Topol - Tošč (via Grmada)
Starting point: Topol (651 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.0911°N 14.369°E
Path name: via Grmada
Time of walking: 2 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 370 m
Altitude difference (by path): 550 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Medvode we drive to the village Sora, where we go towards the village Topol (Katarina). When the road brings us in the mentioned village we turn right and we follow it ahead. It soon brings us to the next crossroad, where the road towards the village Belo branches off to the right. We park here on a smaller parking lot by the road.
From Dobrova we drive ahead towards Polhov Gradec. When signpost for village Topol points us right we go on this road and we follow it further to a crossroad for village Belo, where we park on a smaller parking lot by the road.
Path description:
From the village Topol we continue on a macadam road in the direction of village Belo. After approximately 10 minutes of walking, we leave the road and we continue slightly right in the direction of Grmada. Further, we continue on at first a wide cart track which crosses slopes without large changes in altitude. After few minutes of additional walking from the cart track relatively steep footpath branches off to the left on which we continue the ascent. After few minutes, the steepness decreases and the path brings us on a smaller saddle, where we continue right (left unmarked path on Goljek).
We continue on the path which with some descends and ascents crosses slopes towards the west. The path from which occasionally a view opens up after approximately 1 hour of walking, it brings us to a crossing by which there is situated pleasant bench.
We continue straight on a marked path in the direction of Grmada (left Setnica, right tourist farm Gonte). Further, the path in a moderate ascent crosses slopes slightly towards the left and then it starts ascending steeply on the upper and in snow for slipping dangerous slope of Grmada. The steepness then decreases and the path brings us on panoramic upper ridge of Grmada from which we have to the top only few steps.
From the top of Grmada we continue on a marked path in the direction of Tošč (beginning of the path is located few meters below the summit on a panoramic ridge). The path which is from the top of Grmada descending towards the north with the help of some fixed safety gear (undemanding) quickly brings us to tourist farm Gonte.
Left from tourist farm we will notice signposts for Tošč, which point us on a gently sloping and wide cart track. The marked path a little higher leaves the cart track and then starts ascending steeper. The path which almost entirely runs through the forest higher brings us to the summit of Mali Tošč (902m) from which path starts descending towards the saddle between the both peaks.
Further, from the right joins the path from Govejek, and we continue straight on the path which is ascending towards the summit Tošč. After approximately 15 minutes of additional walking, the path brings us on a pleasant peak.
Topol - Grmada 1:15, Grmada - Tošč 1:00.
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