Zalog - Koča na Kriški gori

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Gorenjska highway at the Kranj west exit, and then we follow the signs for Golnik. In the settlement Goriče we leave the main road towards Golnik and continue right towards Zalog. Further on, we follow the signs for Zalog, where in the center of the settlement, by the mountain signposts, the described path begins. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.
B) From Tržič we drive to Križe, and then we continue towards Golnik and Kranj. In the settlement Goriče we leave the main road towards Kranj and continue left towards Zalog. Further on, we follow the signs for Zalog, where in the center of the settlement, by the mountain signposts, the described path begins. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.

Route description:
From the center of Zalog we continue straight in the direction towards Gozd and Kriška gora (right Velika Poljana, Mala Poljana and Storžič) and along the asphalt road we continue to the hamlet Svarje, where the road turns left. The road becomes macadam after a few houses, and we leave it before it starts to descend.
We continue right, where behind the house the path enters the forest, and in the forest markings also appear, which until now, except for the mountain directional sign, had not been there. Through the forest we first ascend transversely towards the left, and when we reach the cart track, we continue right. The cart track soon branches, we choose the left one, and at the subsequent junctions we follow the markings. Higher up the cart track ends and we continue the ascent along an initially still steep mountain path, which gradually flattens. The flat path brings us out of the forest onto expansive pastures, across which we walk in a few minutes to the village Gozd, where we go right in the direction of Kriška gora (left Zavetišče v Gozdu and Golnik).
The path ahead leads us along the road for a short time, which soon turns into a cart track that ascends more steeply. After a short ascent the cart track branches into two parts, and we continue along the left one in the direction of Koča na Kriški gori (right Tolsti vrh). The cart track then passes the water supply facility and a weekend hut into the forest, where it continues in a moderate ascent.
Only a little further ahead the signs for Kriška gora direct us right (straight ahead unmarked path to Kriška gora) onto a somewhat rougher cart track, which higher up turns into a relatively steep trail. Further on we ascend along a nicely maintained path, along which we notice numerous benches and the names beside them. Higher up the path brings us to a pasture fence and a little higher turns left, where it then ascends transversely. After a few minutes of transverse ascent we step out of the forest, where we already see Koča na Kriški gori in front of us, to which only a few dozen easy steps remain.
Zalog - Gozd 1:25, Gozd - Koča na Kriški gori 1:25.

Along the route: Svarje (690m), Gozd (890m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrata, Tolsti vrh

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