Gozd - Koča na Kriški gori (easier path)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Kranj west, and then we follow the signs for Golnik and Križe. A little after the settlement Senično steep road branches off to the right upwards, which leads towards Zgornje Vetrno and Gozd. Soon after the village Zgornje Vetrno, we come to a marked parking lot, which is situated on the left side of the road (starting point for steep path on Kriška gora), and we continue driving on an ascending road which soon brings us to the cottage Zavetišče v Gozdu. We can park on one of the two large parking lots by the mentioned cottage, or we drive good 100 meters ahead to the parking lot at the church.
B) From the road Naklo - Tržič, in the settlement Retnje, we turn on the road in the direction of Križe and Golnik. In Križe, at the stop sign we turn right towards Golnik, on the main road, we drive to a crossroad, where a steep road branches off sharply to the left, which leads towards Zgornje Vetrno and Gozd. Soon after the village Zgornje Vetrno, we come to a marked parking lot, which is situated on the left side of the road (starting point for steep path on Kriška gora), and we continue driving on an ascending road which soon brings us to the cottage Zavetišče v Gozdu. We can park on one of the two large parking lots by the mentioned cottage, or we drive good 100 meters ahead to the parking lot at the church.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we at first walk to the nearby church, and then we come at the marked crossing, where from the right side joins the path from Golnik. We continue slightly left and we continue the ascent on the road which past two successive NOB monuments brings us above the village, where the road changes into wide but steep cart track. After a short ascent, the cart track splits into two parts, and we continue on the left in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Kriški gori (right Tolsti vrh). Cart track then past the water supply structure and holiday cottage passes into the forest, where we continue in a moderate ascent.
Only a little further signs for Kriška gora point us to the right (straight unmarked path on Kriška gora) on a little more rough cart track which higher changes into relatively steep footpath. Further, we are ascending on a well-settled path, by which we notice numerous benches and by them names of benches. Higher, the path brings us to a grazing fence and only a little higher it turns to the left, where it is then ascending diagonally. After few minutes of a diagonal ascent, we step out of the forest, where in front of us we already notice a mountain hut Koča na Kriški gori, to which we have only few 10 strides of easy walking.

On the way: Zavetišče v Gozdu mountain hut (891m)

Trip can be extended to: Vrata ( 30 min) , Tolsti vrh (1 h)