Planina Jezerca - Vrh Korena (via planina Koren)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Vodice exit, then continue driving to the first traffic-light intersection in Vodice, where turn left in the direction of Cerklje na Gorenjskem and Brnik. When we reach the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and Krvavec ski area. At the end of the settlement 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 area. Further on, reach the village 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 on Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness on the steep road decreases a little, 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, the road temporarily descends a little, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, we reach Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where on the left side we bypass the church of St. Ambrož and tourist farm Pr Ambružarju. From the tourist farm onwards, the road passes into the forest and ascends through it all the way to the mountain pasture Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.
B) From the Jesenice–Ljubljana highway, take the Kranj-East exit, then continue driving towards Brnik, Komenda and Mengeš. When we reach the main roundabout in Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerklje and Krvavec ski area. At the end of the settlement 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 area. Further on, reach the village 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 on Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness on the steep road decreases a little, 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, the road temporarily descends a little, then ascends through occasionally quite panoramic slopes. Higher up, we reach Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where on the left side we bypass the church of St. Ambrož and tourist farm Pr Ambružarju. From the tourist farm onwards, the road passes into the forest and ascends through it all the way to the mountain pasture Jezerca, where there is a large arranged parking lot.

Route description:
At the end of the parking lot, where the road turns to the left, and to the right branches off the road towards the nearby mountain pasture Jezerca, we will notice red hiking signposts which direct us straight onto a marked footpath in the direction of Kriška planina, Vrh Korena, Košutna, Kompotela and Mokrica, which ascends through pastures of the already mentioned 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 walk soon splits into two parts, and we continue straight on the lower one. Temporarily, a nice view opens towards Kranj, Škofjeloško hribovje and Storžič, then the path begins to descend lightly. A few more minutes of walking follow, then we arrive at the parking lot by the lower part of Kriška planina.
From the parking lot, we continue in the direction of planina Koren and continue the path along a poorer macadam road, which goes through the underpass under the ski run. After the underpass, the marked path turns slightly left from the road, continuing parallel to the road alongside a sort of spruce avenue. When, after a few minutes of gentle ascent, we reach the eastern edge of Kriška planina, where there is a smaller watering place for animals, we continue slightly left across the pasture fence (right: planina Osredek and Kamniški vrh), but continue the gentle ascent in approximately the same direction. Ahead, the path from the planina leads onto somewhat steeper slopes of Krvavec, across which we ascend diagonally to a vantage point from which a nice view opens towards Kržišče (Pokovše), the ridge of Kamniški vrh, the Korošica valley, Velika planina, and the nearby Košutna and Veliki Zvoh.
From the vantage point, which is a few steps to the right off the path, we begin to descend more steeply towards the hunting cottage above the Korošica valley. When the descent stops and the path continues without major elevation changes, we arrive at a visible but poorly marked junction, where to the right branches the path to the aforementioned hunting cottage and further towards the Korošica valley and Kamniška Bistrica valley. At this junction, we continue slightly left and begin to ascend gently through the forest. The path quickly leaves the forest into bushes and dwarf pines, then across the pasture fence gradually leads us to the next unmarked junction, which is 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), but we continue right on the still-marked path. A short traverse 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 planina and surrounding peaks. From the southern part of the planina, 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 at 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 pool, where there is a poorly marked junction. We continue straight (right: Košutna) and follow the gentle path to the next junction, where we turn left towards Vrh Korena (straight: Kompotela). Ahead, the path begins to ascend more steeply and quickly brings us across karst terrain to the point where we join the path from Veliki Zvoh to 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 right, which we reach after one more minute of walking.

Along the route: Kriška planina (1480m), Planina Koren (1675m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kalška gora, Kalški greben

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