Podkraj - Križna gora (Hrušica) (steep way)

Access to starting point:
From Logatec we drive towards Idrija. Only a little after the village Kalce we will notice a road which goes left in the direction of village Podkraj and Col. We go on this quite winding road and we follow it to the village Podkraj. We park on a smaller parking lot by the road right next to sign for the end of the village Podkraj (by parking lot are also hiking signposts).
From Primorska we at first drive to Col, and then we continue driving in the direction of village Podkraj. When the road brings us to the beginning of the village we don't continue right in the village, but we continue on the left upper road which bypasses the center of the village. Near the sign for the beginning Podkraj we park on a smaller parking lot by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on an ascending cart track in the direction of Sveti Duh and Javornik. Cart track already after few steps turns to the right and then it is ascending diagonally through a grassy slope. Higher, we pass into a short lane of a forest, after which the path brings us to a marked crossing.
We continue left (right Javornik) on a gently sloping path, which crosses slopes towards Križna gora, which we clearly see in front of us. A well-marked path continues on a cart track, from which soon for a short time pretty steep path branches off to the right. Higher, the path passes into the forest, where it is ascending diagonally towards the northwest. When we step out of the forest, the path turns a little more to the right and with the help of steel cables (undemanding) brings us to the next crossing.
We continue left in the direction of Križna gora (straight Sveti Duh and Križna gora on a gentle path). The path ahead quickly passes into the forest, where it is then moderately ascending on a cart track. At the spot, where the cart track turns to the right, blazes point us slightly to the left on a footpath which quickly passes out of the forest on panoramic grassy slopes. Panoramic path from which a breathtaking view opens up on a plateau Nanoška planota and part of Gulf of Trieste is steeper and steeper ascending on occasionally very steep slope, which is in wet and snow dangerous for slipping. This path we then follow all the way to the top of Križna gora on which stands a lookout tower.
It's recommended to descent on a little longer gentle path.