Žiri - Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving in the direction of valley Poljanska dolina. When we get to Žiri, through the settlement we continue on the main road, and we drive somewhere to primary school Žiri, or inn Obuti Maček. We park somewhere nearby, the beginning of the described path is near the inn Obuti Maček.
B) We drive to Vrhnika, and then we follow the signs for Smrečje and Žiri. When we get to Žiri, we join the main road through the valley Poljanska dolina, and we follow it to the left, we drive somewhere to primary school Žiri, or inn Obuti Maček. We park on an appropriate parking lot nearby, the beginning of the described path is near the inn Obuti Maček.
C) From Logatec we drive towards Rovte and forward to Žiri. Through Žiri we drive past the parish church of St. Martin, and then we already get to the inn Obuti Maček near of which there is the beginning of the described path. We park on an appropriate place nearby.
D) From the road Idrija - Spodnja Idrija, immediately after the end of Idrija we turn right (if we come from the direction Spodnje Idrija, still before Idrija we turn left) through a bridge over the river Idrijca towards store Eurospin. On the other side of the bridge we get to the settlement Mokraška vas, and we stick to the main road which leads towards Ledinsko Razpotje and Žiri. Higher, the road leads through few hairpin turns, and then we get to the settlement Ledinsko Razpotje, where the road gradually flattens. After neighbouring settlement Govejk, the road starts descending towards Žiri, after few kilometers of descent we get to Žiri and a little ahead also to a crossroad, where we reach the main road Žiri - Logatec. We continue left in the direction of Škofja Loka and further we drive through Žiri. Soon after the parish church of St. Martin we get to the inn Obuti Maček near of which there is the beginning of the described path. We park on an appropriate place nearby.

Path description:
Some 10 strides northern (direction towards Škofja Loka) from inn Obuti Maček, we will notice blazes, which from the main road point us to the southeast, on the road which leads us past few more houses. The road soon ends, and then we continue on a marked path, which ascends above Žiri. At first, a view opens up a little towards Žiri, and then the path passes into the forest, through which we are for some time ascending, and at the crossings we follow the blazes. Higher, we come out of the forest on panoramic meadows, little ahead by the end of smaller forest area, on the right we notice a bench and next to it inscription box on Goropeški grič.
The path ahead leads us on a gentle cart track, on which in few minutes we get to the edge of the settlement Goropeke, where at first on the bottom right side we bypass company Žakelj (seating sets, furniture, beds...), and then we reach an asphalt road which we follow to the right. We continue through the village and we quickly get to the church of St. John the Baptist.
Church we bypass on the left side, and above it we quickly leave the main part of the settlement. Higher, the path leads past a religious symbol, after which from a smaller crossroad we continue on a slightly left road. The path ahead leads us past the abandoned ski slope Goropeke, and then we get to the forest, where there is the mountain hut Dom na Goropekah, which has been closed for some years.
We bypass the mountain hut on the left side, and then we soon go from the road slightly left, on a footpath where the mountain signpost pointing us to. Few minutes we are ascending through the forest and then the path flattens and gradually also starts descending. Lower, we get to a homestead, where we also step on the road, and we follow it to the left, and there we are for a short time still descending. A gentle ascent follows, and then we get to a hamlet Log, where behind the houses, there is a marked crossing.
We continue left in the direction of the footpath, and to the hamlet Na Krogu we continue on a gently sloping and panoramic macadam road. Among the houses we continue a little to the left and then we continue on a cart track which through the meadow leads in the forest. We some time walk through the forest and then we get to a macadam road which we follow to the hamlet V dolini, where we descend to an asphalt road.
We follow the road to the left, and when we step into the forest, from the road we continue left on a marked and for some time a little more overgrown path, which soon returns on the road. The road then leads us past the chapel, joinery Mizarstvo Petrač, where we go right, and then we go also past the fire station (a little before the fire station, the trail blaze pointing to the left, but it is pointing on the path towards Lavrovec or Smrečje). Behind the fire station, we ascend in two hairpin turns, and then with nice views, we continue to the forest, where there is a mountian hut on Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev.
Žiri - Goropeški grič 0:30, Goropeški grič - Sveti Janez Krstnik 0:10, Sveti Janez Krstnik - Dom na Goropekah 0:10, Dom na Goropekah - Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (January).

On the way: Goropeški grič (Pikrej) (672m), Sveti Janez Krstnik (Goropeke) (682m), Dom na Goropekah (742m), Leše (763m)

Trip can be extended to: Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev ( 10 min)