Begunje - Tomčeva koča na Poljški planini (via sveti Peter)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Radovljica (from Gorenjska side exit Lesce) and follow the road ahead in the direction of Begunje. In Begunje (only a little after the crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards Žirovnica) we continue left in the direction of recreation center Krpin (straight Draga and Tržič). We park on a large parking lot by recreation center Krpin.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which higher over a small bridge crosses the stream Blatnica and then it changes into a macadam road. We still follow the road, and it soon brings us to a marked crossroad, where we continue on the left road in the direction of St. Peter (right St. Peter longer path and saddle Kališča). The road which is getting worse then quickly brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue right on a cart track (marked). Cart track then starts ascending steeper and higher brings us out of the forest on grassy slopes on which in a few minutes we ascend to the church from which a beautiful view opens up.
From the church, we continue past eponymous airfield on the path which soon goes into the forest and then in a gentle ascent continues all the way to Sankaška koča.
From Sankaška koča we continue in the direction of the mountain pasture Poljška planina and Završnica on the path which goes into the forest and for a short time it steeply ascends. The steepness then decreases and the path after a short descent brings us to two smaller cottages between which stands a wooden cross.
We continue on a marked path, which returns into the forest and starts gradually ascending steeper and steeper. At the hunting cottage steepness decreases and we continue on a path which runs by the edge of a wide ridge. Only a little further, the path turns to the right, crosses a cart track (option to continue on a cart track) and a smaller clearing and then starts ascending on a quite ruined cart track. Higher the cart track widens (because we join the cart track which we recently crossed) and it brings us to a forest road which we only cross.
We continue in the direction of the mountain pasture Poljška planina on a cart track, that starts descending and after a few minutes of descent it brings us to the saddle Kališča, where the "direct path" from Krpin joins from the right (option for a descent).
From the saddle, where for a short time we again step on the forest road we continue slightly right on a marked footpath in the direction of the mountain hut Roblekov dom (sharply right Krpin). Further, we ascend on a cart track which higher widens into an initially poor macadam road. This road on which steepness decreases, we then follow all the way to the cottage Tomčeva koča on the mountain pasture Poljška planina.

Along the route: Sveti Peter above Begunje (839m), Sankaška koča (867m), Kališča (980m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Tolsti vrh (at Poljška planina), Roblekov dom na Begunjščici, Begunjščica

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