Trnovec - Polhograjska Grmada
Starting point: Trnovec (521 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.092°N 14.3434°E
Time of walking: 1 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 377 m
Altitude difference (by path): 400 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
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 Ločnica, where the road leads us past the inn Legastja. From the mentioned inn we drive on the main road for good 500 meters and then signs for Setnica (at the sign for Setnica are also signposts for Grmada and Tošč and open door farm Gonte) point us to the right on at first still asphalt road. Narrower road then ascending by the stream (during the ascent "we ignore" right turn-offs and we drive straight), and we are driving there to the right turn, by which we notice woodshed and above it residential house. We park at the beginning of turn on an appropriate place by the road.
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 Ločnica, where the road leads us past the inn Legastja. From the mentioned inn we drive on the main road for good 500 meters and then signs for Setnica (at the sign for Setnica are also signposts for Grmada and Tošč and open door farm Gonte) point us to the right on at first still asphalt road. Narrower road then ascending by the stream (during the ascent "we ignore" right turn-offs and we drive straight), and we are driving there to the right turn, by which we notice woodshed and above it residential house. We park at the beginning of turn on an appropriate place by the road.
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 Topol 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 (through the village all the time we continue on the main road). The road is then for quite some time descending, and we are driving there to the beginning of the settlement Trnovec. Here we will notice signs for Setnica (at the sign for Setnica are also signposts for Grmada and Tošč and open door farm Gonte), which point us to the left on at first still asphalt road. Narrower road then ascending by the stream (during the ascent "we ignore" right turn-offs and we drive straight), and we are driving there to the right turn, by which we notice woodshed and above it residential house. We park at the beginning of turn on an appropriate place by the road.
Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on at first still macadam road in the direction of Grmada, Tošč and Gonte. Few minutes we are ascending by the small stream and then the road becomes asphalted and turns sharply to the left. Further, the road leads past few houses, above which gradually more beautiful view starts opening up, at first only on the nearby hills, and higher also far. After approximately 50 minutes of ascent on a relatively steep road we get to open door farm Gonte (farm is usually open on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), above which is marked crossing.
From the farm Gonte we continue left in the direction of Grmada (right Tošč) and we continue the ascent on a panoramic grassy slope. Higher, the path flattens, and after a short descent brings us into a lane of a forest, where it again starts ascending. The path which ahead runs on and by northern ridge of Grmada, higher ascends even steeper and it brings us to a short with a steel cable secured part (undemanding). Higher, the path brings us out of the forest, and we quickly step on the main ridge, where from the left at first joins the path from Topol and only few meters ahead also the path from Belica and Mala Grmada. In both cases we continue right and after few steps of additional walking, we step on a panoramic peak.
On the way: Turistična kmetija Gonte (820m)
Trip can be extended to: Tošč
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