Škofja Loka - Vrh soteske (Križna gora)

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.
If we continue right we will in a minute come to the church of the Holy Cross, and we continue left to the near hunting cottage, which is open on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
Behind the hunting cottage we go on a wide cart track which continues towards the south. At the crossings, we follow a wider cart track, and when the cart track descends a little, we continue right, on a beaten footpath, on which in 5 minutes of a moderate ascent we ascend on a forested peak.
Škofja Loka - hunting cottage 1:10, hunting cottage - Vrh soteske 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (April).

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