Ljubljanica - Kugelč (Šentjošt above Horjul) (shorther path)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Horjul (to here from Dobrova at Ljubljana or Vrhnika), and then we continue driving towards Vrzdenec, Šentjošt and Gorenja vas. At Vrzdenec the road starts ascending steeper, and then a little further it brings us to hairpin turn, in the middle of which road branches off to the left towards Šentjošt and Smrečje. We continue right on the main road, and it soon brings us on a small saddle, at the end of which road branches off to the right towards the village Samotorica. Because on the saddle there aren't any appropriate parking spots, we descend on the road a good 100 meters and then on the left we notice NOB monument, by which we park.
To the starting point, we can come also from the direction Gorenja vas and Polhov Gradec. In this case, at hamlet Ljubljanica we continue in the direction of Horjul. We park at the before mentioned monument, which is located approximately 200 meters above the crossroad in Ljubljanica.

Path description:
From the monument we continue on an ascending road, and it quickly brings us to a crossroad, where asphalt road branches off to the left towards the village Samotorica.
On the right side of the crossroad, we notice mountain signposts for Šentjošt, Smrečje, Kožljek, Koreno, Butajnova and Setnik. We go sharply right in the direction of "Šentjošt - Krajša pot" (shorter path) and we continue almost horizontal by crossing slopes towards the right. Already after few minutes, the path starts ascending a little steeper and out of the forest it brings us on with bushes vegetated larger clearing. On the other side of the bushes we come on an unmarked crossing, where we continue on the left upper path, which already after few meters returns into the forest. Higher, the path entirely flattens and only few meters ahead joins the asphalt road, where from the left a slightly longer path joins. We leave the road immediately, and we continue on gentle marked cart track which gradually passes on panoramic meadows. During the ascent through meadows the path starts vanishing, and we continue slightly right towards the houses, which we see on our right. To mentioned houses only a short descent follows, and then we continue on the asphalt road which past the kindergarten brings us to the center of the village Šentjošt nad Horjulom.
We continue in the direction of Smrečje, and we follow the road to churches of St. Jošt and St. Janez. Behind both churches we come by the foot of grassy peak Kugelč, where we also notice the beginning of the ski lift on the mentioned hill. At the ski lift we leave the road and on easier pathless terrain in few minutes we ascend on the mentioned peak.

On the way: Šentjošt nad Horjulom (623m)