Šenturška gora (original) (raw)
Cerklje
Coordinates:
DD
46.253094, 14.486864
DMS
46°15'11.1"N 14°29'12.7"E
UTM
33T 460448 5122296
w3w
///boxing.rips.hastens
You can park anywhere, but let's suppose it's Cerklje town. From there you ride northwards, either by the main road or right of it the secondary, field road. In Dvor make sure to deter right, and up the hill. There the road is steep and some 250 m of elevation gain are strenuous. Luckilly, the road is broad and you ride through the woods. Only time to time nice views down on the fields near Cerklje open.
On the first crossroads you keep straight (the road left goes on Ambrož and further on Krvavec). The road gets less and less steep and soon you reach the nice terrace. Through villages you continue to Šenturška gora, where you can make a short rest and go to the church, where you have some views southwards.
From Šenturška gora you continue eastwards. When reaching the end of terrace, make sure you start descending towards Sidraž! That small village lies nicely on a small saddle, what is missing is a typical church to make a nice vedute. You keep riding down and by the main valley (along the creek) all the time in the SE direction.
So, you very much approach the old Kamnik town, but when you hit the stronger road, you turn sharp right, towards the Tunjice village. That village is quite scattered, with many hamlets, separated with fields. After some 500 m of riding westwards, make sure to deter left, following the signs towards the big church. The church itself is hiding behind the hill, so you don't see it from the road. Ride southwards, ascend on the hill (and around it) and you will reach the big, famous building. Nice panorama from the nearby small hill!
From the Tunjice church you could continue biking southwards, but the suggestion here is to return back in Tunjiška Mlaka and continue through the hamlets in the NW direction. You gain some altitude again, in some places the road gets steeper. On the place where the hamlets and farms end, the road starts gently turning left and soon also descending. In Vrhovje you leave the last houses and then all the time follow a nice creek through the woods. Nature is nice there and you comfortably ride until getting out of the woods. In Zalog Pri Cerkljah you continue to the church, and from there follow the main road to the right. Over the fields you soon reach the end point in Cerklje.