Crngrob - Sveti Križ (Križna Gora) (via Planica)

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, we drive to Medvode, and from there we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. When we get to Škofja Loka, we don't drive into the center, but we continue "straight" in the direction of Kranj. In the settlement Dorfarje we notice signs for Crngrob, which point us to the left, on the road which further leads through the mentioned village. First, we drive past the furniture salon Prevc, then past the turn-off towards the farm Pri Brojanu, and further also past the tree nursery Cegnar in Zakotnik, and then quite narrow road which runs through the village widens a little. After the village follows a short descent and the path leads us past a larger parking lot, which is situated by the shooting range of Slovenian army. After the parking lot we cross a stream Ušovca, and the road passes into the forest and starts moderately ascending. On the asphalt road, we then quickly get to the settlement Crngrob, where we park on the settled parking lot in the middle of the village.
B) First, we drive to Kranj, and from there we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Before we get to Škofja Loka, in the settlement Dorfarje we continue right in the direction of the settlement Crngrob. First, we drive past the furniture salon Prevc, then past the turn-off towards the farm Pri Brojanu, and further also past the tree nursery Cegnar in Zakotnik, and then quite narrow road which runs through the village widens a little. After the village follows a short descent and the path leads us past a larger parking lot, which is situated by the shooting range of Slovenian army. After the parking lot we cross a stream Ušovca, and the road passes into the forest and starts moderately ascending. On the asphalt road, we then quickly get to the settlement Crngrob, where we park on the settled parking lot in the middle of the village.
C) From Žiri or Cerkno we drive to Škofja Loka, from and there we continue left towards Železniki. When we get closer to the area of Škofja Loka named Podlubnik, we will get to a crossroad, where we continue slightly right in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further, we get to the next marked crossroad, where we again continue right, this time in the direction of the settlement Pevno and Crngrob. Next follows few more crossroads, and we further follow the signs for Crngrob. When the road already loses an asphalt covering it passes into the forest and it brings us to a smaller crossroad by an old chapel. Here, the left road leads directly towards the church in Crngrob, but there aren't any parking spots, therefore we continue on the right road, on which on a moderate descent in few 100 meters we get to the settled parking lot in Crngrob.
D) From Železniki we drive to Škofja Loka, and then before the road turns a little to the right and it starts descending towards the main bus stop, we continue left in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further, we get to the next marked crossroad, where we continue right, this time in the direction of the settlement Pevno and Crngrob. Next follows few more crossroads, and we further follow the signs for Crngrob. When the road already loses an asphalt covering it passes into the forest and it brings us to a smaller crossroad by an old chapel. Here, the left road leads directly towards the church in Crngrob, but there aren't any parking spots, therefore we continue on the right road, on which on a moderate descent in few 100 meters we get to the settled parking lot in Crngrob.

Path description:
From the starting point, we at first walk to the church, which is situated above the village, and from there we continue on a marked path which starts left from the abandoned building. After a short ascent through a meadow, the path goes into the forest and then after few minutes joins the cart track, on which we continue. The moderately ascending cart track turns a little to the left and then turns right and it for some time starts descending. The descent after few minutes ends, and then we start moderately ascending, on the path which a little further leads past a few meters distant bench. We follow the marked path which for some time continues through the forest and then the forest ends and past the hayrack we reach the macadam road, where from the right also unmarked path from the settlement Dorfarje joins.
We continue straight, on the road which becomes asphalted and which past the bench and trough with water brings us to a little bigger crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Planica (here we will right and straight from the path notice NOB monument). The path ahead leads us on the asphalt road, on which we quickly get to the settlement Planica, where at the first houses we continue sharply right in the direction of the church on Planica. At the nearby religious symbol (cross) we leave the road and we continue on a pleasant footpath which starts moderately ascending. The footpath continues through the forest, only on the part where the path leads us past a holiday cottage for some time a nice view opens up, which reaches to Polhograjsko hribovje and Lubnik. Higher, the path brings us on an indistinct ridge, on which in a minute or two of additional walking, we get to the church of the Archangel Gabriel on Planica.
From the top, we continue on the macadam road which at the nearby residential house becomes asphalted, and we descend there to a smaller chapel by the water catchment, where the road turns left.
Here, where from the left joins the path which bypasses the peak of Planica, we continue straight on a cart track which starts lightly descending. The cart track soon descends even steeper, and then it brings us out of the forest on a panoramic grassy slope, from which a nice view opens up on part of Škofjeloško hribovje (a view on hills from Lubnik over Stari vrh to Blegoš). On the panoramic slope the path is lightly ascending, and then it returns into the forest, through which it again starts descending. Lower, we reach the macadam road which we follow straight, and there we are lightly ascending to the nearby bus turning point. At the NOB monument we again come out of the forest and then on an asphalt road, we descend to a relatively new and well-settled parking lot, which is situated above the village Križna Gora.
From here some ascending follows, and then past a turn-off of the path towards the settlement Praprotno, we get to a crossroad in the middle of the village Križna Gora, from where we continue right in the direction of the church and the hunting cottage. We continue on a quite panoramic and at first still asphalt road which is gently ascending towards high voltage power line. After the power line, the road flattens, or even descends a little and then from there, a footpath branches off to the left, which leads directly towards the church of the Holy Cross.
We continue on the mentioned footpath which continues parallel with the road and on which in few minutes we get to the already mentioned church.
From the church, from where a nice view opens up, we continue on a well-beaten path which continues a little to the right and it returns on the road which we recently left. When we step on the road, we continue slightly left and in a minute of additional walking, we get to the hunting cottage, which is situated by the edge of the forest.
Crngrob - Planica 1:30, Planica - Sveti Križ 45 min.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (March).

On the way: Cerkev Marijinega oznanjenja (Crngrob) (426m), Sveti nadangel Gabrijel (Planica) (824m)

Trip can be extended to: Vrh soteske (Križna gora)