Ljubljanica - Marinčeva planina (Hrib)

Access to the starting point:
First we drive to Horjul (to get here from Dobrova near Ljubljana or Vrhnika), then we continue driving towards Vrzdenc, Šentjošt and Gorenjska vas. At Vrzdenec, the road starts to climb steeply, then a little further on it leads to a serpentine, in the middle of which the road to Šentjošt and Smrečje branches off to the left. Continue right along the main road, which soon leads to a small pass, at the end of which the road branches off to the right towards the village of Samotorica. Continue straight ahead and the road starts to descend steeply and after a short descent leads to the hamlet of Ljubljanica (lower part of Butajnova), where you reach the next crossroads. As there are no suitable parking spaces in the hamlet, turn right and continue driving towards Polhov Gradec. After a further 100 m, you will see a suitable parking place on the right hand side.
The starting point can also be reached from the route of Polhov Gradec and Gorenjska vas.

Path description:
From the starting point, walk first to the hamlet of Ljubljanica, then continue towards Gorenje village at the crossroads. Only a few metres further along the road, you will see mountain direction signs for Butajnova, Mountain pasture and Setnik, which direct you sharp right onto the ascending asphalt road. Continue climbing along the road for some time, and then the signs direct you to a marked footpath.
From the point where you leave the road, you first ascend the cart track, which then turns into a rather overgrown path, which you quickly follow back to the road. We get on the road just at a small crossroads where the road to Kurja vas branches off to the left, and we continue straight on the ascending road, which quickly leads us to Butajnovo.
Just past the fire house and chapel in Butajnova, a road branches off to the right, and within a minute's walk we reach the church of St Anne in Butajnova.
From the church, follow the road back a few 10 m and then continue along the road towards the northern part of the village. Soon you will come to a marked crossroads where you continue left in the route Mountain pasture. The road passes the last houses and then continues in a gentle ascent over open pastures. A little higher up, the road enters a forest, where it climbs gently to moderately for some time, and then, after passing a quarry, completely flattens out. Soon we emerge from the forest onto the grassy hayfields Mountain pasture above Horjul.
Here you will see a sign (a cross) on the right hand side, and we follow the road from here for only a few more 10 steps, then on the left hand side we will come to a nice passage over a pasture fence (during grazing time the passage is forbidden, and also in winter, when the pasture is usually empty, we take care not to damage the undergrowth). From the place where we leave the road to the top of Marinčeva planina it is a 5 minute climb along a trackless path or pasture.

On the way: Sveta Ana (Butajnova) (686m)

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