Vešter - Archangel Gabriel (Planica)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. Still before the road sign, which marks the end of Škofja Loka, we will notice on the right side a religious symbol, and behind it company Modri val, where the described path begins. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers.
B) We drive to Železniki, and then we follow the main road towards Škofja Loka. When we get to Škofja Loka, we will on the left side of the road notice company Modri val, where the described path begins. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots for mountaineers.

Path description:
From the store, car bodywork and car painting Modri val, we continue on a local road which runs through the settlement Vešter. A little further, at the smaller crossroad we continue left, so that newer apartments we bypass on the left side. After the parking lot, where the parking is allowed only for residents at the address Vešter 20a and 20b, the asphalt ends, and the macadam road a little further on the right side bypasses the last house. When we are right from the mentioned house we go on the left cart track which continues through a small valley, and after the transformer we go once again slightly left, on even a little narrower cart track. From the mentioned cart track which crosses the meadow, after few steps we go sharply left, on a beaten unmarked footpath which passes into the forest. Few minutes we are ascending on a forested footpath, and then we reach the cart track which we follow to the left. A little further, we go from the cart track slightly right on a beaten path, which is further ascending diagonally, and it leads us also below some shorter overhangs. Higher there are few more crossings, where we follow the better beaten path, and when the path flattens, we for some time join a worse road which we follow to the left. From the road already after few steps, at woodpile we go right, and at the first crossing after wood storage, we choose the left path. Further, we are at first moderately, and then steeply ascending through the forest, and at the crossings we still follow the better beaten footpath. Higher, the path flattens and splits.
We continue straight (left - Vrh soteske) and few minutes we walk on a quite gently sloping path. A little further from the left joins the path which leads over Vrh soteske, and we continue straight and on a cart track we start considerably descending. Next follows few minutes of mostly moderate descent and the path brings us to the hunting cottage on Križna gora.
From the hunting cottage, we continue straight and we leave the forest and then through a panoramic meadow we walk to the nearby church of the Holy Cross.
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.
Vešter - Sveti Križ 1:25, Sveti Križ - Križna Gora - 0:15, Križna Gora - Planica 0:40.

On the way: Sveti Križ (Križna Gora) (680m), Križna Gora (681m)