Spodnja Idrija - Gradišče (above Spodnja Idrija) (via Grič)

Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana, we drive towards Idrija. When we come to Idrija at the second traffic light crossroad we turn right towards Spodnja Idrija (4 km). At the beginning of Spodnja Idrija before the bridge, which crosses the river Idrijca at the store we turn right on a parking lot at the culture house (a larger parking lot). We can also cross the bridge, we turn right and we park by the main road (a smaller parking lot).

Path description:
From a smaller parking lot, we go towards the confectionery and wide stairs next to it. We go on the stairs, we walk them and just before the peak we turn right on narrower stairs, which lead us on Grič. We continue on stairs, from here is a nice view towards Spodnja Idrija, and on the top we step on the road and notice a signpost. We continue straight upwards (otherwise it is marked as a hard path, but don't worry, except of the moderate ascent there isn't anything difficult) where at the last house we step on the footpath into the forest. After few ten meters from the left joins the path from Melin, and a little ahead at the power line pole the path splits (a view on Pustota), where we continue left on a distinct path (right path goes towards the water catchment and ends there). A nicely beaten and relatively easy to follow path through the forest is ascending and after a half an hour of walking, it brings us on a cart track.
We go left on a cart track, when after few hundred meters, at the crossroad we turn right towards the meadow (left path goes towards Mrkejce) of farm Stajer. We continue on a cart track past the farm Stajer (renovated house with a stable and hayrack), behind the house we cross a stream (Kogejeva grapa), the cart track runs ahead below the holiday cottage, past an orchard in Staje and then in the forest, where we still peacefully follow the cart track, meanwhile there are some hairpin turns on the cart track and we already get to the meadow in Laz (on the edge of which there is a chapel). To here there is about one hour of walking.
On the cart track ahead, where we can after 10 minutes from the cart track turn left on a visible footpath which brings us below the last hairpin turn below the farm Na Šnitu (we can also go on a cart track, own choice), which comprises a stable, hayrack, house and granary. Between them the cart track turns left and in quarter of an hour we are on Šnitov rob (left on a small footpath there is few meters distant viewpoint), and we continue far right on the ridge. The path vanishes a little, but the ridge is our ally and so we follow it upwards to a clearing after the power line, where we again follow the ridge path. We join the road from the farm Kladnik, which runs straight to the summit Gradišče, where there stands a transmitter.

On the way: Poklonska kapela pri senožeti v Lazu (750m), Razgledišče Šnitov rob (890m)