baba. Further our path is for a short time still pretty steep, whereupon steepness starts decreasing. When the path almost flattens, we walk for a short time on the upper ridge of Žerjavec towards the south. Soon, on the south part of the peak, we run into nice, panoramic rocky shoulder with a bench, which represents peak, where we rest and enjoy the view on settlement Kočna, Poljanska Baba, Gorje with Pokljuka, Boršt, and on part of Karawanks on our right.