Škofja Loka - Sveti Križ (Križna Gora)

Access to starting point:
A) From Gorenja vas, Ljubljana or Kranj we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. At the end of Škofja Loka, more precisely at settlement Podlubnik we will get to a crossroad, where a road branches off to the right towards Trnje, and right at this spot we turn left and then we park on a parking lot near the Mercator store (on the mentioned parking lot we can park on Sundays and holidays, otherwise we look for appropriate parking spot somewhere nearby).
B) We drive to Železniki, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. At the beginning of Škofja Loka, at the settlement Podlubnik we will get to a crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards Trnje, and we continue right towards the nearby parking lot of Mercator store (on the mentioned parking lot we can park on Sundays and holidays, otherwise we look for an appropriate parking spot somewhere nearby).

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the main road, we carefully cross it, and then we continue on a little narrower asphalt road which leads us through the village Trnje. After few minutes, the road splits into two parts, and we continue slightly right, on the one which slightly descends. Only a little further, the asphalt ends, and by the beginning of the right turn we notice a red mountain signpost for Križna Gora, which points us to the left on a cart track which continues along the stream Virloški potok. Further, we are few minutes barely ascending through a smaller partly grassy valley, we then cross a stream and we start ascending steeper through the forest. After approximately 15 minutes of ascent, the path flattens and it brings us to a hamlet Cavrn, where we step on an asphalt road. The road at first leads past few houses, and then at the cross turns right. At the cross, so at the spot, where the road turns right, we continue straight on a cart track, on which with nice views, we ascend to the nearby forest. In the forest, the cart track splits into two parts, we choose the left marked, which only a little higher starts ascending diagonally towards the right. During the crossing a nice view opens up towards the church of the Holy Cross on Križna gora and Kamnik Savinja Alps. The path quickly returns into the forest, which then ends just before a smaller saddle, where the path again splits.
If we continue left, we will in few steps come to the hunting cottage, if we continue right we will in few 10 strides come to the church of the Holy Cross, from which a beautiful view opens up.

On the way: Trnje (383m), Cavrn (545m)

Trip can be extended to: Vrh soteske (Križna gora) ( 15 min) , Archangel Gabriel (Planica) ( 55 min)