Križna Gora - Archangel Gabriel (Planica)

Access to starting point:
A) From Gorenja vas, Medvode or Kranj we drive to Škofja Loka and continue driving towards Železniki. When we are still in Škofja Loka we get to the traffic-light intersection, where we turn right in the direction of Križna Gora, Virlog and Moškrin. Immediately, when we leave the main road we get to the settlement Binkelj, and at the next crossroads we follow the signs for Križna Gora. After the settlement Moškrin the road starts ascending steeper, and then somewhere in the middle of the ascent brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we continue right (left - Cavrn). Higher, when we already get to the settlement Križna Gora, at the crossroad we continue right (left - hunting cottage and church of the Holy Cross). Next follows a shorter ascent, and then we get to a nicely arranged parking lot, where we park.
B) First, we drive to Železniki, and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. In Škofja Loka on one of the traffic-light crossroads we continue left in the direction of Križna Gora, Virlog and Moškrin. Immediately, when we leave the main road we get to the settlement Binkelj, and at the next crossroads we follow the signs for Križna Gora. After the settlement Moškrin the road starts ascending steeper, and then somewhere in the middle of the ascent brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we continue right (left - Cavrn). Higher, when we already get to the settlement Križna Gora, at the crossroad we continue right (left - hunting cottage and church of the Holy Cross). Next follows a shorter ascent, and then we get to a nicely arranged parking lot, where we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road forward towards the north, and in a gentle ascent it leads us across initially panoramic terrain. Behind the nearby last house, the road goes into the forest and past the NOB monument brings us to the turning point for buses. Next follows a short gentle descent, and then we continue slightly right on a wide cart track, and from there some 10 steps ahead slightly left on a marked mountain path. The path ahead ascends gently to moderately through the forest for some time, then it brings us out of the forest, where it flattens or even descends a little. Next follows the crossing of a panoramic grassy slope, from which a nice view opens up on part of the Škofjeloško hribovje. After the panoramic part, the path returns into the forest and starts ascending on an increasingly wide cart track. When after a few minutes the cart track flattens, we step on an asphalt road, and along it, past a lonely house we ascend to the summit of Planica, where there is the church of the Archangel Gabriel.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2015 (March).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Sveti Križ (Križna Gora)

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