Starting point: Povodje (316 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1382°N 14.4791°E
Time of walking: 1 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 353 m
Altitude difference (by path): 375 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubljana - Šmartno, and we follow the road to the mentioned settlement, where we turn right on the road which leads towards Vodice. Further, we drive towards Vodice, and at the first crossroad after overpass over the highway we turn right, where after 100 meters of driving, we get to fish farm Povodje. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots, but we can find appropriate place somewhere nearby.
Path description:
From the starting point, we go on at first overgrown path in the direction of Šmarna gora, on which in few 10 strides we ascend to overpass over the highway. On sidewalk we walk on the other side of the highway, there we carefully cross the road, and then we go on a marked footpath which continues by a wire fence. At first, we walk on an overgrown path, and then we join the cart track which for quite some time continues parallel with the highway. After a short gentle descent cart track turns to the left, and we still continue by the highway. Relatively badly marked path then turns to the left and it brings us to a large meadow. Here we continue slightly right and almost by the edge of a meadow, we walk to the nearby forest, where we join a little better marked path from Skaručna. Here we continue left, we cross the stream Gračenica, and then we start gently ascending. The path ahead leads us below the power line, little ahead it returns into the forest and crosses the macadam road. A little above the road we join rough cart track, on which we gradually start ascending steeper and steeper. Higher, we leave the cart track and on a little more steep path in few minutes we ascend to the path which almost circles Šmarna gora. We follow the mentioned path to the right, and over relatively steep slopes it brings us to the chapel (Turkovo znamenje).
At the chapel, we leave a wide path which leads towards the saddle Sedlo and we continue the ascent slightly left on a footpath which ascends steeply above a chapel. The path ahead is few minutes steeply ascending on with a forest covered northwest ridge of Šmarna gora. Higher, the path suddenly flattens and joins rough road which leads from the saddle Sedlo.
We reach the road only a little above wish bell, and there in few minutes we ascend to the peak of Šmarna gora.
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