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

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Medvode, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Further, we drive through Škofja loka, and then a little after the main bus stop, on the part where the main road turns slightly to the left, we continue slightly right in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further, at the marked crossroad we go right in the direction of Crngob and Pevno, and at the next left in the direction of Papirnica, Crngrob and Pevno. Škofja Loka after that soon ends, and the road further leads through meadows. At the crossroad, where slightly to the right, the road branches off towards Papirnica, we continue slightly left, at the next crossroad, by the wooden religious symbol left towards the settlement Pevno (straight - Crngrob). Next follows few 100 meters more of driving and the road brings us in Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots.
B) From Žiri or Cerkno we drive to Škofja Loka, from and there we continue left towards Železniki. Further, we drive through Škofja loka, and then a little after the main bus stop, on the part where the main road turns slightly to the left, we continue slightly right in the direction of the settlement Pevno. A little further, at the marked crossroad we go right in the direction of Crngob and Pevno, and at the next left in the direction of Papirnica, Crngrob and Pevno. Škofja Loka after that soon ends, and the road further leads through meadows. At the crossroad, where slightly to the right, the road branches off towards Papirnica, we continue slightly left, at the next crossroad, by the wooden religious symbol left towards the settlement Pevno (straight - Crngrob). Next follows few 100 meters more of driving and the road brings us in Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots.
C) 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 and Pevno. Škofja Loka after that soon ends, and the road further leads through meadows. At the crossroad, where slightly to the right, the road branches off towards Papirnica, we continue slightly left, at the next crossroad, by the wooden religious symbol left towards the settlement Pevno (straight - Crngrob). Next follows few 100 meters more of driving and the road brings us in Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots.
D) 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 bypass the church and some houses on the left side. Further, we drive through the forest, where the road leads us past Rdeče znamenje, and when the forest ends, we drive among fields. At the nearby crossroad, we go right and past the church of St. Uršula we drive to the center of the settlement Pevno, where we notice the first blazes. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots.

Path description:
From the spot, where we notice the first blazes, the path leads us on a side road which at the hydrant splits into two parts. We continue on the bottom road which gradually changes into a cart track, and it turns right and it ascends to the edge of the forest. By the edge of the forest, we choose the right path, by which there are also blazes, and the path passes into the forest, and a little higher returns on a wider cart track. We continue on a forested cart track which is at first quite gently, and then moderately ascending. At the crossings, we follow the blazes or signs for Planica. Higher, the cart track becomes steeper and for some time passes on a shorter steep slope. Above the mentioned part, we reach a wider cart track which brings us out of the forest on a grassy slope below the settlement Planica. With nice views towards the valley and the Alps we quickly reach a smaller settlement, where at the crossroads we continue straight, few 10 strides before the road sign, which marks the end of the settlement, we continue slightly left on a cart track which ascends past a religious symbol.
From the religious symbol follows for approximately 10 minutes of ascent and the path which partly runs through the forest, brings us to the church of the Archangel Gabriel, which is situated on the summit.
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.
Pevno - Planica 1:30, Planica - Sveti Križ 45 min.

On the way: Sveti nadangel Gabrijel (Planica) (824m)

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