Ledinsko Razpotje - Gradišče (above Spodnja Idrija) (steep path)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Gorenja vas in the valley Poljanska dolina and Žiri. In Žiri or at the end of Žiri (Stare Žiri), we leave the main road towards Rovte and Logatec and we continue right in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the crossroad in Žiri, we get to Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller crossroad and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 meters ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a little large parking lot by the next crossroad. The parking lot is located right next to several mountain signposts and boarding house Kmečki hram Fortuna.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Šentjošt above Horjul, and from there we continue driving towards Smrečje. When we reach the main road Podlipa - Žiri, we follow it to the right, and we are driving there to Žiri. When in Žiri, we reach the main road Škofje Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we are driving there past the parish church and inn and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we get to a crossroad, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and we continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the crossroad in Žiri, we get to Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller crossroad and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 meters ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a little large parking lot by the next crossroad. The parking lot is located right next to several mountain signposts and boarding house Kmečki hram Fortuna.
C) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Vrhnika, and when we reach old road Ljubljana - Logatec, we continue in the direction of Logatec, but only a short time because already at the next crossroad we continue right in the direction of Horjul. The road ahead short time still leads through Vrhnika, later through periphery of Stara Vrhnika, and then we soon leave the road towards Horjul and we continue driving slightly left in the direction of Smrečje. After Smrečje the road starts descending towards Račeva and Žiri. When in Žiri, we reach the main road Škofje Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we are driving there past the parish church and inn and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we get to a crossroad, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and we continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the crossroad in Žiri, we get to Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller crossroad and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 meters ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a little large parking lot by the next crossroad. The parking lot is located right next to several mountain signposts and boarding house Kmečki hram Fortuna.
D) From highway Koper - Ljubljana we go to the exit Logatec, and when we reach old road Logatec - Vrhnika we follow it to the right (first exit from the roundabout), and there we drive only a short time because then signs for Rovte and Žiri point us to the left. After Rovte the road starts descending towards Žiri, and when we reach the mentioned settlement, we soon turn left in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the crossroad in Žiri, we get to Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller crossroad and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 meters ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a little large parking lot by the next crossroad. The parking lot is located right next to several mountain signposts and boarding house Kmečki hram Fortuna.
E) From the road Idrija - Spodnja Idrija, immediately after the end of Idrija we turn right (if we come from the direction Spodnje Idrija, still before Idrija we turn left) through a bridge over the river Idrija towards store Eurospin. On the other side of the bridge we get to the settlement Mokraška vas, and we stick to the main road which leads towards Ledinsko Razpotje and Žiri. Higher, the road leads us through few hairpin turns, and then we get to the settlement Ledinsko Razpotje, where at the first crossroad we turn right and we park on a little larger parking lot. The parking lot is located right next to several mountain signposts and boarding house Kmečki hram Fortuna.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the main road towards Žiri, and we walk there good 50 meters, or to a crossroad, where the road to Ledine branches off to the left. From the mentioned crossroad, we continue left and then immediately right in the direction of a marked path towards Sivka. After the nearby house, the road for some time loses an asphalt covering, and then in a moderate ascent joins a little wider road which we only cross and we continue straight in the direction of Pečnik or ICPP (left downwards - Ledinsko razpotje, right - Sivka and Ledine). The path ahead leads us on a narrower asphalt road which leads us past individual houses and at first still with nice views on surrounding hills. Further, the road brings us to part of the village, where the houses are closer to each other, and in the last part of the hamlet, we continue left past the yard of the nearby house. A little further, we reach another road which we follow in the direction of straight, and we walk there to the spot, where slightly to the right a macadam road branches off, by which we notice the blazes. The macadam road we soon leave as well because blazes point us right on a cart track which passes on a slope of Gradišče. The cart track soon from an indistinct ridge turns slightly to the right and then crosses slopes of the mentioned summit, and we continue on an unmarked path (a worse cart track), which continues on and by an indistinct ridge. A little before the cart track ends, on the left we will notice the continuation of a beaten path which leads towards the summit of Gradišče. Higher, we reach another cart track which we follow to the right, and then we join a wider cart track, on which we continue the ascent. From the cart track which leads to the top we soon once again continue left on a beaten, but in the last part steeper path, on which we ascend to the top, on which there is a transmitter.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (August).

On the way: Pečnik (800m)