Smrečje - Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev (by road)

Access to starting point:
Access from Horjul: From Horjul past Vrzdenec we drive towards Gorenja vas. In the first sharp right turn, the road branches off to the left towards the village Šentjošt nad Horjulom. We go on this road and we follow it to the next crossroad, where we turn right. The road then soon brings us to the village Smrečje. We follow it through the village and then on one of the smaller parking lots by the road we park.
Access from Žiri: In Žiri we go on the road which goes along the river Račeva upwards in the direction of village Smrečje and Žirovski vrh. We follow the road ahead in the direction of Smrečje and Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev. Still before we come to the village Smrečje sharply to the right, the road branches off towards Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev. We park on one of the parking lots by the road near the crossroad.

Path description:
From a smaller parking lot by the road, we go to a crossroad, where we go on the upper road in the direction of Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev. The road after few meters comes out of the forest, where we continue straight. The road then in a gentle ascent crosses meadows by individual houses and it soon again brings us into the forest. Here the road ascends a little steeper and it brings us to the next crossroad, which is situated on grassy slopes. We go left and we follow this road through the part of the village after which we get to military tunnel of Rupnik Line. To view the tunnels, I recommend a lamp, and to continue further through the cave we have to be skilled speleologists (escorted by a guide) because the military tunnel passes into a natural cave. From the entrance into the cave and to the hut we have only a minute of walking.

On the way: Rupnikova linija (812m)

Trip can be extended to: Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev