Dorfarje - Archangel Gabriel (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 brings us to a larger parking lot, which is situated by the shooting range of Slovenian army.
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 brings us to a larger parking lot, which is situated by the shooting range of Slovenian army.
C) From Žiri, Cerkno or Železniki we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue 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 brings us to a larger parking lot, which is situated by the shooting range of Slovenian army.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return back on the road into Dorfarje, and there at two successive crossroads we continue left. Behind the last house, the asphalt ends, and we continue on a cart track which leads us past the hayrack. Further, we short time walk through a larger meadow, and then an already entirely grassy cart track turns left and descends a little. After a short descent, we get closer to a riverbed of the stream, which then with the help of a wooden bridge we also cross. On the other side of the small bridge we for some time continue along the stream and then a beaten, but unmarked footpath starts lightly ascending. After few minutes, we reach the cart track which we follow to the left, and we walk there to the spot, where it crosses a smaller stream. Immediately after the stream we go slightly left on a beaten footpath which again starts lightly ascending. Higher, the path passes into the forest and a little ahead joins the next cart track, on which we are few 10 strides still moderately ascending, and then it flattens and brings us on the ridge and a little ahead also to a crossing. From the crossing, we continue on the right cart track, and from there after few 10 strides slightly left on a steep footpath which continues on a forested ridge. After few minutes of a steep ascent, we reach an indistinct peak Pošpoh (626 meters), from which through the treetops a view opens up towards Šmarjetna gora.
Next follows an easy descent, and then the path widens into a cart track. A little further, at the smaller crossing, we continue slightly left and then we are for some time ascending diagonally. Further, the path leads us also past the memory park NOB, and behind it in few minutes we get to the turning point of the nearby road. We continue on the road which for some time descends a little and then it brings us out of the forest, where it leads us past a bee house and a hunting observatory. Next follows a short walk and we join the marked path from Crngrob.
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.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (March).

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Križ (Križna Gora) ( 45 min)