Planina Jezerca - Krvavec (on unmarked path via Razor)
Starting point: Planina Jezerca (1410 m)
Lat/Lon: | 46,2855°N 14,5314°E |
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Name of path: on unmarked path via Razor
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Altitude difference: 443 m
Altitude difference po putu: 530 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Vodice, then continue to the first semaphore crossing in Vodice, where you turn left towards Cerkelj na Gorenjskem and Brnik. When you reach the main roundabout at Spodnji Brnik, continue driving in the direction of Cerkeliai and the ski resort Krvavec. At the end of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road, which continues towards Velesovo and Visoke, and turn slightly right onto the road towards the ski resort Krvavec. Continue to the village of Grad, where the signs for Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you to the right on a steep asphalt road (straight ahead to the lower station of the circular cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness of the steep road eases slightly, you will come to a crossroads, where you will continue to the left in the direction of Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead to the settlements of Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road descends a little and then climbs over slopes that are sometimes quite scenic. Higher up, you reach Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you pass the church of St Ambrose and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left. From the tourist farm the road passes into the forest and climbs through it to mountain pasture Jezerec, where there is a large parking lot.
b) From the motorway Jesenice - Ljubljana take the exit Kranj - East, then continue to Brnik, Komenda and Mengeš. When you reach the main roundabout at Spodnji Brnik, continue driving towards Cerkeliai and the ski resort Krvavec. At the end of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, leave the main road, which continues towards Velesovo and Visoke, and turn slightly right onto the road towards the ski resort Krvavec. Continue to the village of Grad, where signs for Ambrož pod Krvavcem direct you to the right on a steep asphalt road (straight ahead to the lower station of the circular cable car to Krvavec and Štefanja Gora). When the steepness of the steep road eases slightly, you will come to a crossroads, where you will continue to the left in the direction of Ambrož pod Krvavcem (straight ahead to the settlements of Ravne, Apno and Šenturška Gora). A little further on, the road descends a little and then climbs over slopes that are sometimes quite scenic. Higher up, you reach Ambrož pod Krvavcem, where you pass the church of St Ambrose and the tourist farm Pr Ambružarju on the left. From the tourist farm the road passes into the forest and climbs through it to mountain pasture Jezerec, where there is a large parking lot.
Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, where the road turns left and the road branches off to the right towards the nearby mountain pasture Jezerca, you will notice red mountain direction signs directing you straight onto the marked footpath in the direction of Kriška planina, Vrh Korena, Košutna, Kompotela and Mokrica, which ascends through the pastures of the aforementioned mountain pasture. After a short climb, cart track is reached, and we follow it to the left, crossing the slopes of Kržišče (1658 m). Cart track, which we are following, quickly splits into two parts, and we continue straight on the lower one. Transitionally, we get a nice view towards Kranj, the Škofjeloško hribovje and Storžič, and then the path starts to descend gently. A few more minutes of walking follow, and then we arrive at the parking lot at the lower part of Kriška planina.
From the parking lot, continue in the direction mountain pasture Koren and follow the worse dirt road, which passes through the underpass under the ski slope. After the underpass, the marked path veers slightly left off the road, continuing parallel to the road along a spruce tree avenue. After a few minutes of gentle ascent, when you reach the eastern edge of Kriška planina, where there is a small watering place for animals, continue slightly left over a pasture fence (right mountain pasture Osredek and Kamniški vrh), but continue the gentle ascent in roughly the same direction. The path continues with mountain pasture to the slightly steeper slopes of Krvavec, over which we climb crosswise to a viewpoint from which we have a fine view towards Kržišče), the ridge of Kamniški vrh, the Korošice valley, Velika planina and towards the nearby Košutna and Velika Zvoh.
From the viewpoint, which is located a few steps to the right of the path, we begin a steeper descent towards the hunting lodge above the Korošica valley. When the descent stops and the trail continues without any major changes in altitude, you will come to a prominent but poorly marked crossroads where the trail branches off to the right towards the aforementioned hunting lodge and further towards the Korošice valley and the Kamniška Bistrica valley. At this crossroads, continue slightly left and start climbing slightly through the forest. The path quickly leaves the forest and passes through bushes and dwarf pines, and then gradually leads through a pasture fence to the next unmarked crossroads, which is located in the middle of a sharp right turn. The marked footpath towards mountain pasture Koren continues to the sharp right, and we continue straight on a less beaten, but still well-traced path, which crosses the slopes below Velikam Zvoh further to the left. While crossing, we soon cross a small ravine, which is easy to cross on land, but if there is still snow in the ravine, which can happen in late spring or early summer, the crossing is dangerous because the ravine ends with a jump. The trail then ascends and we can admire not only the beautiful views, but also the various mountain flowers (Carniola lily, Turkish lily, etc. ). Higher up, the trail leads over a small scree slope and an interesting rock cliff. The cliff, on which the memorial is located, is bypassed on the left, and then gradually turned into the lane, where the path becomes a little more overgrown. When the overgrown part ends, continue slightly to the right, and then follow the less visible path for a few minutes to the edge of the bloodavška ski slopes.
The ski slope is reached at the Razor saddle, where you must first cross a safety fence, then continue left towards Krvavec and Dom na Krvavcu (right Veliki Zvoh and mountain pasture Dolga njiva) and continue along the road, which quickly splits into two parts. At the crossroads, take the upper left road (slightly right Dom na Krvavcu) and follow it to the top of Krvavec in less than 10 minutes.

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