Pševo - Sveti Jošt above Kranj (Sodarjeva pot, na klopca)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Medvode, and then along the old road to Kranj, where at the first traffic light we turn left in the direction of Stražišče and Šmarjetna gora. From the roundabout, where the road towards Šmarjetna gora branches off to the right, we continue "straight" (second exit). Further on, we drive along Škofjeloška cesta, then from a somewhat larger intersection we turn right in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje. When Kranj ends, we first drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, a little further we arrive at the starting point of the Sodarjeva pot, where we park in the parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we take the exit Kranj west, then along the old road towards Ljubljana. Towards the end of Kranj, at the last traffic light we turn right in the direction of Stražišče. From the roundabout, where the road towards Šmarjetna gora branches off to the right, we continue "straight" (second exit). Further on, we drive along Škofjeloška cesta, then from a somewhat larger intersection we turn right in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje. When Kranj ends, we first drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, a little further we arrive at the starting point of the Sodarjeva pot, where we park in the parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.
C) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Kranj east, then we follow the signs for Škofja Loka. We leave the road towards Škofja Loka at the spot where the signs for Stražišče and Šmarjetna gora direct us to the right. Further on, we drive along Škofjeloška cesta, which we leave at a somewhat larger intersection and continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje (road signs are only from the opposite direction). When Kranj ends, we first drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, a little further we arrive at the starting point of the Sodarjeva pot, where we park in the parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.
D) We drive to Škofja Loka, then continue driving towards Kranj. When the settlement Zgornje Bitnje ends, we continue left in the direction of Stražišče and Šmarjetna gora. Further on, we drive along Škofjeloška cesta, which we leave at a somewhat larger intersection and continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt above Kranj and Čepulje (road signs are only from the opposite direction). When Kranj ends, we first drive past the starting point of the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta, a little further we arrive at the starting point of the Sodarjeva pot, where we park in the parking lot on the left side of the road before the beginning of the settlement Pševo.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we first carefully cross the road, then head onto the Sodarjeva pot, which initially ascends parallel to the road, after a smaller meadow turns slightly to the right and enters a dense forest. Before we step out of the forest onto a somewhat larger meadow, the path Pot prijateljev Sv. Jošta also joins from the right, above the meadow the path returns to the forest. In the forest, the path splits, and we choose the left, steeper one (straight is the path past the chapel, the path through the valley and Rakovica), which after a few minutes of ascent splits again.
We choose the right path, along which there are signs "na klopca", and we begin to ascend more steeply through the forest. The path further leads us along a forested ridge, along which we quickly arrive at the Dom Puščava Jošt, behind which first the path past the chapel joins from the right, a few steps further also from the left the path with stairs.
We continue along the wide path, from which a little below the summit beautiful views open up. We follow this path all the way to the nearby summit, where the Dom na Joštu and the church of St. Jošt are located.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (February).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Archangel Gabriel (Planica), Špičasti hrib

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