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 Poljanska dolina and Žiri. From Žiri we continue towards Logatec, and then still before the end of the settlement, we arrive at the inn Gostilna Lenger and some 10 m further to the crossroad, where the main road towards Logatec turns left, and straight ahead the road continues towards Idrija. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad. There is a large parking lot by the inn Gostilna Lenger, but it is polite to ask the employees beforehand whether we may 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 drive along it to Žiri. When in Žiri we reach the main road Škofja Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we drive along it past the parish church and the inn and pizzeria Gostilna Lenger, to the crossroad, where the main road towards Logatec turns left, and straight ahead the road continues towards Idrija. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad. There is a large parking lot by the inn Gostilna Lenger, but it is polite to ask the employees beforehand whether we may park on the mentioned parking lot.
C) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper we take the exit Vrhnika, and when we reach the old road Ljubljana - Logatec, we continue in the direction of Logatec, but only for a short time, since already at the next crossroad we continue right in the direction of Horjul. The road ahead leads us for a short time still through Vrhnika, later through the outskirts of Stara Vrhnika, and then soon we leave the road towards Horjul and 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 Škofja Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we drive along it past the parish church and the inn and pizzeria Gostilna Lenger, to the crossroad, where the main road towards Logatec turns left, and straight ahead the road continues towards Idrija. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad. There is a large parking lot by the inn Gostilna Lenger, but it is polite to ask the employees beforehand whether we may park on the mentioned parking lot.
D) From the highway Koper - Ljubljana we take the exit Logatec, and when we reach the old road Logatec - Vrhnika we follow it to the right (first exit from the roundabout), along which we drive only for a short time, since then signs for Rovte and Žiri direct us to the left. After Rovte the road starts descending towards Žiri, and when we reach the mentioned settlement, to the left branches off the road towards Idrija. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad. There is a large parking lot by the inn Gostilna Lenger (the inn is located some 10 m ahead from the crossroad in the direction of the center of Žiri), but it is polite to ask the employees beforehand whether we may park on the mentioned parking lot.
E) From the road Idrija - Spodnja Idrija, immediately after the end of Idrija we turn right (if coming from the direction of Spodnja Idrija, still before Idrija we turn left) across the bridge over the river Idrijca towards the store Eurospin. On the other side of the bridge we arrive at the settlement Mokraška vas, and we keep to the main road which leads towards Ledinsko Razpotje and Žiri. Higher up the road leads us through some hairpin turns, and then we arrive at the settlement Ledinsko razpotje, where the road gradually flattens. After the neighboring settlement Govejk, the road starts descending towards Žiri, after a few kilometers of descent we arrive at Žiri and a little further to the crossroad, where we reach the main road Žiri - Logatec. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad. There is a large parking lot by the inn Gostilna Lenger (the inn is located some 10 m ahead from the crossroad in the direction of the center of Žiri), but it is polite to ask the employees beforehand whether we may park on the mentioned parking lot.

Path description:
From Žiri we continue along the main road towards Idrija and Logatec, and we follow it to the chapel by the crossroad. Here we continue right onto a side road, along which after a few meters on a power line pole we notice signs for Breznica and Mrzli vrh, which direct us left onto a cart track that ascends steeply among houses. Higher, we temporarily step onto the road, from which a nice view of Žiri opens up, and then we continue the path along the cart track. The cart track quickly brings us to a smaller hamlet, after which we continue right onto a marked footpath, along which we ascend to a smaller saddle. From the saddle, by which there is a religious symbol and a bench, we continue left and after a few steps we arrive at a macadam road, which we only cross. The path ahead passes into the forest, through which it ascends steeply for a short time, then flattens and brings us to panoramic grassy slopes. There follows a few-minute ascent along the cart track and the path brings us to Breznica pri Žireh, where we also step onto an asphalt road. Through the village we follow the marks, 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 temporarily ascends gently, then starts descending to the next crossroad, where we again continue right (left Korita). From the crossroad onward the road loses its asphalt surface, and we follow the macadam road across a larger meadow.
When the road returns to the forest, signs for Mrzli Vrh direct us left onto a marked footpath, which further moderately ascends through the forest. Further we ascend through the forest for some time, then the path brings us to a grassy ridge, from which a nice view opens up onto Blegoš and surrounding peaks. Here we walk along the road for a short time, then signs for Mrzli Vrh direct us slightly right onto an ascending pathlet, which higher flattens and gradually passes to the right side of the ridge. There follows a short traverse and the panoramic path brings us to a sign that marks Mrzli vrh (the sign is located a little below the summit).
We continue along the marked path, which starts gently descending towards the nearby road. When we step onto the road, we join the path that leads from the village Ledinica, and we continue left along the road, which first only crosses the slopes, then starts descending. After a short descent we arrive at a marked crossroad, where we continue straight towards Bevkov vrh (left Ledine and Sivka). The path ahead descends easily, among other things also past the Vodičar farm, then we arrive at a marked junction, where a marked path to Bevkov vrh branches off slightly to the left.
We continue along the road, to which from the left the path from Sovodenj also joins, then after the information board of the path along the Rapallo border, we arrive at a smaller crossroad, where to the right a relatively steep macadam road branches off, along which in one minute of further walking we ascend to the Planinska koča Mrzl'k.