Preval - Polhograjska Grmada

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana ring road we go to the exit Ljubljana - Podutik, and then we continue driving in the direction Podutik. At the traffic light near the parish church in Podutik we continue straight, and then we gradually start ascending towards the saddle Preval, where at the crossroad we continue right in the direction of Toško čelo (straight Dobrova). From the crossroad, we drive few 100 meters and then on the right side we notice appropriate parking spot, where there is enough space for around 10 cars.
B) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Brezovica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Dobrova and Polhov Gradec. At the end of Dobrova signs for Šentvid point us to the right on a narrower road, on which we continue driving. Further, the road leads through Stranska vas, behind which it starts ascending towards the saddle. On the saddle Preval we go left (straight Šentvid and Podutik) and we drive few 100 meters and then on the right side we notice appropriate parking spot, where there is enough space for around 10 cars.

Path description:
By the parking lot we notice the beginning of the marked path, which at first continues parallel with an asphalt road, and then turns a little more to the right and it ascends a little steeper. Higher, we cross a road, and then only a little further we join it. We follow the road to the left, and we walk there to the left turn, and from there straight on for some time steeper footpath which soon gets very close to the road. We continue right at first on an indistinct ridge, on a path which continues through the forest. The path ahead crosses the edge of a meadow, after which we get to a hunting cottage on Toško čelo.
Just before the cottage we step on a narrower asphalt road which at first moderately ascends, and then it starts descending towards the houses on Toško čelo. When we descend to the main road, we continue sharply right in the direction of Katarina (left we return to the starting point). We continue on a macadam road which quickly passes into the forest and then continues with some shorter ascents and descents. In few smaller crossroads we continue on "main" road which after a time brings us to the quarry, after which forest starts to get thinner. After a little longer descent from the left a marked path from Gabrje joins, and we walk on the road to the nearby crossroad, by which stands a cross.
Here the road towards Slavkov dom on Golo Brdo branches off to the right, straight continues unmarked footpath which leads directly to the church of St Katarine, and a marked path which continues on an asphalt road branches off to the left.
Here we continue left and on a gently sloping partly asphalted road we ascend to a village tavern, by which we notice the next hiking signposts. Here we continue straight (right church of St. Katarina, Sveti Jakob and Jeterbenk) and we join the main road Sora - Dobrova. On the main road we short time walk on a partly panoramic ridge, at first still among houses, we then get to the next crossroad, where we continue slightly right in the direction of village Belo, Grmada and Tošč.
On the road, we walk for approximately 10 minutes, and then we leave the road and we continue slightly right in the direction of Grmada. Further, we continue on at first a wide cart track which crosses slopes without large changes in altitude. After few minutes of additional walking from the cart track relatively steep footpath branches off to the left on which we continue the ascent. After few minutes, the steepness decreases and the path brings us on a small saddle, where we continue right (left path on Goljek).
We continue on the path which with some descends and ascents crosses slopes towards the west. The path from which occasionally a view opens up after approximately 1 hour of walking, it brings us to a crossing by which there is situated pleasant bench.
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: Toško Čelo (590m), Topol (651m)

Trip can be extended to: Tošč