Gaber pri Semiču - Smuk (via Semenič)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Brežice motorway, take the Ivančna Gorica exit, then continue driving towards Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road climbs for a short time and then begins to descend steeply. At the end of the long right turn, where you will see the sign "Welcome to Bela krajina" on the retaining wall, turn left and then immediately right. Park about 50 metres ahead in a suitable space above the mountain direction signs.
b) From the Brežice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Novo mesto exit, then continue in the direction of Dolenjske Toplice and Podturno near Dolenjske Toplice. In Podturno, join the main road Ivančna Gorica - Črnomelj, and follow it to the left in the direction of Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road climbs for a short time and then starts to descend more steeply. At the end of a long right turn, where you will see a sign on a retaining wall saying "Welcome to Bela krajina", turn left and then immediately right. Park about 50 metres ahead in a suitable space above the mountain direction signs.
c) From Bela krajina, first drive to Semič, then continue to Črmošnjice and Soteska. Before reaching the left turn with the sign "Hello in Bela krajina", leave the main road at Gaber near Semič and turn right and immediately right again onto the Smuška cesta. Park about 50 metres further on in a suitable space above the mountain direction signs.

Path description:
From the starting point, walk to the mountain signposts and from there continue along the Smuška cesta in the direction of Smuka. At first, walk along the asphalt road, which quickly leads to a few houses. Here the road descends slightly and leads to signposts behind the Church of St Primož, which direct us slightly to the left onto a footpath that continues through the forest. After a short climb, you will come to cart track, which you follow to the right to the nearby church of St Primož and Felicijan.
From the church, continue in the direction of Semenič and Smuka, following the path which continues through the forest and is further marked with the letter S, which is located in a white circle. The path continues to climb gently to moderately and after about 20 minutes of further walking leads to the wooded Semenič.
From Semenič continue on the marked path, which begins to descend gently to moderately. Slightly lower down, the path splits into a shorter right and a slightly longer left path. After a few minutes the two paths merge again, and we follow the S markings along forest tracks for a while, and along forest tracks for a while. We continue along some more side paths and then reach a forest road, which we reach just before a turning point.
From here, continue in the direction of Smuk and return to the forest on a winding footpath. For a short time, without any major changes in altitude, cross quite steep slopes and then reach a marked path or forest road, which you follow up to the left.
Continue along the slightly steeper road, which quickly leads to a marked crossroads, from where you continue in the direction of Smuka. Leave the road here and pass through the lane of a forest to reach the panoramic grassy hay meadows of Smuk, over which you will reach the top of Smuk in less than 5 minutes' walk.

On the way: Sveti Primož in Felicijan nad Semičem (465m), Semenič (590m)

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