Škofja Loka - Archangel Gabriel (Planica)

Access to starting point:
A) From Gorenja vas, Ljubljana or Kranj we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. At the end of Škofja Loka, more precisely at settlement Podlubnik we will get to a crossroad, where a road towards Trnje branches off to the right. We park on one of the parking lots nearby, at the apartment buildings, the parking is allowed only for residents, and in front of the store Mercator we can park when the store is closed.
B) We drive to Železniki, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. At the beginning of Škofja Loka, at settlement Podlubnik we will get to a crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards Trnje. We park on one of the parking lots nearby, at the apartment buildings, the parking is allowed only for residents, and in front of the store Mercator we can park when the store is closed.

Path description:
From the main road, we continue towards the settlement Trnje and through the mentioned settlement we walk on a little narrower asphalt road. After few minutes, the road splits into two parts, and we continue slightly right, on the one which slightly descends. A little further, we get to a marked crossing, where signposts for Križna gora point us to the left on a cart track which continues along the stream Virloški potok. Further, we are few minutes barely ascending through a smaller grassy valley, we then cross the stream and we start ascending steeper through the forest. After approximately 15 minutes of ascent, the path flattens and it brings us to a hamlet Cavrn, where we step on an asphalt road. The road at first leads past few houses, and then at the cross turns right. By the cross, so at the spot, where the road turns right, we continue straight on a cart track, on which with nice views, we ascend to the nearby forest. In the forest, the cart track splits into two parts, we choose the slightly left marked, which only a little higher starts ascending diagonally towards the right. During the crossing a nice view opens up towards the church of the Holy Cross on Križna gora and Kamnik Savinja Alps.
The path quickly returns into the forest, which ends before a smaller saddle, where the path again splits.
To the left we can in few 10 strides get to the hunting cottage on Križna gora, which is open on Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and we continue right and in a minute of walking, we ascend to the church of the Holy Cross, from which a beautiful view opens up. Behind the church, we continue on a gently sloping footpath, on which in few minutes we descend to a nearby road which we follow to the right. On the road, we get to the settlement Križna Gora, where at the crossroad we go left (right - Moškrin), and after a short ascent from the left also a marked path from Praprotno joins.
We continue straight and we quickly get to the settled parking lot, which is situated at the periphery of Križna Gora.
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road forward towards the north, and in a gentle ascent it leads us on at first panoramic terrain. Behind the nearby last house, the road goes into the forest and past NOB monument brings us to the turning point for buses. Next follows a short easy descent, and then we continue slightly right on a wide cart track, and from there few 10 strides ahead slightly left on a marked mountain path. The path ahead is for some time gently to moderately ascending through the forest and then it brings us out of the forest, where it flattens or even descends a little. Next follows traversing of a panoramic grassy slope, from which a nice view opens up on part of Škofjeloško hribovje. After the panoramic part, the path returns into the forest and starts ascending on a wider cart track. When after few minutes the cart track flattens, we step on an asphalt road, and there past a lonely house we ascend to the summit of Planica, where there is a church of the Archangel Gabriel.
Škofja Loka - Sveti Križ 1:10, Sveti Križ - Križna Gora - 0:15, Križna Gora - Planica 0:40.

On the way: Trnje (383m), Cavrn (545m), Sveti Križ (Križna Gora) (680m), Križna Gora (681m)