Kočevje - Ledenik

Access to starting point:
We drive to Kočevje, and then through the town we drive in the direction towards Croatia. When we get to a crossroad with street Podgorska ulica, we turn right in the direction of sports park Gaj, castle Fridrihštajn and the starting point of hiking paths. Further, we drive on street Podgorska ulica, and after the dense part of the settlement, we get to a large marked parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which continues towards the foot of the hill, and at the smaller crossroad, we continue on the right road (left - ski slope). Only few steps ahead we get to a marked crossing of the mountain paths, and we choose the right path Kalanova pot, which few 10 strides continues on the asphalt road, and then signs for the mentioned path point us to the left, on a footpath which starts ascending through the forest. When we are in the forest, we quickly reach the cart track, and then we further follow a wide and well-beaten path which starts ascending steeper, and during the ascent it several times crosses a forest road.
From the path which is ascending through the forest, only rarely a view opens up a little towards Kočevje, and the path higher brings us to the spot, where the path branches off to the right towards the cave Jama treh bratov, and we continue straight, on the path which flattens. Follows few minutes of easy walking, and then we get to the next forest road which we follow slightly to the right (slightly left - cottage Koča pri Jelenovem studencu - 5 minutes).
We continue towards Ledenik, at first on the road which moderately ascends, and then descends to the nearby crossroad, where we continue slightly right, or straight (sharply left - a parking lot above cottage Koča pri Jelenovem studencu).
From the crossroad, we few more minutes walk on the road, and then signs for Ledenik point us to the left downwards, on a footpath which continues through the forest. The path quickly flattens, and then in a short ascent it brings us to another forest road which we follow to the left. Next follow two successive crossroads, and both times we continue on the right road, by the second crossroad there are signs for cave Eleonorina jama. Few 100 meters further, the blazes points us from the road which leads towards the cave Eleonorina jama, to the right on a cart track which continues through the forest, and at the crossings we follow the blazes. After few minutes, the blazes from the cart track point us to the right, on the path which starts ascending towards the summit of Ledenik, and we reach it after approximately 10 minutes of additional walking.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (September).

Trip can be extended to: Slovenski vrh (1 h 45 min)