Ortnek - Grmada on Mala gora

Access to the starting point:
a) From Ljubljana, drive towards Kočevje, but only as far as Ortnek. In this settlement, just after the Vinija Café, the road to Sv. Gregor turns off to the right. Just after the crossroads, park in a suitable place on the roadside. The parking space in front of the café is reserved for guests.
b) From Ribnica or Sodražica, drive to Žlebič and from there continue in the direction of Ljubljana, but only as far as Ortnek. In the village, the road to Sv. Gregor turns left in front of the Vinija restaurant. Just before the crossroads, park in a suitable parking space on the side of the road (a suitable parking space is on the opposite side of the road). The parking space in front of the café is reserved for guests.

Path description:
From the crossroads by the Vinija Café, first cross the main road carefully, then walk for a few 10 steps in the direction of Ribnica. When you reach the crossroads where the road to Velike Poljane and Grmada branches off to the left, leave the main road and continue along the local road. After a further 10 metres, cross a small stream and at a small crossroads turn right towards the hamlet of Dule. It does not take long to walk towards the hamlet, as the signs for Grmada, before the nearby house, lead to the left on a slightly steeper macadam road, along which we continue our ascent. After a few minutes, the forest through which we are walking ends and we see the church and the village of Veliki Poljane in front of us.
Shortly before the church, we turn onto an asphalt road and start climbing through the village. At a few crossroads, follow the signs to Grmada, and then the village ends and beautiful views open up, reaching all the way to Julian Alps with Triglav as the highest peak. When the road turns into a small valley, we reach a place where the signs for Grmada direct us to the left on a macadam road (straight Grmada on the asphalt road and the Stene Svete Anna). The macadam road soon turns left into a blind road, and we continue on a slightly right road, which starts to climb a bit more. As we climb along the fairly scenic road, we once again have a view towards Julian Alps, and to the south-west we also have a nice view towards Snežnik. Higher up, the road becomes asphalted, and the marked path turns slightly to the left and after some 10 steps joins the "main road".
Follow the road to the left, and it will lead you past a slightly larger chapel to the settlement of Vrh pri Poljanah. After a short distance, at a large parking lot, the asphalt ends and we continue along the macadam road, which takes us within a few minutes to the Tourist Home at Grmada, from where we have a beautiful view to the south-east and south.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2015 (April).

On the way: Velike Poljane (616m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Koča pri Sveti Ani na Mali gori, Stene svete Ane

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