Topol - Polhograjska Grmada (via Robež)

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, Kranj or Vodice we drive to Medvode, from there we continue driving towards Sora. At the crossroad at the beginning of Sora, immediately behind the small bridge we turn left in the direction of Katarina and village Trnovec. Further, we drive through the valley of Ločnica towards Katarina (Topol). Higher, the road rises above the mentioned valley and it brings us to the beginning of the village Topole, where we park on a large parking lot by the primary school.
B) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue driving towards Sora. At the end of the Sora we turn right in the direction of Katarina and village Trnovec. Further, we drive through the valley of Ločnica towards Katarina (Topol). Higher, the road rises above the mentioned valley and it brings us to the beginning of the village Topole, where we park on a large parking lot by the primary school.
C) We leave Primorska highway at exit Brezovica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Dobrova and Polhov Gradec. Further, we drive through the valley of Gradaščica, and the main road towards Polhov Gradec we follow to a smaller crossroad, where a road towards villages Osredek, Topol (Katarina) and Belo branches off to the right (turn-off from the main road is located little before the beginning of the village Hrastenice). When we get to the village Topole at first road towards the village Belo branches off sharply to the left, and a little further signs for Medvode point us slightly to the left, on the road which gradually starts descending. Before the road starts steeply descending towards the valley of Ločnica, we get to primary school, where we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the primary school we ascend on the asphalt road to the inn Dobnikar, and from there we continue on the asphalt road, that runs on some sort of the ridge. At the sign end of zone 30, we leave the asphalt and we continue right on a macadam road which starts gently descending and passes into the forest. Further worse road gradually changes into a cart track, and it crosses slopes mostly towards the west. Later we cross a larger number of torrents, and the cart track turns more to the right, so that we cross slopes in the direction of north to norhwest. Even a little further, we notice a wooden sign for farm Robež, which points us to the left on the other cart track, on which we gently ascend to the spot, where we step out of the forest on pastures of the nearby farm. When we step out of the forest we are for a short time still ascending, and then after the cross we start descending towards the farm Robež, which we quickly reach.
In front of the farm signs for Grmada and Tošč point us to the left on a cart track which continues past the fruit and meat dryer. After the farm cart track passes into the forest and starts moderately ascending. For some time we are ascending on a cart track which mostly runs through the forest, and higher it leads us over a shorter panoramic slope, from which a view towards Grmada and Tošč opens up. Cart track soon returns into the forest, changes into a wide footpath, and it joins the marked path which leads from Katarina towards Grmada.
The path continues on and by the ridge of Lipje, and at first, it leads past memorial plates NOB, a little further also past nice vantage point, after that mostly continues through the forest with some shorter ascents and descents. Such a path continues all the way to a marked crossing approximately 15 minutes below Grmada.
We continue straight on a marked path in the direction of Grmada (left Setnica, right tourist farm Gonte). Further, the path in a moderate ascent crosses slopes slightly towards the left and then it starts ascending steeply on the upper and in snow for slipping dangerous slope of Grmada. The steepness then decreases and the path brings us on panoramic upper ridge of Grmada, from which we have to the top only few steps.

On the way: Turistična kmetija Robež (609m)

Trip can be extended to: Tošč