Rakovica - Sveti Jošt above Kranj

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, we drive on the old road towards Kranj, and there we stick to the main road, which we follow to the bridge over the Sava River. Just before the bridge, we leave the main road and continue driving straight in the direction of Besnica. We then drive to the village of Rakovica, where we park at an appropriate place by the bus stop.
B) From Jesenice or Bled, we drive on the highway towards Ljubljana, which we follow to the Kranj - west exit. We continue driving on the old regional road towards Ljubljana to Kranj, where immediately after the bridge over the Sava River we turn right in the direction of Besnica. We then drive to the village of Rakovica, where we park at an appropriate place by the bus stop.

Route description:
From the parking lot by the bus stop, we head onto the asphalt road in the direction of the village Zabukovje. The road soon turns right into the forest, where it moderately ascends and brings us to a smaller crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of Sveti Jošt. We continue on the road for some time, along which we notice a few individual blazes, then it takes us past a few houses and a spring to an unmarked crossroads. Here we continue on the left "main" road, which brings us just a few dozen steps higher to a smaller hamlet, where the blazes direct us right between two houses. Behind the houses, we leave the road and continue the ascent left on the marked footpath, which first ascends across a meadow, then transitions into the forest, through which it ascends for quite some time on a cart track. The cart track higher changes into a steeper path, which brings us to a marked junction, where the path from the village Stražišče joins from the left.
Here we continue right in the direction of Sveti Jošt and continue the path in a traversing ascent to the right. Somewhat higher, we reach a larger chapel and above it the Dom Puščava (Društvo Rod zelenega Jošta).
Near the mentioned cottage there is another chapel, by which stands a mountaineering signpost, which informs us that for the ascent to Jošt we can choose the left gentle or right steep path. Regardless of which path we choose, we arrive at the summit in a few minutes.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Archangel Gabriel (Planica) (1 h 10 min), Špičasti hrib (1 h)

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