Begunje (Krpin) - Sankaška koča (by ski slope)

Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Radovljica or Lesce, and then we follow the signs for Begunje na Gorenjskem. When we get to Begunje na Gorenjskem, at first we still follow the signs for Tržič and Draga, and after the hospital we turn left in the direction of recreation center Krpin, to which we get to after approximately 100 meters of additional driving. We park on a large parking lot by the mentioned recreation center.

Path description:
Behind the bar Krpin, which is situated by the parking lot there starts a well-beaten path which leads towards the church of St. Peter on Gora. The path at first runs on a gentle cart track, and then passes on the right side of the ski slope, where it is ascending by the edge of the forest. Further, we are for some time relatively steeply ascending, and then the path after the shepherd hut for some time flattens a little. A little further, on the upper part of the ski slope, the path turns right and continues on a cart track. From the cart track, we soon go left on a steep path, and after few minutes we return on a worse cart track.
When we again reach the cart track we follow it to the left, and it quickly brings us out of the forest, where in front of us we already see the church of St. Peter, to which separates us a short moderate ascent with increasingly beautiful views.
From the church, we continue right in the direction of Sankaška koča, and the path ahead leads us on a wide and gentle cart track which runs right from the airfield and viewpoint. When the cart track goes into the forest we continue on the left cart track, and there we continue in a gentle ascent. In the last part becomes a cart track a little steeper, and we quickly reach Sankaška koča, from which a nice view opens up on Julian Alps.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (January, February).

On the way: Sveti Peter above Begunje (839m)

Trip can be extended to: Smokuški vrh , Pleče ( 55 min) , Tomčeva koča na Poljški planini (1 h 55 min)