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

Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana, we drive towards Idrija. When we reach Idrija at the second traffic-light intersection, we turn right towards Spodnja Idrija (4 km). At the beginning of Spodnja Idrija before the bridge, which crosses the river Idrijca near the store, we turn right onto the parking lot at the cultural home (larger parking lot). We can also cross the bridge, turn right, and park right by the main road (smaller parking lot).

Path description:
From the smaller parking lot, we head towards the confectionery and the wide stairs next to it. We go up the stairs, climb them, and just before the top turn right onto narrower stairs that lead us to Grič. We continue up the stairs; from here there is a nice view of Spodnja Idrija; at the top we step onto the road and spot the signpost. We continue straight uphill (otherwise it is marked as a harder path, but don't worry, except for the moderate ascent there is no trace of any difficulty) where at the last house we step onto the footpath into the forest. After a few tens of meters the path from Melin joins from the left; a little further at the power pole the path splits (view of Pustota), where we continue left along the distinct path (the right path goes to the water catchment and ends there). A nicely trodden, easy-to-follow path through the forest ascends and after half an hour of walking brings us to a cart track.
We go left along the cart track; after a few hundred meters at the intersection we turn right towards the meadows (left path goes towards Mrkejce) of the Stajer farm. We continue along the cart track past the Stajer farm (renovated house with stable and hayrack); behind the house we cross the stream (Kogejeva grapa); the cart track leads ahead under the holiday cottage, past the orchard in Staje and then into the forest, where we still calmly follow the cart track, in between some cart track hairpins, and we already arrive at the hay meadow in Laz (on the edge of which there is a memorial chapel). To here it is about one hour of walking.
Ahead along the cart track, where after 10 min from the cart track we can turn left onto a visible path that brings us below the last hairpin below the farm Na Šnitu (we can also go along the cart track, own choice), which comprises a stable, hayrack, house, and granary. Between them the cart track turns left and in a quarter of an hour we are at Šnitov rob (left along the path there is a viewpoint a few meters away); we continue far right onto the ridge. The path fades a little, but the ridge is our ally and so we follow it uphill to the clearing for the power installation, where we again follow the ridge path. We join the road from the Kladnik farm, which leads straight to the summit of Gradišče, where the converter stands.

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