Smrečje - Pečovnik (survey point 1668) (by road)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Kranj - East and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. From the inn Kanonir, we drive further a good kilometer to the signposts. Here we turn left towards the signs for Krtina Hospital. We follow the road to a large parking lot at the sign prohibiting further driving.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road next to which we parked and already after a few dozen meters we encounter a barrier. The road soon after that makes a sharp right turn and brings us to a junction. We take the left road towards Krtina Hospital. The moderately ascending road leads us over a bridge and behind it comes out of the forest. Here the path to the hospital also branches off to the right, but we continue on the road, which in a few hairpin turns brings us to the top of a grassy slope. The road, which then goes back into the forest, continues ascending and after an hour and a half of walking brings us to a larger clearing on which the Stanič hunting cottage stands.
From the cottage we continue ahead on the road, which soon brings us to a crossroads. We continue on the right road, which becomes increasingly worse. It brings us after 30 minutes of walking from the hunting cottage to the ruins (JLA guard post) at the end of the road.
From here we continue between both ruins ahead. The path goes into the forest and slightly ascends along a nice footpath. This path after good ten minutes brings us to an unmarked junction, where we continue right on the upper path. The path soon passes out of the forest onto steep grassy slopes. The path ahead in the lower part crosses the mentioned slopes and then brings us into an indistinct little valley. Here there are two paths ahead. We go right along the bottom of the valley to a small saddle. On the saddle we go left and continue on the border ridge. When the path passes out of the forest onto the summit slope of Pečovnik a beautiful view opens up. In a few steps we can ascend to the summit of Pečovnik.
The path ahead first slightly descends then in a gentle ascent reaches the panoramic peak Pečovnik (elevation 1668).
Parking lot - hunting cottage 1:30, hunting cottage - ruins 30 minutes, ruins - Pečovnik (elevation 1668) 45 minutes.

Along the route: Lovska koča Stanič (1280m), Pečovnik (ruševine) (1500m), Mali Pečovnik (1640m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Plešivec ( 45 min)

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