Topol - Sveti Jakob (via homestead Na Vihri)

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, Kranj or Vodice we drive to Medvode, from there we continue driving towards Sora. At the crossroad at the beginning of Sora, immediately behind the small bridge we turn left in the direction of Katarina and village Trnovec. Further, we drive through the valley of Ločnica towards Katarina (Topol). Higher, the road rises above the mentioned valley and it brings us to the beginning of the village Topole, where we park on a large parking lot by the primary school.
B) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue driving towards Sora. At the end of the Sora we turn right in the direction of Katarina and village Trnovec. Further, we drive through the valley of Ločnica towards Katarina (Topol). Higher, the road rises above the mentioned valley and it brings us to the beginning of the village Topole, where we park on a large parking lot by the primary school.
C) We leave Primorska highway at exit Brezovica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Dobrova and Polhov Gradec. Further, we drive through the valley of Gradaščica, and the main road towards Polhov Gradec we follow to a smaller crossroad, where a road towards villages Osredek, Topol (Katarina) and Belo branches off to the right (turn-off from the main road is located little before the beginning of the village Hrastenice). When we get to the village Topole at first road towards the village Belo branches off sharply to the left, and a little further signs for Medvode point us slightly to the left, on the road which gradually starts descending. Before the road starts steeply descending towards the valley of Ločnica, we get to primary school, where we park on a large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the primary school on the main asphalt road we ascend to the chapel by inn Dobnikar, and from there we continue left, and at the next crossroad few meters ahead once again left in the direction of Sveti Jakob, mountain hut Slavkov dom and Medvode. The path ahead is ascending steeper on the asphalt road which at first leads past meteorological station ARSO, and then with nice views on part of Ljubljana marshes, Krim and surrounding hills we get to the upper part of the settlement, where we get to the next chapel and at the same time also to another crossroad.
From the mentioned crossroad, we continue left (right church of St. Katarina, Jeterbenk, Slavkov dom on Golo Brdo...) towards the inn or homestead Na Vihri and Sveti Jakob. The path ahead leads us past the mentioned inn, and the asphalt only a little above it ends.
From the spot, where the asphalt ends we continue straight in the forest on a macadam road which leads us past the water catchment and to which a little further also the other path from Topole joins (path from the parking lot at the primary school and past the tourist farm Pr Mamovc). The path ahead for few minutes leads on a narrower macadam road, and we walk there to the hamlet Brezovica pri Medvodah (at one of the homesteads there is years ago renovated well Porentov vodnjak).
The marked path hamlet bypasses on the right side, and then continues on a wide cart track, from which a nice view opens up on our destination and in good weather also on Kamnik Savinja Alps and Posavsko hribovje. On the other side of panoramic meadow path gets closer to the forest, where joins the path from Sora and Preska. Here as well, we continue left, on a cart track we walk only few 10 strides, because then blazes lead right on a relatively steep path which continues by the edge of the forest (even if we continue on a cart track we will come to the summit). During the ascent a nice view opens up towards Polhograjska Grmada, and from the summit, which we reach after few minutes also towards other peaks of Polhograjsko hribovje.

On the way: Domačija na Vihri (725m), Brezovica pri Medvodah (750m)