Jesenice (Ukova) - Španov vrh (Čez sedem grabnov)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway take the Lipce exit, where we drive right towards Jesenice. In the settlement Slovenski Javornik at the intersection with traffic lights we turn left towards the center of the town. At the second traffic-light intersection (at the high school) we drive right back towards Tomšičeva cesta past the primary school on the left. Behind the school we pass the pedestrian crossing and immediately turn into the first (narrower) street on the left. When we ascend it for some 10 meters, on the right we see the marked parking lot - our starting point.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road uphill, whereupon after some 10 meters on the left we notice the summer swimming pool Ukova, and on the right the road which branches off uphill towards the north into the forest.
We step onto the latter and follow it for a short time, i.e. to the right turn before which on the same side there is a fenced water intake. On the other - left side we step onto the path which cuts the double turn of the road we left. Here we also encounter the first blazes. Quite quickly we cross the road again, and step onto the path which begins to ascend towards the north. When it turns left, it joins the cart track beside which we notice a signpost. We do not follow it, but merely cross the cart track and thus step onto the track which ascends initially in the west direction. On the trees we notice the blazes and follow them along the stony, winding, dry, streambed-like track uphill in the NW direction. When after some time we encounter a junction, we choose left and continue uphill following the blazes. Further on we walk the right (main) path, which means we ignore the left turn-offs. When now the narrower, streambed-like path joins a slightly wider track from the left, we continue right. Soon we come close to the stream, or into the area of its gorge. Here on the rocks we encounter a few brackets and pegs, which however do not increase the difficulty of our path at all. Then on the left we notice a small cottage, the path from here onwards crosses the stream several times. When on the left the slope of Mirce disappears, on the same side the forest opens slightly, and here we cross the stream for the last time. In the left - NW direction, the path over stones brings us to a cart track, along which we continue in the same direction to the clearing (Skavarjev rovt) on our right. Here be attentive, because the blazes on this section of the path are quite sparse. First we cross the hardened forest road Prihodi - Križovec and a few meters to the right of the stream on the other side (behind a smaller parking lot) we search for the forest track which in the forest turns right and ascends. After a short time it turns left, and runs in close proximity to the forest road, after which it also discharges onto it. Only some 10 m thereafter, when we have stepped onto the road, at the right bend on the left we notice a small path which ascends into the forest. After some meters it joins a slightly wider path, along which we walk only a few more meters. When on a tree we notice inscribed: "Č.V." (Črni Vrh), we turn left off the path onto an initially less noticeable track, which later changes into an easily followable marked path, which brings us to the forest ridge. Along it we now ascend for quite some time in the NE direction. When we emerge from the forest, we notice a weekend cottage, to which we move aside on the left onto a hunting path and soon branch off from it back to the right onto the forest ridge. Quite quickly we are out of the forest, where along the edge of the meadow we ascend some more 10 m past the linden tree onto the open meadow. In the distance we notice a house which stands near the ski lodge Črni Vrh. We look for the cart track path across the meadow, which past the mentioned house on the right brings us near the chairlift. Here we direct ourselves right, and after some minutes of walking we arrive at the ski lodge. We continue past the lodge in the direction along the chairlift on the cart track. When it forks, we choose right and soon thereafter also left. The cart track after a short ascent leads gently past some weekend cottages, after which it ascends briefly again. At the top of this ascent, where the cart track turns left and levels out, on the left we notice a tree with inscriptions: "Španov Vrh, Zaželjena smer". We thus direct ourselves left onto the small path which takes us above the cottages uphill. After a short time the path levels out, and after some 10 meters of walking we notice the summit of Španov Vrh with the upper chairlift station. Only a few minutes' ascent in the visible direction to the goal follows.

Along the route: Smučarski dom Črni vrh (1156m)

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