Slavkov dom na Golem Brdu - Sveti Jakob
Starting point: Slavkov dom na Golem Brdu (396 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.1055°N 14.4169°E
Time of walking: 2 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 410 m
Altitude difference (by path): 445 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From the road Celovška cesta in Ljubljana we drive to Medvode, where at first traffic light we turn left across the railway track, behind the railway track we go left and then we follow the signs for Slavkov dom na Golem Brdu. We park on a smaller parking lot near the mountain hut Slavkova dom na Golem Brdu, by the recycling spot.
B) From Gorenjska highway exit Vodice, Kranj or Škofja Loka, we drive to Medvode, and then we continue driving in the direction of Ljubljana. At the last traffic light in Medvode we turn right in the direction of Golo Brdo, behind railway track we go left and then we follow the signs for Slavkov dom na Golem Brdu. We park on a smaller parking lot near the mountain hut Slavkova dom na Golem Brdu, by the recycling spot.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the left road (right Slavkov dom 1 minute), from there we go quickly left on a marked path in the direction of Jeterbenk, Katarina and Grmada. At first, we are gently ascending on a cart track which behind the quarry changes into for some time a little steeper footpath. Little ahead we join the other cart track, and we still follow the signs for Jeterbenk and Katarina. A gently sloping path leads us past a cross and oak, and then it again starts ascending a little more. Few minutes we still ascending on a cart track, and then blazes lead us on a forest path, and there we get to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue straight in the direction of Katarina, where by the path, we notice yellow X (with yellow signs is marked Camino de Santiago route). Next follows some diagonal ascent and we get to the next crossing, where the marked path on Jeterbenk (on a ridge) branches off to the right, and we continue straight in the direction of Katarina. When a little ahead we step out of the forest, we step also on a cart track, on the cart track we cross grassy slopes to the juncture with a macadam road. On the road, we ascend a little more, and then we get to a chapel with Mary of seven sorrows, where from the right side, the path from Jeterbenk and the path from the starting point Žlebe joins.
We continue straight on a gently sloping macadam road which leads towards Katarina, and to the church of St. Katarina we come after few minutes of additional walking.
Behind the church signs for path Jakobova pot point us to the right, where we at first walk by the wall, and after the field path turns left and it ascends diagonally. Higher, we step on a cart track which we reach right at the crossing. We continue in the direction towards Sveti Jakob (right unmarked path on Rog) and we are for a short time still ascending, and then the path flattens and when it passes into the forest, it starts descending. After a short descent, we reach a wide cart track, where we join the normal path which leads from Topol towards Sveti Jakob.
We follow the path to the right, and it leads on the right side of a smaller hamlet. Gentle and a panoramic path then brings us to a crossing, where slightly to the right path towards Sora and Preska branches off, and we go slightly left and we still continue on a cart track. Few strides ahead we go from the cart track which also leads to the top, right and in few minutes of a steeper ascent we ascend to the church of St. Jakob.
The starting point - Katarina 1:30, Katarina - Sveti Jakob 0:35.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2018 (September).
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