Planina Jezerca - Kalški greben (via planina Koren)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway, take the Vodice exit, then continue driving to the first traffic-light intersection in Vodice, where continue left in the direction of Cerklje na Gorenjskem and Brnik. When we arrive at the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and Krvavec ski centre. At the end of the settlement of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road, which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko, and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski centre. Further on, we arrive at the village of Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct us right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: lower station of the circular cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the gradient on the steep road eases slightly, we arrive at an intersection, where we continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends slightly, then ascends through occasionally very panoramic slopes. Higher up, we arrive at Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where we bypass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onwards, the road enters the forest and ascends through it all the way to Planina Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.
B) From the Jesenice–Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj–east exit, then continue driving towards Brnik, Komenda and Mengeš. When we arrive at the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and Krvavec ski centre. At the end of the settlement of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road, which continues towards Velesovo and Visoko, and continue driving slightly right onto the road in the direction of the Krvavec ski centre. Further on, we arrive at the village of Grad, where signs for the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct us right onto a steep asphalt road (straight ahead: lower station of the circular cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the gradient on the steep road eases slightly, we arrive at an intersection, where we continue left in the direction of the settlement Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead: settlements Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road temporarily descends slightly, then ascends through occasionally very panoramic slopes. Higher up, we arrive at Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where we bypass the church of St. Ambrož and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left side. From the tourist farm onwards, the road enters the forest and ascends through it all the way to Planina Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.

Route description:
At the end of the parking lot, where the road turns left, but to the right branches off the road towards the nearby Planina Jezerca, we will notice red mountain signposts that direct us straight onto the marked footpath in the direction of Kriška planina, Vrh Korena, Košutna, Kompotela and Mokrica, which ascends across the pastures of the aforementioned mountain pasture. After a short ascent, we reach a cart track, which we follow to the left, crossing the slopes of Kržišče (1658 m). The cart track along which we are walking soon splits into two parts, and we continue straight along the lower one. Temporarily, a nice view opens towards Kranj, Škofjeloško hribovje and Storžič, then the path begins to descend gently. A few more minutes of walking follow, then we arrive at the parking lot at the lower part of Kriška planina.
From the parking lot, we continue in the direction of Planina Koren and follow the poorer gravel road that passes through the underpass beneath the ski slope. After the underpass, the marked path turns slightly left from the road, continuing parallel to the road along a kind of spruce avenue. When, after a few minutes of gentle ascent, we reach the eastern edge of Kriška planina, where there is a small animal watering hole, we continue slightly left across the pasture fence (right: Planina Osredek and Kamniški vrh), but continue the gentle ascent in approximately the same direction. The path ahead transitions from the mountain pasture onto somewhat steeper slopes of Krvavec, across which we ascend transversely to a viewpoint from which a nice view opens towards Kržišče (Pokovše), the ridge of Kamniški vrh, the Korošica valley, Velika planina and towards nearby Košutna and Veliki Zvoh.
From the viewpoint, which is located a few steps to the right of the path, we begin to descend more steeply towards the hunting hut above the Korošica valley. When the descent ends and the path continues without major changes in elevation, we arrive at a visible but poorly marked junction, where the path to the aforementioned hunting hut and further towards the Korošica valley and Kamniška Bistrica valley branches off to the right. At the mentioned junction, we continue slightly left and begin to ascend gently through the forest. The path quickly exits the forest into bushes and dwarf pines, then gradually leads us across a pasture fence to the next unmarked junction, which is located right in the middle of a sharp right-hand bend.
From this hairpin bend, an unmarked path continues straight towards the Razor saddle (saddle between Krvavec and Veliki Zvoh), while we continue right along the still-marked path. A short transverse ascent follows, and the path brings us to the southern part of Planina Koren, from where a nice view opens over the central part of the mountain pasture and surrounding peaks. From the southern part of the mountain pasture, a short descent follows to the nearby shepherd hut, which is located in the central part of Planina Koren.
Here our path continues slightly left (slightly right: Planina Košutna) across meadows along the valley bottom (the path is initially poorly visible). The path then becomes steeper and after less than 30 minutes of walking brings us to a small pond, where there is a poorly marked junction. We continue straight (right: Košutna) and follow the gentle path to the next junction, where we continue left in the direction of Vrh Korena (straight: Kompotela). The path ahead begins to ascend more steeply and quickly brings us through karst terrain to the point where we join the path from Veliki Zvoh towards Vrh Korena (Jež ridge). We continue right, and the path brings us in a few steps to the point where the path to Vrh Korena branches off to the right (1 minute). The path then begins to descend along the slope, which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. After 15 minutes of descent, the path brings us to the junction at Škrbina.
Here we continue straight in the direction of Kalški greben and Cojzova koča along the path that already after a few more steps brings us to the next junction. We continue slightly left (right: Kalška gora and Cojzova koča) along the path that begins to ascend gently on increasingly panoramic slopes. The pleasant path, which can be very hot in the middle of the day, first leads near a smaller ridge, then gradually turns somewhat more to the left and brings us from the dwarf pines onto wonderful meadows where we will find various types of flowers. The wide slope along which we walk then narrows, and the meadows are gradually replaced by rocks. Higher up, the path brings us to the panoramic main ridge, which we then follow to the summit, which is often full of sheep droppings.

Along the route: Kriška planina (1480m), Planina Koren (1675m), Vrh Korena (1999m), Škrbina (1870m)

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