Žiri - Planinska koča Mrzl'k

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Gorenja vas in the valley Poljanska dolina and Žiri. From Žiri we continue towards Logatec, and then still before end of the settlement, we get to the inn Gostilna Lenger and few 10 meters further also to a crossroad, where the main road towards Logatec turns left, and in the direction of straight the road continues towards Idrija. We park on an appropriate place by the crossroad. Large parking lot is by the inn Gostilna Lenger, but it is polite to ask the employees, if we are allowed to park on the mentioned parking lot.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Šentjošt above Horjul, and from there we continue driving towards Smrečje. When we reach the main road Podlipa - Žiri, we follow it to the right, and we are driving there to Žiri. When in Žiri, we reach the main road Škofje Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we are driving there past the parish church and inn and pizzeria Gostilna Lenger, to a crossroad, where the main road towards Logatec turns left, and in the direction of straight the road continues towards Idrija. We park on an appropriate place by the crossroad. Large parking lot is by the inn Gostilna Lenger, but it is polite to ask the employees, if we are allowed to park on the mentioned parking lot.
C) From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Vrhnika, and when we reach old road Ljubljana - Logatec, we continue in the direction of Logatec, but only a short time because already at the next crossroad we continue right in the direction of Horjul. The road ahead short time still leads through Vrhnika, later through periphery of Stara Vrhnika, and then we soon leave the road towards Horjul and we continue driving slightly left in the direction of Smrečje. After Smrečje the road starts descending towards Račeva and Žiri. When in Žiri, we reach the main road Škofje Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we are driving there past the parish church and inn and pizzeria Gostilna Lenger, to a crossroad, where the main road towards Logatec turns left, and in the direction of straight the road continues towards Idrija. We park on an appropriate place by the crossroad. Large parking lot is by the inn Gostilna Lenger, but it is polite to ask the employees, if we are allowed to park on the mentioned parking lot.
D) From highway Koper - Ljubljana we go to the exit Logatec, and when we reach old road Logatec - Vrhnika we follow it to the right (first exit from the roundabout), and there we drive only a short time because then signs for Rovte and Žiri point us to the left. After Rovte the road starts descending towards Žiri, and when we reach the mentioned settlement, a road towards Idrija branches off to the left. We park on an appropriate place by the crossroad. Large parking lot is by inn Gostilna Lenger (inn is located few 10 meters ahead from the crossroad in the direction of center of Žiri), but it is polite to ask the employees, if we are allowed to park on the mentioned parking lot.
E) 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 Idrija 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 park on an appropriate place by the crossroad. Large parking lot is by inn Gostilna Lenger (inn is located few 10 meters ahead from the crossroad in the direction of center of Žiri), but it is polite to ask the employees, if we are allowed to park on the mentioned parking lot.

Path description:
From Žiri we continue by the main road towards Idrija and Logatec, and we follow it to the chapel by the crossroad. Here we continue right on a side road, by which after few meters on a power line pole we notice signs for Breznica and Mrzli vrh, which point us to the left on a cart track which ascends steeply among houses. Higher, we for some time step on the road, from which a nice view opens up on Žiri, and then we continue on a cart track. Cart track quickly brings us to a smaller hamlet, after which we continue right on a marked footpath, on which we ascend on a smaller saddle. From the small saddle, by which there are religious symbol and a bench we continue left and after few steps, we get to a macadam road which we only cross. The path ahead passes into the forest, through which for a short time steeply ascends, and then it flattens and it brings us on panoramic grassy slopes. Next follows few minutes of ascent on a cart track and the path brings us in Breznica pri Žireh, where we also step on an asphalt road. Through the village we follow the blazes, and the road past the village church of St. Kancijan, in a gentle descent brings us to a crossroad, from which we continue right in the direction of Mrzli Vrh. Here the road for some time slightly ascends, and then it starts descending to the next crossroad, where we again continue right (left Korita). From the crossroad ahead, the road loses an asphalt covering, and we follow the macadam road through a larger meadow.
When the road returns into the forest, signs for Mrzli Vrh point us to the left on a marked footpath which is further moderately ascending through the forest. Further, we are for some time ascending through the forest and then the path brings us on a grassy ridge, from which a nice view opens up on Blegoš and surrounding peaks. Here we short time walk on the road, and then signs for Mrzli Vrh point us slightly to the right on an ascending footpath which higher flattens and gradually passes on the right side of the ridge. Next follows a short crossing and a panoramic path brings us to a sign which marks Mrzli vrh (the sign is situated little below the summit).
We continue on a marked path which starts gently descending towards the nearby road. When we step on the road, we join the path which leads from the village Ledinica, and we continue left on the road which at first only crosses slopes, and then it starts descending. After a short descent, we get to a marked crossroad, where we continue straight towards Bevkov vrh (left Ledine and Sivka). The path ahead is lightly descending, including past the farm Vodičar, and then we get to a marked crossing, where the marked path branches off slightly to the left on Bevkov vrh.
We continue on the road, to which from the left also the path from Sovodenj joins, and after the information board of the path Pot ob rapalski meji, we get to a smaller crossroad, where a relatively steep macadam road branches off to the right, on which in a minute of additional walking, we ascend to the mountain hut Mrzl'k.