Tacen - Šmarna gora (via Spodnja Kuhinja)

Access to starting point:
From the road Celovška cesta in Ljubljana only a little after the turn-off on Gorenjska highway the road towards Vižmarje and Tacen branches off to the right (if we come from Medvode side only a little before the turn off on the highway, we continue left). We continue driving towards Tacen, immediately after we crossed bridge through river Sava, we park on a large parking lot.
From Gorenjska highway we go to the exit Šmartno, and then we follow the road in the direction of Šmartno pod Šmarno goro and later Tacen, where we then also park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
At the beginning of the parking lot, we notice signposts for Šmarna gora, which at first lead on a sidewalk, after that they point us to the right on street Thumova ulica. After few minutes of easy walking we come to the crossroad of street Thumova ulica and street Ulica Janeza Rožiča, and we continue straight on a narrower mountain path. After a short gentle ascent we step on the road, and we only cross it and we continue the ascent on a steeper mountain path. The path which ahead runs through the forest, higher flattens and brings us on a plain Spodnja Kuhinja.
We continue straight (left path Mazijeva steza, right Romarska pot) on the so-called path "čez korenine (over roots)". The path ahead again starts ascending steeply and slightly flattens only, when we join the path from Šmartno. We continue in the direction of Šmarna gora on a wider path, and it soon makes a sharp right turn and only few steps ahead brings us to the chapel. Above the chapel we notice signs for Grmada, and we continue straight and we already step out of the forest on a saddle Sedlo between Grmada on the left and Šmarna gora on the right. 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.

On the way: Spodnja Kuhinja (450m), Na Sedlu (580m)