Podgrad - Debenji vrh

Access to starting point:
From the east Ljubljana bypass highway, we go to the exit Ljubljana - east and we continue driving on the road Zaloška cesta in the direction of Zalog. Further, we drive on the main road towards Podgrad. In the settlement Podgrad we turn right through the underpass under the railway track and then we continue on a relatively narrow road in the direction towards Besnica and Janče. Only a little before the end of the settlement Podgrad we park on a parking lot on the left side of the road. In case if the parking lot is occupied, we can here turn right on a cart track by the information board and over a small wooden bridge cross the stream. And there is also some space for parking.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first cross the main road and past the information board which describes the path Ostrovrharjeva pot we go on a cart track and through a small wooden bridge we cross the stream Besnica. Cart track turns to the left and it brings us to a crossroad where there is also a sign of the path Ostrovrharjeva pot.
At the crossroad, we continue sharply right where also the mentioned sign points us to. The path here runs on a cart track and is relatively steeply ascending through the forest. Occasionally also a view opens up a little towards the settlement Podgrad. From our path to the left upwards also a worse cart track branches off, and we continue straight all the way to the sharp left turn, where from the right joins also the marked path from Podgrad.
Here we continue left upwards on a cart track which at the right turn again brings us to a crossing. Here we leave the cart track which leads to the nearby castle Osterberg or villa Kansky and we go left on a footpath where also a sign of the path Ostrovrharjeva pot pointing to. After a short steep ascent, we get to the ridge where there is also an information board, which describes (new) castle Osterberg. Access to the very castle is forbidden (private property).
We continue left on a forested ridge and the path leads us past another information board where during the second world war there used to be a border between Italy and Germany. Further, the path still runs through the forest mostly in the direction towards the south and later brings us to a crossing.
Here we have to pay attention to blazes because the crossing is badly marked. In distance of good 10 meters to the right two paths branch off, at the second there is also a smaller sign with the caption Zalog. We go on one of the mentioned path, which already after few meters bring us on the ridge where there is another crossing and a bench.
This time we continue left on the ridge and right downwards leads the path towards Zalog.
After that, the path for some time runs a little left from the ridge and soon again brings us on the ridge where from the right joins also the path »Trda varianta« from Zalog.
Further, the path runs on a forested ridge and few times slightly ascends and descends. Occasionally through the forest also a little bit of a view opens up mainly in the direction towards Ljubljana. We still continue on the ridge and from the left joins also the path from old castle Osterberg. Next follows a little steeper ascent where we will by the path notice a cross or a chapel in a hollow tree trunk. The path then brings us to the summit, in the middle of which stands a wooden lookout tower.

On the way: Grad Osterberg (318m)