Straža (Jesenice) - Jelenkamen (via Kozjek - east path)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lipce, where we drive right towards Jesenice. In the settlement Slovenski Javornik, at the crossroad with traffic lights we turn left towards the center of the town. At the second traffic light crossroad (at secondary school) we drive right, back towards the road Tomšičeva cesta past the primary school on the left. We drive for additional 2.5 km to the end of street Tomšičeva ulica, or to the spot, where by the railway tracks there is the last bus stop below the hill. Here is a large parking lot, or our starting point.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the asphalt road uphill, where right below the top on the left we notice a footpath, on which we go and there we turn to the left past gardens on our left. We immediately come near the residential buildings on the left, where we cross a shorter cart track (it runs to the nearby water reservoir on the right). The footpath now ascends a little towards power line which we quickly reach. Here we turn right uphill towards the east on a gravel path.
We soon reach the other power line, where the path turns left into a smaller forest (in the summer time we run into wire fence), after which we step on (hunting) footpath east-west. We turn left (west) over a pasture, at the end of which we notice a smaller bench, and here we continue right steeper uphill. Soon steepness decreases and the path turns left towards exposed rocky "baba", where we can enjoy the view.
We continue in deciduous forest (direction west), where the path which crosses a slope, at first descends a little, and after this it brings us on forest plain. Here among fern we get to its edge, where there is a smaller crossing. We continue right by the edge, and after approx 40 meters we run into another crossing (left turn off), where we continue straight uphill. At first wider forest path, soon turns right and narrows. Further, we are ascending in zig-zags on forest slope. After some time at the top of the eastern ridge of Jelenkamen path flattens a little, and it continues straight uphill towards the north. Soon (at the fallen tree) path turns sharply left, where at first crosses a little steeper slope, and after this it brings us on partly open space, where a view opens up on Julian Alps, and on the main viewpoint of Jelenkamen, which is located good 100 altitude meters below its peak. Here the path turns right, steeply uphill (carefully on the descent in wet!), which doesn't last long. When the path flattens and pointing a little towards the left, on the trees we notice different signs. And soon on the eastern slope in northwest traverse the path for the last time ascends towards the summit of Jelenkamen. When after few minutes we reach the peak, we turn left (right Pristava), and on forest ridge we soon get to the destination, where a view opens up towards Ljubljana basin, Jesenice, Karawanks, Ratitovec and Mežakla.

Trip can be extended to: Dom Pristava v Javorniškem Rovtu , Španov vrh (1 h 15 min)