Šmartno - Šmarna gora (Šmartinska way)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we go to the exit Šmartno, and then at the beginning of the settlement Šmartno we drive towards the nearby cemetery, by which it is possible to park.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the cemetery, we go on a one-way road, on which past the church we walk to the next crossroad. Here we continue straight across the road (left Tacen, right inn Bizeljčan) to the near hiking signposts. Signs for Šmarna gora point us on a narrower road which starts ascending between the houses. After a shorter gentle ascent we get to a smaller crossroad, where signs for Šmarna gora point us to the right on a gradually quite steep road which at the last house changes into a forest mountain path. Further, we are for some time gently ascending through the forest and then we get to a marked crossing, where we continue left in the direction of the path Šmartinska pot (right Partizanska pot on Šmarna gora).
The path ahead is ascending diagonally towards the left, and we follow it in a gentle to moderate ascent to the chapel of sorrowful Mother of God, where one of the paths from Tacen joins.
Here we continue left upwards, on the path which gradually starts ascending a little steeper. The path which is all the time ascending through the forest, at first joins another path from Tacen, in a sharp right turn also joins the path from Vikrče, and we continue on a wide path, which past a chapel brings us to a marked crossing, where the marked path on Grmada branches off to the left. Here we continue straight as well, and the path out of the forest brings us on a small saddle between Grmada and Šmarna gora.
Here we step on a road (access from Zavrh) on which we continue the ascent, and which soon splits into two parts. We can continue the ascent on the road, in this case, we get to the summit past a wish bell, or we continue right on a marked footpath which past the chapel of St Sobota, also brings us to the summit of Šmarna gora.