Praproče - Polhograjska Gora (Sveti Lovrenc) (gentle path)
Starting point: Praproče (549 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.0614°N 14.2923°E
Path name: gentle path
Time of walking: 50 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 275 m
Altitude difference (by path): 280 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Polhov Gradec (to here from Horjul or Dobrova), and then we continue driving towards Gorenja vas. In the village Briše we continue right in the direction of Praproče and we continue driving on narrower and relatively steep road. Soon after the chapel, which we notice on the left side of the road, we will get to a bigger hayrack by which we notice mountain signposts for Polhograjska Gora. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots.
Path description:
On and by the hayrack, we notice signs for Gora, which point us to the right on a wide and at first moderately steep cart track. Cart track or a worse road soon entirely flattens and it brings us to the smaller crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Sveti Lovrenc. Cart track then narrows a little more and then it brings us on grassy slopes, where it gradually starts turning more and more to the right. After a short ascent, we step into the forest, where we join the path from a little lower starting point. We continue straight on a marked path - cart track, and a little higher it joins the forest road.
We continue in the direction of Sveti Lovrenc (left downwards Praproče on the road, left upwards Sveti Lovrenc "demanding path") on the road, on which there is a gate. The road then starts ascending steeper and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to a bigger carved passage (mainly after the rain or by the end of the winter there is a danger of falling stones). Here the road for a short time flattens, and then passes into the forest, where it starts ascending steeply. At Logar the steepness decreases and the road ends. Here a beautiful view opens up towards the part of Karawanks, and we go slightly left and we continue the ascent past the chapel on the path which goes into the forest. Next follows a moderate ascent through the forest and the path brings us on a ridge, from which a nice view opens up towards the west. Here we continue left and after few steps of additional walking, we step on the summit of Polhograjska Gora.
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